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Hi all,

we want to insert a table via conref and then link from outside the conref to different elements within the table. Those links are broken when we run a DITA OT transformation (PDF). The problem is that the IDs within the conref are generated in the preprocessing (see https://github.com/dita-ot/dita-ot/issues/1091).

Is there any solution for this problem? I can only imagine to run an XSL before preprocessing: Copy @id and @href to a third attribute and then - when creating the links – use the third attribute if the target cannot be identified.

Best regards
Frank

Hi Frank,

Maybe this question is more appropriate for the DITA Users List. Usually the DITA style guides discourage links to specific elements within a topic, the topic should be small enough so that you can link directly to it and not to a specific element from it.

Regards,
Radu

Hi Radu,

Thanks for the quick reply. I will re-post my question there.

Cheers,
Frank