OASIS Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) TC

lockmeta: What is implication of "yes" for map processing/rendition?

  • 1.  lockmeta: What is implication of "yes" for map processing/rendition?

    Posted 07-06-2009 12:09
    If the purpose of having topicmeta in a map is to impose that metadata onto
    referenced topics in a particular use context, what is the
    processing/rendition implication of having topicmeta in a topicref but then
    specifying locknav="yes"?
    
    In that case, the map-specified metadata does not modify the effective value
    of the topic's metadata, but does it have any other expected effect? For
    example, is there an expectation that search would still match the
    *navigation* entry (but not the topic)? Or is the map-specified metadata
    simply rendered irrelevant?
    
    Other than simply turning off the behavior without having to remove existing
    map-specified metadata, I'm having a hard time imagining a use case for
    specifying locknav="yes".
    
    Am I missing some subtler aspect of this feature?
    
    Cheers,
    
    E.
    
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    Eliot Kimber | Senior Solutions Architect | Really Strategies, Inc.
    email:  ekimber@reallysi.com