Remove xref-link in pdf

[Glimmerino]

Hi.

I have several dita-topics that I use to publish both pdf and html. The problem is that I only want the html-output to generate links (using the <xref> element) at some occasions. Is there any way to individually set the <xref> element to only generate links for html and not pdf? There does not seem to be any "print" attribute for the <xref> element.

Regards
Kristian

[radu_pisoi]

Hi,

A possibility to achieve your requirements is to use the DITA Conditional Processing mechanism. For your case, a sample DITA snapshot that uses the deliveryTarget conditional processing attribute is:

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<p>Chrysanthemums, called 'mums', are a 

  <xref keyref="genus" format="dita" deliveryTarget="html">genus</xref><ph deliveryTarget="pdf">genus</ph> of ...</p>

Move about DITA conditional profiling could be found in the next links:
* oXygen video demonstration
http://oxygenxml.com/demo/DITA_Profiling.html
* DITA Specification
https://www.oxygenxml.com/dita/1.3/spec ... dproc.html

[Glimmerino]

Thank you!

This was very helpful, as always.