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  7. <h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1">Conref (conref)</h1>
  8. <div class="body conbody"><p class="shortdesc">The <code class="ph codeph">conref</code> step resolves conref attributes, processing only the DITA maps or topics that
  9. use the @conref attribute. This step is implemented in XSLT.</p>
  10. <section class="section">
  11. <p class="p">The values of the <code class="keyword markupname xmlatt">@id</code> attribute on referenced content are changed as the elements are pulled
  12. into the new locations. This ensures that the values of the <code class="keyword markupname xmlatt">@id</code> attribute within the referencing
  13. topic remain unique.</p>
  14. <div class="p">If an element is pulled into a new context along with a cross reference that references the target, both the
  15. values of the <code class="keyword markupname xmlatt">@id</code> and <code class="keyword markupname xmlatt">@xref</code> attributes are updated so that they remain valid in
  16. the new location. For example, a referenced topic might include a section as in the following example: <figure class="fig fignone"><figcaption><span class="fig--title-label">Figure 1. </span>Referenced topic that contains a section and cross reference</figcaption>
  17. <pre class="pre codeblock"><code>&lt;topic id="referenced_topic"&gt;
  18. &lt;title&gt;...&lt;/title&gt;
  19. &lt;body&gt;
  20. &lt;section id="sect"&gt;&lt;title&gt;Sample section&lt;/title&gt;
  21. &lt;p&gt;Figure &lt;xref href="#referenced_topic/fig"/&gt; contains an code sample that demonstrates ... .&lt;/p&gt;
  22. &lt;fig id="fig"&gt;&lt;title&gt;Code sample&lt;/title&gt;
  23. &lt;codeblock&gt;....&lt;/codeblock&gt;
  24. &lt;/fig&gt;
  25. &lt;/section&gt;
  26. &lt;/body&gt;
  27. &lt;/topic&gt;</code></pre>
  28. </figure></div>
  29. <div class="p">When the section is referenced using a <code class="keyword markupname xmlatt">@conref</code> attribute, the value of the <code class="keyword markupname xmlatt">@id
  30. </code>attribute on the <code class="keyword markupname xmlelement">&lt;fig&gt;</code> element is modified to ensure that it remains unique in
  31. the new context. At the same time, the <code class="keyword markupname xmlelement">&lt;xref&gt;</code> element is also modified so that it
  32. remains valid as a local reference. For example, if the referencing topic has an <code class="keyword markupname xmlatt">@id </code> set to
  33. "new_topic", then the conrefed element may look like this in the intermediate
  34. document.<code class="keyword markupname xmlelement">&lt;section&gt;</code><figure class="fig fignone"><figcaption><span class="fig--title-label">Figure 2. </span>Resolved conrefed &lt;section&gt; element after the conref step</figcaption>
  35. <pre class="pre codeblock"><code>&lt;section id="sect"&gt;&lt;title&gt;Sample section&lt;/title&gt;
  36. &lt;p&gt;Figure &lt;xref href="#new_topic/d1e25"/&gt; contains an code sample that demonstrates ... .&lt;/p&gt;
  37. &lt;fig id="d1e25"&gt;&lt;title&gt;Code sample&lt;/title&gt;
  38. &lt;codeblock&gt;....&lt;/codeblock&gt;
  39. &lt;/fig&gt;
  40. &lt;/section&gt;</code></pre>
  41. </figure></div>
  42. <p class="p">In this case, the value of the <code class="keyword markupname xmlatt">@id </code> attribute on the <code class="keyword markupname xmlelement">&lt;fig&gt;</code> element has
  43. been changed to a generated value of "d1e25". At the same time, the <code class="keyword markupname xmlelement">&lt;xref&gt;</code> element has
  44. been updated to use that new generated ID, so that the cross reference remains valid.</p>
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