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<p>Hi Frank,</p>
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<p>Please see some remarks below:</p>
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<p>I understand that the "type" and "format" attributes are
required or at least a good practice for "topicref" elements.<br>
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They are not required and they are not a best practice either.</p>
<p>From what I've experienced along these years, most end users who
want these attributes to be added automatically are usually the
ones migrating from Framemaker or using both Oxygen and Framemaker
on the same set of DITA files.</p>
<p>My general best practice for these attributes would be:</p>
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<p>1) For the "type" attribute, never set it on any link or topicref
as the publishing engine will infer it from the target.</p>
<p>2) For the "format" attribute, Oxygen by default sets it on
references to DITA Maps and non-DITA topics, but when referencing
DITA topics, the @format attribute is not set automatically as
it's default value when not set is "dita".<br>
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<p>When I insert a new dita resource into a ditamap (i.e. a new
topic or map which I create and insert in one go), oXygen
should add these attributes automatically. I have set the
options under "Options > Preferences > DITA > Maps"
accordingly.</p>
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However, only "format" attributes are set, "type" attributes are
not set although I have checked both options.</blockquote>
Checking those "Format" and "Type" checkboxes in the "Options >
Preferences > DITA > Maps" preferences page should work...</p>
<p>I tested and indeed, if in the DITA Maps Manager I insert a
reference to an existing topic file, the attributes are
automatically added, but if I use for example the contextual
action "Append child->New" to create a topic and insert a
reference to it, then indeed the attributes are not set on the
topicref. Is this close to how you are doing things on your side?</p>
<p>I added an internal issue to look into fixing this problem on our
side, adding the issue ID below for future reference:</p>
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<p> EXM-52131 DITA Maps Manager creating new topic does not
automatically add type and format attributes to topicref</p>
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<p>Hope this helps.<br>
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<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Radu</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/3/23 21:08, Frank Dissinger wrote:<br>
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<p>Hi list,</p>
<p><br>
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<p>I understand that the "type" and "format" attributes are
required or at least a good practice for "topicref" elements.<br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>When I insert a new dita resource into a ditamap (i.e. a new
topic or map which I create and insert in one go), oXygen should
add these attributes automatically. I have set the options under
"Options > Preferences > DITA > Maps" accordingly.</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>However, only "format" attributes are set, "type" attributes
are not set although I have checked both options.<br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>Is this a bug or am I missing something?</p>
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<p>I use oXygen V25.<br>
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<p>Regards,</p>
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<p>Frank<br>
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