Before we started converting to Tridion Docs, is was standard for us to include the part number, version number, and date of publication at the bottom of the cover of a publication.
I can put these values in a library topic and reference them as variables, but I think it would be better to reference the document properties to get values that will update automatically when if a new version is released.
I don't currently know how to access those properties within a topic.
Hi, Ted.
The approach that I have seen most often is to access the relevant metadata/properties from code in a DITA-OT plugin for a given output (HTML, PDF, etc.) The metadata is sent as .met files along with the xml to the toolkit pipeline. The set of included metadata is, I believe, configured in the IBackgroundTaskHandler - ExportObjects plugin. More info here: docs.rws.com/.../ibackgroundtaskhandler---exportobjects
Hi Ted,
Hi Mark,
Yes, you can approach this through the .met files and the normal property definitions of Tridion Docs.
However, the configuration location suggested by Mark is incorrect. Please have a look at the export section in the settings > XML Settings > Publish Plugin settings
More information on how to customize the publishing pipeline and utilize additional properties can be found here:
Hi, Raf. Thanks for catching that!
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