Excluding some child topics from a chunk

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MBR
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Excluding some child topics from a chunk

Post by MBR »

Hi!
I've been scratching my head over trying to make the following structure work in Oxygen Editor 26.1:
<parent chunk=to-content>
<child 1>
<child 2>
<child 3 chunk=to-content>

So the idea is for some (in this example, one of) the child topics not be part of the chunk, i.e., not render as part of the same page, but still be hierarchically subordinate to the parent topic. In this example, child 3 should be standalone.
However, when I build the html, the problem is that while child 3 is rendering separately, it loses all context: no navigation or breadcrumbs - it's as if it's not part of the map at all.
Any ideas how I can make it work?
Radu
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Joined: Fri Jul 09, 2004 5:18 pm

Re: Excluding some child topics from a chunk

Post by Radu »

Hi,
In general I only use plan to-content chunking.
Maybe you can go over what the DITA 1.3 specification says and exemplifies about using chunk:
https://www.oxygenxml.com/dita/1.3/spec ... nking.html
https://www.oxygenxml.com/dita/1.3/spec ... mples.html
You could also try to register and ask on the DITA Users List, there are lots of writers there who might have a better idea about how this could be achieved.
Regards,
Radu
Radu Coravu
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http://www.oxygenxml.com
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