Backlinks in Topics

[akiraaa]

Does DITA support backlink?

For example, if I cross reference topic B in topic A, then topic B automatically has a related link to topic A. Is this possible using DITA?

[Radu]

Hi,

Yes, this is possible by defining a relationship table in the DITA Map:

https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/ ... nking.html

Regards,
Radu

[akiraaa]

Hi Radu,

Thanks for the quick response.

Apart from using relationship tables, it seems grouping topics in the topichead element also creates related links for each topic. But in the DITA specification, this is not mentioned. Does this mean this way of creating related links is not recommended? Or is there any limitation?

[Radu]

Hi,

Besides reltables, you can also set the "collection-type" attribute on a topicref or a topichead which has child topicrefs:

https://www.oxygenxml.com/dita/1.3/spec ... -atts.html

https://www.oxygenxml.com/dita/1.3/spec ... butes.html

Regards,
Radu