##### 24.8.2.1 Understanding DITA topic type assignment precedence

The default type for every topic DITA2Go generates from your document is type concept. You can specify a different default, assign a topic type to a paragraph format, or use a marker to specify the type of an individual topic. Table 24-1 shows the precedence of topic type assignment methods.

Table 24-1 Precedence of DITA topic type assignment methods

Precedence | Method | Reference
Highest | DITAtopic marker | 24.8.2.4
Intermediate | paragraph format | 24.8.2.3
Lowest | Default topic type | 24.8.2.2

If you specify a custom specialized topic type (a type other than topic, concept, task, reference, glossary, or map), you must provide a separate content-model configuration file for the specialized type, named DITA topictype.ini; see §41. Working with content models.

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