The DITA MAP document type

DITA maps are documents that collect and organize references to DITA topics to indicate the relationships among the topics. They can also serve as outlines or tables of contents for DITA deliverables and as build manifests for DITA projects.

Maps allow scalable reuse of content across multiple contexts. They can be used by information architects, writers, and publishers to plan, develop, and deliver content.

 Association rules

A file is considered to be a dita map document when either of the following occurs:

  • root element name is one of the following: map, bookmap;

  • public id of the document is -//OASIS//DTD DITA Map or -//OASIS//DTD DITA BookMap.

  • the root element of the file has an attribute named "class" which contains the value "map/map" and a "DITAArchVersion" attribute from the "http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/" namespace. This enhanced case of matching is only applied when the Enable DTD processing option from the Document Type Detection option page is enabled.