#### 24.9.4 Omitting <xref> elements from footnotes

The way DITA handles footnotes results in footnotes with IDs not getting callouts unless an <xref> element is added to provide the callout. However, the DITA Open Toolkit is inconsistent on this point. The HTML transform wants the <xref> element, but the PDF2 transform does not.

To exclude <xref> elements from footnotes:

    [DITAOptions]
    ; FootnoteXref = Yes (default, comply with spec) or No (indulge bug in
    ; DITA-OT for pdf2 output using Idiom/RenderX by omitting footnote
    ; xref)
    FootnoteXref = No

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Parent Topic: 24.9 Configuring cross references and links for DITA

Sibling Topics:

24.9.1 Understanding how DITA2Go converts cross references

24.9.2 Specifying an outputclass for cross-reference wrappers

24.9.3 Linking to elements below topic level

24.9.5 Overriding <xref> attribute values