Determining Elements that Exceed a Given Word Count

[HSBOracle]

Is there a way to query the topics in a ditamap to see if a particular element exceeds a certain number of words? For example, identify all of the shortdesc (short description) elements that contain more than 40 words? Thanks, Scott

[xephon]

Hi,

You should create a Schematron rule and validate your map. The Schematron rule should use the document() function to step into all topics and validate the <shortdesc> elements.

Best regards

[chrispitude]

Hi HSBOracle,

As xephon suggests, you can do this by implementing a Schematron check. I would implement it by extending Oxygen's default DITA topic framework, then associating a new Schematron check file as a default check for DITA topic files:

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Here is a small testcase that demonstrates this approach:

oxygen_count_words_in_shortdesc.zip

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When you run Validate and Check for Completeness on a map, the word count check will be applied to all topics. In addition, because the Automatic validation checkbox is checked in the validation scenario list, the word count check is also applied interactively in topic editing windows.

[Radu]

Hi,

Or use Oxygen's XPath Bulder view (main menu Window->Show view) having as "Scope" the current DITA Map hierarchy and using an XPath like:

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//shortdesc[count(tokenize(normalize-space(text()), '\s+')) > 40]

Regards,
Radu