• How to switch from old DTD-based XML to DITA in Tridion Docs?

    Hi, A customer has a Tridion Docs installation that uses DTD-based XML from pre-DITA times. What is the best way to switch to DITA in the Tridion Docs environment? Best regards, Frank

  • Can I configure Tridion Docs bridge UI to insert a variable for <text> element?

    Hi, We have been using Tridion Docs bridge plugin to XMetaL and Oxygen to insert variables for <ph> elements and now want to also support insert variables for <text> elements. I have updated the related DTD files to support varref and varid attributes…

  • Backing up Publications in their entirety (with history)

    Hi everyone, authoring for one of our 65 or so products could move out of our Info Dev organization soon. We know how to back up all the currently active content for the associated docs (Publication exports, publishing to DITA XML, publishing to Tridion…

  • Correct href attribute specification

    Hi All, Though there are two ways to specify an href attribute of an xref element in TridionDocs, I'd like to know which is better specification method. - Specify only GUID: <xref href="GUID-0001"/> - Specify GUIDs connected with # sign: <xref href…

  • TDX publish output naming

    Where exactly in TDX does the publishing output name create the filename structure ( title=version=outputtype=language )? Is is possible to change this via the transform or XML Publish Plugin Settings to apply something like a bookmap attribute or list…

  • DITA 1.2 ”DocTypes” folder to DITA-OT 3.x that Tridion Docs 14.0 SP4 supports

    Hi, One of my users is using Tridon Docs 14.0 SP4 with old DITA-OT 2.3 publishing framework. Yes, DTD is described under the "DocTypes" folder maintained previously SDL. Now I have received new publishing plug-in development request. Probably the…

  • Can I harness value of processing instruction like <?xm-replace_text?>

    Hi, I have some xrefs in my content to GUIDs that are not in my publication. While the linked to GUID is not in my publication, I can still see the title of that topic presented in HTML vlew in Publication Manager and in Oxygen XML view with processing…

  • Reasons publishing gets stalled in Tridion Docs 14 SP3

    Hello, We're trying to pinpoint the causes of some intermittent problems with publishing where publishing stalls at the DITA-OT processing step and doesn't seem to progress any further: Starting DITA-OT step: " Going to run 'ishrunditaot.ps1' to start…

  • How can I find where a selected element is being conrefed?

    Is there a way to select an element and find the topics that are referencing the element via conref? For example, my library topic contains <ph id="abc">Text string</ph>. I want to find all instances of <ph conref=" library_topic_id /abc" /> in the…

  • What is SDL equivalent of DITAVAL file?

    Hi, For writers who are used to working with and organising their condition rules in a DITAVAL file that can be maintained, shared and reused, does SDL have a similar mechanism to a DITAVAL file? Thanks, Ann

  • How can I troubleshoot 404 error in Publication Manager preview of a map/topic?

    Hi, I am having an issue with Publication Manager (13.0.2). I can successfully open a Publication from our SDL Tridion Docs CMS but when I click on one of the submaps within the publication it does load the map versions in the top-right window pane…

  • Why is XMetaL authoring bridge changing resourceIDs to "all caps?"

    Using SDL Tridion Docs R13 and XMetaL 12 with Authoring Bridge 13.0.4115. Have not made any changes to client tools for over a year. Have not changed our XML plugin settings. Suddenly when we check in DITA topics, <resourceID id="" changes to "all caps…

  • With which elements can you use SDL Variables

    Hi, I have searched for and found the SDL Tridion Docs documentation on SDL Variables at https://docs.sdl.com/787645/479553/sdl-tridion-docs-14/variables . However, this does no provide any examples of the definition of the variable and varid. Does…

  • Is it possible to batch import and replace existing images?

    Hello, I got this question from a tech writer. It's possible in the Tridion web client to import and replace one image while keeping the same GUID, so that the image is updated in all locations where it is linked. But is it possible to import and…

  • Headless implementation of Tridion Docs

    I need to implement SDL Docs as a headless CMS. With the OOB "Dynamic Delivery" Output Format the Topic Content(DITA XML) is published and stored as "HTML" in the Broker Database. When we retrieve rawContent.content of a topic via PCA service, the returned…

  • Add topic type property to map when adding topicref

    We would like to add the Topic type (FMODULETYPE) property of a topic being referenced to a map under othermeta, similar to navigation title. So the map structure would look something like <map>... <topicref format="dita" href="GUID-88A626B2-E788…

  • How do I include version information in the filemap.xml generated by Content Importer?

    I'm trying to test importing translated content with Content Importer (we currently depend on the batch import system with disk directories). I've created a test directory for this purpose that is basically the extracted zip from an ordinary Content Manager…

  • Publishing Issue with a specialized DITA Topic - did we miss something?

    Hi, We are trying to introduce a specialized topic type into our content for the first time (our own, not from the DITA standards). The root element is "unitTopic". We've provided the specializations in the DocTypes directory and everything is working…

  • TD14 Content Importer

    Now we are using SDL KC 2016 and preparing upgrade to TD14. With KC 2016, we often use publication export to correct multiple topics at once. Because, it's not possible to search and replace for multiple topics at once with KC environment. After we export…

  • Visualization of Publication Edits

    Hi all, I'm interested in finding a way to visualize the changes to a publication over time. I was wondering if anyone has discovered a way to determine what topics have been changed, how many times they have been edited, what has been added or deleted…

  • Is there a possibility to copy DLL files say from KC Development server to production without stopping IIS in Production server?

    Is there a possibility to copy DLL files say from KC Development server to production without stopping IIS in Production server?

  • Any documentation for using xrefs in variables?

    I attended a networking event some time ago, in which one of the speakers mentioned using variables as a workaround for cross-publication linking. Including an xref in a variable and then using the variable in the topic. I tested it out, and it sort of…

  • Does SDL support the General Task topic type?

    Our Task template uses the Strict Task DTD: <!DOCTYPE task PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Task//EN" "task.dtd"[]> If we wanted to support the General Task topic also, would I just add another topic template that points to the General Task DTD? <!DOCTYPE…

  • .ditamap extensions in custom DITA-OT output format

    In Knowledge Center, the ISHPublDITAOTUtil.vbs controls how files are renamed during DITA-OT processing. This code gets called regardless of whether you are using a transtype in the InfoShare version of the DITA-OT or a custom version. In Tridion Docs…

  • Conref usage with SDL KC 2016?

    We are using Knowledge Center 2016 (version 12.02417) with Oxygen version 17.1. I am looking for any special considerations/best practices/instructions related to using conrefs with SDL. Should conref topics be setup as library topics? If so, do…
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