Make Legacy PDF transformation respect @processing-role="res

[Frank Ralf]

Hi,

We still use the Legacy PDF transformation for historical reasons in one of our projects. We've now started using key references, putting all the key definitions in a separate map file.

If a separate DITA map is created that contains only key definitions, it should have the @processing-role attribute set to "resource-only". The map-group vocabulary module includes the <keydef> element, a specialization of <topicref> in which the value of the
@processing-role attribute is set by default to "resource-only".

http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.2/os ... _keys.html

However, the Legacy PDF transformation ignores all "recource-only" settings, supposedly because this is a new feature introduced with DITA 1.2. Is there a way to teach the transformation to respect this setting? Where should I look for amending the transformation settings?

Any hints are welcome.

TIA
Frank

[Radu]

Hi Frank,

I don't quite know, hardly anybody uses the Legacy PDF transform anymore, you could try to look in the XSL:

OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR\frameworks\dita\DITA-OT\plugins\legacypdf\xslfo\topicmerge.xsl

If this does not help, maybe you could find some help on the DITA Users List.
In my opinion if you want to use new DITA features you should try to move to the current PDF plugin.

Regards,
Radu

[Frank Ralf]

Thanks for the quick response.

I don't quite know, hardly anybody uses the Legacy PDF transform anymore, ...

I know, I know ... but we have inherited the whole customized transformation from our customer and will be stuck with it, at least for the near future

However, if the Legacy PDF is hampering content re-use with key references, we have a strong case for switching to the current PDF transformation

Regards,
Frank