If an html type of KEYDEF has more than one possible values, can you configure the href attribute to match the URL?

[protl]

My Oxygen project has a .ditamap file that contains the reusable variables for my project. Each variable is defined as a KEYDEF value, and we use different KEYWORD values, with a condition applied, to supply the variable value for different outputs. For example:

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<keydef keys="productNameLong">

<topicmeta>

<keywords>

     <keyword product="product-1">Product One</keyword>

     <keyword product="product-2">Product Two</keyword>

</keywords>

</topicmeta>

</keydef>

In some cases, the KEYDEF is a placeholder for a URL that we want to select when inserting a link (DITA menu > Link > Web Link, Key option), and it has this format:

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<keydef keys="pdn-ma-page" href="https://pdn.pega.com/products/pega-marketing" format="html" scope="external">

    <topicmeta>

      <linktext>https://pdn.pega.com/products/pega-marketing</linktext>

    </topicmeta>

  </keydef>

Question: Is it possible to format an "html" type KEYDEF (like the one shown above) so that both the "href" attribute and "linktext" value can vary, based on the transformation? For example, could I apply the conditional attribute "product" to the LINKTEXT element (e.g., <linktext product="product-1">) to vary the link text, and then somehow also use this same value for the "href" attribute?

[Radu]

Hi,

You could try something like:

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      <linktext><ph product="prod1">https://pdn.pega.com/products/pega-marketing2</ph><ph product="prod2">https://pdn.pega.com/products/pega-marketing2</ph></linktext>

or redefine completely the key:

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<keydef keys="pdn-ma-page" href="https://pdn.pega.com/products/pega-marketing"

    format="html" scope="external" product="product1">

    <topicmeta>

      <linktext>https://pdn.pega.com/products/pega-marketing</linktext>

    </topicmeta>

  </keydef>

  

  <keydef keys="pdn-ma-page" href="https://pdn.pega.com/products/pega-marketing2"

    format="html" scope="external" product="product2">

    <topicmeta>

      <linktext>https://pdn.pega.com/products/pega-marketing2</linktext>

    </topicmeta>

  </keydef>

Regards,
Radu

[protl]

Thanks Radu! Your suggestion to use an individual KEYDEF element for each condition works well.