DITA attributes, A to Z
This topic includes a simple list of all attributes defined on all elements in this specification.
This report includes only elements from the DITA for Technical Content specification; it does not include elements from the base specification.
Note (non-normative):
Some attributes are defined differently for different elements;
check the element description for details on values and any expected processing.
@align: glossSymbol@audience: All elements except booktitle, glossAcronym, glossSynonym, glossterm@base: All elements@callout: synnote@cascade: abbrevlist, amendments, appendices, appendix, backmatter, bibliolist, bookabstract, booklist, booklists, bookmap, chapter, colophon, dedication, draftintro, figurelist, frontmatter, glossarylist, indexlist, , part, preface, tablelist, toc, trademarklist@chunk: abbrevlist, amendments, appendices, appendix, backmatter, bibliolist, bookabstract, booklist, booklists, bookmap, chapter, colophon, dedication, draftintro, figurelist, frontmatter, glossarylist, glossref, indexlist, , part, preface, tablelist, toc, trademarklist@class: All elements@collection-type: abbrevlist, amendments, appendices, appendix, backmatter, bibliolist, bookabstract, booklist, booklists, bookmap, chapter, colophon, dedication, draftintro, figurelist, frontmatter, glossarylist, glossref, indexlist, , part, preface, tablelist, toc, trademarklist@compact: parml@conaction: All elements@conkeyref: All elements@conref: All elements@conrefend: All elements@datatype: approved, bookchangehistory, bookevent, bookeventtype, bookid, booknumber, bookowner, bookpartno, bookrestriction, bookrights, change-completed, change-item, change-organization, change-person, change-request-id, change-request-reference, change-request-system, change-revisionid, change-started, change-summary, copyrfirst, copyrlast, edited, edition, isbn, maintainer, organization, person, printlocation, published, publishtype, reviewed, tested, volume@deliveryTarget: All elements except booktitle, glossAcronym, glossSynonym, glossterm@dir: All elements@ditaarch:DITAArchVersion: bookmap, concept, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task, troubleshooting@encoding: coderef, mathmlref, svgref@expanse: choicetable, codeblock, equation-figure, msgblock, properties, screen, syntaxdiagram@format: abbrevlist, amendments, appendices, appendix, approved, backmatter, bibliolist, bookabstract, bookchangehistory, bookevent, bookeventtype, bookid, booklist, booklists, bookmap, booknumber, bookowner, bookpartno, bookrestriction, bookrights, chapter, coderef, colophon, copyrfirst, copyrlast, dedication, draftintro, edited, edition, figurelist, frontmatter, glossarylist, glossref, glossSymbol, indexlist, isbn, maintainer, mathmlref, , organization, part, person, preface, printlocation, published, publisherinformation, publishtype, reviewed, svgref, tablelist, tested, toc, trademarklist, volume@frame: choicetable, codeblock, equation-figure, msgblock, properties, screen, syntaxdiagram@headers: chdesc, chdeschd, choption, choptionhd, propdesc, propdeschd, proptype, proptypehd, propvalue, propvaluehd@height: glossSymbol@href: abbrevlist, amendments, appendices, appendix, approved, bibliolist, bookabstract, bookchangehistory, bookevent, bookeventtype, bookid, booklist, booknumber, bookowner, bookpartno, bookrestriction, bookrights, chapter, coderef, colophon, copyrfirst, copyrlast, dedication, draftintro, edited, edition, figurelist, fragref, glossarylist, glossref, glossSymbol, indexlist, isbn, maintainer, mathmlref, , organization, part, person, preface, printlocation, published, publisherinformation, publishtype, reviewed, svgref, synnoteref, tablelist, tested, toc, trademarklist, volume@id: All elements@importance: All elements except booktitle, glossAcronym, glossSynonym, glossterm@keycol: choicetable, properties@keyref: abbreviated-form, abbrevlist, amendments, apiname, appendices, appendix, approved, backmatter, bibliolist, bookabstract, bookchangehistory, bookevent, bookeventtype, bookid, booklibrary, booklist, booklists, booknumber, bookowner, bookpartno, bookrestriction, bookrights, booktitlealt, chapter, cmd, cmdname, coderef, colophon, completed, copyrfirst, copyrlast, day, dedication, draftintro, edited, edition, figurelist, filepath, frontmatter, glossarylist, glossref, glossSymbol, hwcontrol, indexlist, isbn, kwd, mainbooktitle, maintainer, markupname, mathmlref, menucascade, month, msgnum, msgph, , numcharref, option, organization, parameterentity, parmname, part, partno, person, preface, printlocation, pt, published, publisherinformation, publishtype, reviewed, revisionid, shortcut, started, summary, svgref, systemoutput, tablelist, tested, textentity, toc, trademarklist, uicontrol, userinput, varname, volume, wintitle, xmlatt, xmlelement, xmlnsname, xmlpi, year@keys: