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Is there an easy way to add a global text entity?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 9:35 pm
by pcelmer
I would like to add a text entity and have that entity show up in the entity viewer for all the .xml files referenced by my ditamap.
I tried the help files...."insert text entity" "text entity" "insert entity", etc.
Thanks,
Paul
Re: Is there an easy way to add a global text entity?
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 6:29 pm
by sorin_ristache
Hi Paul,
If you want to have the entity available in all types of DITA topics I think you have to add it to the built-in DTDs of DITA OT which is embedded in Oxygen, for example in the file:
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[Oxygen-install-dir]/frameworks/dita/DITA-OT/dtd/technicalContent/dtd/uiDomain.ent
Regards,
Sorin
Re: Is there an easy way to add a global text entity?
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 10:20 am
by Radu
Hi Paul,
Use of entities is highly discouraged when editing DITA topics:
http://tech.dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/ ... sage/30086
If you want to reuse content you can use the DITA mechanism of conrefs, keyrefs and conkeyrefs.
Regards,
Radu
Re: Is there an easy way to add a global text entity?
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:56 pm
by pcelmer
Thanks!
I used phrase tags set up in a table in a topic and now can reference that.
Thanks again!
Paul