Cross-references from a resource-only map reference are crawled

[antonyterrence]

test_resource_only_attribute.zip

I have a dita map that references another map, which is set as a resource-only map. However, the resource-only map references a topic which includes a cross-reference to a topic. The responsive webhelp crawls the cross-reference and generates an html file for the file. Won't the resource-only attribute work for cross-references?

[chrispitude]

Hi Antony,

I wonder if this is a variant of this DITA-OT issue:

#3940: processing-role="resource-only" does not cascade downward in map

[antonyterrence]

I think it is. Thank you for sharing the link, Chris.

[chrispitude]

Sure! If you have a Github account, it might be worth adding a note that this affects you too (and perhaps attaching your simple testcase so any subsequent fix can be tested against it).

[antonyterrence]

I have added a note to the issue. Thank you.

[marius]

Hi,
As a workaround you can tweak one of the following transformation parameters: onlytopic.in.map or link-crawl, to see if one of them works in your case.
I've checked using your samples and the cross-referenced topic isn’t generated anymore if you modify the default value for one of the two parameters.
Best regards,
Marius

[antonyterrence]

I am ware of the two parameters. My team won't be comfortable using the params to stop crawling links since certain amount crawling is fine. But if we specify certain files as resource-only, crawling should not happen on such files.