abbrevlist, amendments, appendices, appendix, bibliolist, bookabstract, booklist, chapter, colophon, dedication, draftintro, figurelist, glossarylist, glossref, indexlist, , part, preface, tablelist, toc, trademarklist@keyscope: abbrevlist, amendments, appendices, appendix, backmatter, bibliolist, bookabstract, booklist, booklists, bookmap, chapter, colophon, dedication, draftintro, figurelist, frontmatter, glossarylist, indexlist, , part, preface, tablelist, toc, trademarklist@linking: abbrevlist, amendments, appendices, appendix, backmatter, bibliolist, bookabstract, booklist, booklists, bookmap, chapter, colophon, dedication, draftintro, figurelist, frontmatter, glossarylist, glossref, indexlist, , part, preface, tablelist, toc, trademarklist@mapkeyref: change-historylist@name: approved, bookchangehistory, bookevent, bookeventtype, bookid, booknumber, bookowner, bookpartno, bookrestriction, bookrights, change-completed, change-item, change-organization, change-person, change-request-id, change-request-reference, change-request-system, change-revisionid, change-started, change-summary, copyrfirst, copyrlast, edited, edition, isbn, maintainer, organization, person, printlocation, published, publishtype, reviewed, tested, volume@otherprops: All elements except booktitle, glossAcronym, glossSynonym, glossterm@othertype: glossUsage@outputclass: All elements@parse: coderef, mathmlref, svgref@placement: glossSymbol@platform: All elements except booktitle, glossAcronym, glossSynonym, glossterm@processing-role: abbrevlist, amendments, appendices, appendix, backmatter, bibliolist, bookabstract, booklist, booklists, bookmap, chapter, colophon, dedication, draftintro, figurelist, frontmatter, glossarylist, glossref, indexlist, , part, preface, tablelist, toc, trademarklist@product: All elements except booktitle, glossAcronym, glossSynonym, glossterm@props: All elements except booktitle, glossAcronym, glossSynonym, glossterm@relcolwidth: choicetable, properties@rev: All elements@rowspan: propdesc, proptype, propvalue@scale: choicetable, codeblock, equation-figure, glossSymbol, msgblock, properties, screen, syntaxdiagram@scalefit: glossSymbol@scope: abbrevlist, amendments, appendices, appendix, approved, backmatter, bibliolist, bookabstract, bookchangehistory, bookevent, bookeventtype, bookid, booklist, booklists, bookmap, booknumber, bookowner, bookpartno, bookrestriction, bookrights, chapter, chdesc, chdeschd, choption, choptionhd, coderef, colophon, copyrfirst, copyrlast, dedication, draftintro, edited, edition, figurelist, frontmatter, glossarylist, glossref, glossSymbol, indexlist, isbn, maintainer, mathmlref, , organization, part, person, preface, printlocation, propdesc, propdeschd, proptype, proptypehd, propvalue, propvaluehd, published, publisherinformation, publishtype, reviewed, svgref, tablelist, tested, toc, trademarklist, volume@search: abbrevlist, amendments, appendices, appendix, backmatter, bibliolist, bookabstract, booklist, booklists, bookmap, chapter, colophon, dedication, draftintro, figurelist, frontmatter, glossarylist, glossref, indexlist, , part, preface, tablelist, toc, trademarklist@specializations: bookmap, concept, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task, troubleshooting@status: All elements except booktitle, glossAcronym, glossSynonym, glossterm@subjectrefs: abbrevlist, amendments, appendices, appendix, backmatter, bibliolist, bookabstract, booklist, booklists, bookmap, chapter, colophon, dedication, draftintro, figurelist, frontmatter, glossarylist, indexlist, , part, preface, tablelist, toc, trademarklist@toc: abbrevlist, amendments, appendices, appendix, backmatter, bibliolist, bookabstract, booklist, booklists, bookmap, chapter, colophon, dedication, draftintro, figurelist, frontmatter, glossarylist, glossref, indexlist, , part, preface, tablelist, toc, trademarklist@translate: All elements@type: abbrevlist, amendments, appendices, appendix, approved, backmatter, bibliolist, bookabstract, bookchangehistory, bookevent, bookeventtype, bookid, booklist, booklists, bookmap, booknumber, bookowner, bookpartno, bookrestriction, bookrights, chapter, coderef, colophon, copyrfirst, copyrlast, dedication, draftintro, edited, edition, figurelist, frontmatter, glossarylist, glossref, glossUsage, indexlist, isbn, maintainer, mathmlref, , organization, part, person, preface, printlocation, published, publisherinformation, publishtype, reviewed, tablelist, tested, toc, trademarklist, volume@value: approved, bookchangehistory, bookevent, bookeventtype, bookid, booknumber, bookowner, bookpartno, bookrestriction, bookrights, copyrfirst, copyrlast, edited, edition, isbn, maintainer, organization, person, printlocation, published, publishtype, reviewed, tested, volume@width: glossSymbol@xml:lang: All elements@xml:space: codeblock, msgblock, screen@xmlns:ditaarch: bookmap, concept, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task, troubleshooting