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Searching for topics that are missing the target
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2023 8:52 pm
by jmorales
Is there a way to search for all the topics that are missing something particular? For example, all topics that don't have a shortdesc element, or that don't include a particular piece of text.
Thanks!
Re: Searching for topics that are missing the target
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2023 3:21 am
by chrispitude
Hi jmorales,
You could use
XPath/XQuery Builder to search your .dita files for a particular XQuery expression.
For example, to find all top-level topics that have a
<body> but not a
<shortdesc> element, you could search for:
This identifies topics by elements that have a
<body> element.
To find all topics that don't contain a certain phrase (case-insensitive),
Code: Select all
/(topic|concept|task|reference)[not(.//text()[matches(., 'some phrase', 'i')])]
This identifies topics by element name.
If you have other specific queries you'd like to perform, feel free to ask!
Re: Searching for topics that are missing the target
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2023 8:34 pm
by jmorales
Thanks, chrispitude! That's very helpful. I'd already done some experimenting, but Xpath is not my strong point, so originally I wasn't able to come up with anything workable. However, your examples work very well.