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1
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What does DITA stand for?

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Darwin Information Typing Architecture

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What file type organises dita topics?

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Dita maps

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3
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What is the basic building block for DITA information?

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The topic

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What are the 3 basic DITA topic types?

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Concept (what is?)
Task (how to?)
Reference (reference)

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What are the 2 types of references most commonly used in DITA?

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Key reference (product names, etc.)
Content reference (warnings, notices, etc.)
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6
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Who created DITA and when?

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IBM created DITA in 2005. It was donated to OASIS

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7
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What language is DITA based on?

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XML

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8
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What provides additional information about a XML tag?

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Attributes and its value

tag attribute=”value” /tag

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Where are XML tags defined?

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In a different file

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10
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What are called tag names in DITA?

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Elements

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11
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What is the name of the 3 most common root tags in DITA?

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Concept, task, reference

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What is a necessary attribute for a topic tag?

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id (ex: topic id=”sample”)

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13
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What element provides a 2-3 sentence summary of the topic content?

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shortdesc

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14
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What element provides the title of a topic?

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title

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15
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What element provides the bulk of information of a topic?

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body

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16
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What are the two task types provided by DITA?

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Strict task

General task

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17
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What is information about information called?

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Metadata

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18
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What is a common attribute to include language of a topic?

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xml:lang=”en-us”
Ex: topic id=”123” xml:lang=”en-us”

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What element allows you to store metadata for the entire topic?

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prolog

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20
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What is used to specify metadata on the element level?

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attributes

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21
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On the map level, where do you specify the metadata of a referenced topic?

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topicref

ex: topicref href=”abc.dita” audience=”novice”

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What are the 3 default attribules that support filtering or conditional processing?

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Audience
Product
Platform

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What does a basic DITA topic require?

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XML declaration (?xml version=”1.0” encoding=”UTF-8”?)
DOCTYPE declaration !DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC “-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN” “topic.dtd”
A topic topic id=”myfirsttopic”
id attribute on the topic id=”myfirsttopic”
Title title Hello world /title

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What element lets you create notes, cautions, warnings, and other admonishments

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note

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25
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What are the most common list types in DITA?

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unordered list ( ul)
ordered list ( ol )
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26
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What are the 2 types of tables included in DITA?

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Simple tables (simpletable)
Tables (table)
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What are the 3 possible elements in simple tables?

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sthead
strow
stentry

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28
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In a ditamap, what element provides a link to a specific topic?

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topicref

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29
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In a ditamap, what element provides a link to another map?

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mapref

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30
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In what language are most stylesheets of the DITA Open Toolkit written in?

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XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language)

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31
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What element is used to create links from text to other locations in text, figures, tables or websites?

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xref href=”target”

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32
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What is safer than using xref?

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Relationship tables (reltables)

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33
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Where are reltables located?

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In the map file (usually at the end)

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34
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What element is used to reuse pieces of content?

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conref

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35
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What is the DOCTYPE statement used for?

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To identify the topic type (ex. Concept, task, etc.)

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36
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What is the ?xml statement used for?

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Identify the file as an xml file

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37
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Should the ol element be used for step-by-step instructions?

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No! The Task topic should be used instead

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38
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What attribute is used by the image element to create a link to the image’s location?

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href

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39
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What element is used to add a caption to an image?

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fig

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40
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What element is used to give a definition?

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term

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41
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What element is used for a citation?

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cite

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42
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What element is used for a word or phrase that may change based on the user’s circumstances?

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varname

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43
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What element is used for subscript text?

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sub

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44
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What element is used for superscript text?

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sup

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45
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What element is used to add a footnote?

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fn

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46
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What element is used to indicate the order of a menu path?

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menucascade

then uicontrol

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47
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What elements contains a definition list (a list of terms with their corresponding definition)

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dl (definition list)
dlentry (definition entry)
dt (definition term)
dd (definition definition)

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48
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What element is used to write pieces of code?

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codeblock

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49
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What element is used to mark a single word or phrase as code inside a p element?

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codeph (codephrase)

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50
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What element is used to include a quote from an outside source?

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lq (long quote)

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51
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What element is used to divide body of a topic into subsections with individual titles?

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section

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52
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What element allows the creation of a comment in the DITA code that won’t be rendered in the final transformation?

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draft-comment

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53
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What element allows to wrap content that is tagged incorrectly?

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required-cleanup

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54
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What optional element in a task describes what the reader needs before performing the task?

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prereq

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55
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What optional element in a task provides background information about the task, like its purpose, etc.

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context

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56
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What are the 4 main elements of steps within a task?

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steps
step
cmd
info

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57
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What is an essential element of a step?

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What is an optional element of a step?

59
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What type of voice should be used in a cmd element?

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Active voice

60
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What do strict tasks only allow a single steps tag?

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To ensure that the topic only describes how to perform one task

61
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How many sentences should a cmd tag have in order to follow best practices?

62
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In a task, how many info tags can be added after a cmd element?

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Any number

63
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What elements can be used when listing choices to the reader?

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choices

choicetable

64
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What element is used to add more detail to a step?

65
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What element can be used to give step examples on how to perform a step in a task topic?

66
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What element is used to describe the result of a step?

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stepresult

67
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What element is used to add comments between two steps in a task topic?

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stepsection

68
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What two elements can be used to add admonitions to the reader before a cmd element of a step in a task?

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note

hazardstatement

69
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What element is used to describe a completed task?

70
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What element is used to show an example of an entire task?

71
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What element tells you what to do once a task is completed?

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postreq (postrequisites)

72
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To what question do Reference topics answer?

73
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To what question does the Concept topic answer?

74
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To what question does the Task topic answer?

75
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What 2 refbody elements are specific to the reference topic?

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refsyn

properties

76
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What element denotes the name of a command when referenced as a part of software?

