Generating an ID for a topic/concept/task/etc...and DITA map
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 8:13 pm
Firstly - I am brand new to using Oxygen. We are converting from FrameMaker.
We will use a concept as the example, but this applies to maps, references and tasks as well:
When creating a DITA concept I need to automatically generate the id at the topic level (do not want to remember to right click on the element and generate id because people never remember). I have found where I can auto generate for some of the lower level elements contained with the concept, but the concept level generates with the id assigned in the template - which is NOT unique. Maps generate with no id at all.
How do I do this? Thanks for your patience with a newb.
We will use a concept as the example, but this applies to maps, references and tasks as well:
When creating a DITA concept I need to automatically generate the id at the topic level (do not want to remember to right click on the element and generate id because people never remember). I have found where I can auto generate for some of the lower level elements contained with the concept, but the concept level generates with the id assigned in the template - which is NOT unique. Maps generate with no id at all.
How do I do this? Thanks for your patience with a newb.