can I use wildcard in "val" attribute in DITAVAL file?

[protl]

In my DITAVAL file, I want to add a statement that excludes all content with a specific attribute ("product"), and then add include statements to include content marked with specific values for that attribute. I tried using a wildcard in the "val" attribute, but it did not seem to work. Does anyone know if wildcards are supported in the "val" attribute? For example:

A GENERAL EXCLUDE STATEMENT:
<prop att="product" action="exclude"/>

FOLLOWED BY A WILDCARD INCLUDE STATEMENT:
<prop att="product" val="not*" action="include"/>

AND THEN A SPECIFIC INCLUDE STATEMENT:
<prop att="product" val="product1" action="include"/>

[Radu]

Hi,

The DITA standard does not support wildcards in DITAVAL filters.
I posted a link to your comment on the DITA standard comments list:

https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/d ... 00002.html

Who knows, maybe they might be interested in adding such a feature in a future DITA standard release.

Regards,
Radu

[drmacro]

Note that you can get the effect of wildcards by using a subject scheme to provide a common ancestor type over all the specific values and then use the common type value in the DITAVAL.

Not as convenient as "not*" but it will work.

If you use a subject scheme to do the initial definition and ongoing maintenance of all your profiling values then it becomes more convenient to use it in this way as well.

Cheers,

Eliot

[Radu]

Hi,

Right, for anybody interested we have an example in the user's guide about using Subject Scheme maps both for imposing controlled attribute values and for filtering:

https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/ ... e-map.html

Regards,
Radu