77
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In the Reference topic type, what element used for code syntax is a specialization of the section element

78
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What elements are the preferred way to show syntax diagrams in the refsyn element?

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synph (syntax phrase)

syntaxdiagram

79
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What are the 4 most common sub-elements of the properties element?

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property
proptype
propvalue
propdesc

80
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The properties element is a specialization of what element?

A

simpletable

81
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How do you call an element related to a specific field (like programming, etc)?

A

domain element

82
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What topic type should be used to define a specific term or concept contained within your content?

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Glossary entry topic

83
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How do you call a file with multiple glossary entry topics?

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glossary group

84
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What is the root element of a glossary entry topic?

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glossentry

85
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What element is a glossterm a specialization of?

86
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It is best practice to add what before the filename of a glossary entry?

87
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Where is it better to gather all glossary topics?

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in a dita map file

88
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What element is used to add a topic inside a map?

89
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Where should maps be stored on your file system?

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At the top level, since topicrefs cannot link to topics located above the map level.

90
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What is the difference between a map and a bookmap?

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Bookmaps provide elements to create book-like structures. (chapters, appendices, parts)

91
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When is it generally preferable to use bookmaps instead of maps?

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When your content is in print or PDF form.

92
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What is the bookmap’s frontmatter element typically used for?

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table of contents or preface

93
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What is the bookmap’s backmatter element typically used for?

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index or glossary

94
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How many bookmap chapters can be nested inside bookmap chapters?

95
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What element is used to add metadata to maps?

96
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Which metadata takes precedence over the other, a topic metadata defined in a map’s topicref, or the referenced’ topic file’s metadata (e.g., prolog)?

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The metadata defined in a map’s topicref

97
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What frontmatter and backmatter element can be used for toc, indexlist or glossarylist?

98
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What element inside the booklists element of a bookmap is used to say where to generate a table of contents?

99
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What bookmap element is used to generate an index at that location within the map?

100
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What element of a bookmap is used to change the title of a reused topic?

101
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What attribute of topicref in a bookmap should you change in order to use the navtitle element?

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locktitle=”yes”

102
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Why is the topichead element useful?

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It helps you group topics together that are contextually related without implying a hierachical relationship

103
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In what element can you find a reltable?

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map or bookmap

104
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Where are reltables located inside a map?

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at the very end, just before the map or bookmap closing tag

105
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In a reltable, what relcell attribute can be used to make the reltable cell topics relate one another?

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collection-type=”family”

106
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What attribute of a topicref in a reltable makes this topic only the target of other topics (i.e., you can have a link to topic B, but topic B will not have any links to other topics)

A

linking=”targetonly”

107
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What attribute of a topicref in a reltable prevents this topic from being a target for other topics?

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linking=”sourceonly”

108
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How do you override the link types of recolspecs in reltables?

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by adding a title tag in the relcospec element

109
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What are the different reuse facilities offered by DITA?

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topics and maps
fragments (conref)
variables (keys)
filtering (conditions)

110
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What type of reuse involves pulling shared pieces of content, usually elements?

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Fragment (conrefs)

111
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What type of reuse is best suited for company names, product names, URLs, or filenames?

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Variables (keys)

112
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What type of reuse is best suited to selectively remove certain pieces of content, based on different conditions, to create product- or customer-specific deliverables?

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Filtering (conditions)

113
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What attribute do you need to use when you reuse a topic multiple times in a single map?

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copy-to=”first_copy.dita”

copy-to=”second_copy.dita

114
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What element could be the best example of a reusable element using a conref?

115
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What are the two parts of a conref?

A

a referenced element

a referencing element

116
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What attribute is necessary for conref referenced elements?

117
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What are the four basic conditional attributes used for content filtering?

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audience
platform
product
otherprops (custom aspect)

118
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How do you specify multiple values in attributes for content filtering?

119
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What file is used to indicate which attributes and values to filter out of your content?

A

ditaval files

120
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In DITA 1.3, what element within a map is used to include a ditaval file?

A

ditavalref

121
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What is the root element of a ditaval file?

122
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What is the main child element of a val tag?

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prop (prop att=”platform” val=”iphone” action=”exclude” /)

123
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In a ditaval file, what element can be used to add images bofore and after a flagged element?

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startflag

endflag

124
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Where is the final value for a key defined?

A

In a DITA map

125
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What element defines keys in a ditamap?

126
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What attribute references a key?

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keyref
ex: image keyref=”product_image”/
ph keyref=”product_name”/

127
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What elements must you nest inside a keydef that will contain a text string?

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keydef
topicmeta
keywords
keyword

128
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What 3 elements can reference a string of text?

A

ph
term
keyword

129
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What content reference element uses a key instead of a file path?

130
Q

How do you call folders and files containing topics and maps destined to be reused?

A

Warehouses

131
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What element is used to pull a sequence of two or more elements into a topic?

A

conrefend and conref

132
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What conref attribute allows you to “push” content into a topic of the same map?

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conaction=”pushreplace”
conaction=”pushbefore”
conaction=”pushafter”

133
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What attribute of a topicref in a map should be used to avoid displaying a specific topic?

A

processing-role=”resource-only”

134
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What is the difference between a conref and a conkeyref attribute?

A

conref references an element’s id

conkeyref references an element’s key

135
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Why should you use a conkeyref?

A

They make your topic reusable

136
Q

What does CCMS stand for?

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Component Content Management System

137
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What is DITA’s open source publishing tool?

138
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What can be used to change the Look-and-feel of default DITA-OT publishes?

A

Custom plugins

139
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What knowledge is required to customize or update custom plugins?

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Ant, XSL and DTD for the base

XHTML, JavaScript and XSL-FO for the output

140
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What document type can be used to simply change the output style?

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