Related links are the related information links of a topic that are stored in a special section following the body of the topic.
Figure 1.
Related links in Serna.
Related links are characterized by the following:
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Target location
Local related links can link to local topics.
External related links can link to:
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External topics
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DITA documents
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Non-DITA documents
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Documents on the web
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Attributes
The
href attribute provides the location of the target.
The
format attribute identifies the format of the target: dita, html, pdf or ditamap.
The
scope attribute identifies the closeness of the relationship between the current document and the target: local, peer or external.
The
type attribute identifies the type of the target, e.g. concept, task, topic.