## C. Content model configuration

This section provides an annotated list of configuration sections, keywords, and acceptable values for settings in content-model configuration files.

See also:

§41. Working with content models

; ContentModel.txt describes sections used in DITAspecial.ini files,
; such as DITAconcept11.ini, as they are supported in dwhtm.dll h283.
; Most of it also applies to DocBook content model files; differences
; are marked in the descriptions below.
[Topic]
;ModelName = name of type (usually a built-in) to be replaced after
; this file loads, effective only when this file is specified in
; [DITAContentModels] or [DocBookOptions]ContentModel in mif2htm.ini;
; overrides the default use of the filename (without "DITA").
ModelName=concept
;
; TopicRoot = name of root element in the DITA or DocBook file for
; this type.
TopicRoot=concept
; These two are DITA-only, not for DocBook:
; TopicStart = name of element that starts topic, such as "glossterm"
; (for glossary) or "title" (for every other type). When the Frame
; format mapped to this element in [DITATags] is also mapped to
; level 1 in [DITALevels], that format always starts a new topic.
TopicStart=title
; TopicBody = name of its body element, such as conbody for concept.
TopicBody=conbody
; PrologDType = PUBLIC name used in DOCTYPE header, double quotes
; are required.
PrologDType="-//OASIS//DTD DITA Concept//EN".
; PrologDTD = SYSTEM name, such as "concept.dtd", can include a path,
; double quotes are required.
PrologDTD="http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.1/CD01/dtd/concept.dtd".
;
;TopicDerivation = name of type from which it is derived, either one of
; the defined types (topic, concept, task, reference, glossary, or map)
; or another specialized type for which an .ini is available. Needed
; iff the description in the rest of the sections is additive rather
; than complete in itself; omitted otherwise. Not used for .inis that
; were generated by dtd2ini, which are always complete.
TopicDerivation=topic
;
;DumpToFile = name with optional path of file in which to dump the
; tagset information (including error lists) after loading, for debug;
; default none, meaning don’t dump. If the tagset is used more than
; once in processing the Frame file, it is dumped only the first time.
DumpToFile=concept2dump.txt
; For DITA working examples of the following sections, see the files
; DITAtopic*.ini, DITAconcept*.ini, DITAtask*.ini, DITAreference*.ini,
; DITAglossary*.ini, DITAbookmap*.ini and DITAmap*.ini, where * is
; 10 for version 1.0 and 11 for version 1.1. DocBook examples are
; docbook45b.ini (book as root) and docbook45a.ini (article as root).
[TopicParents]
; Element name = possible parents. All elements other than the topic
; type itself, amd its body type, must be listed on the left here.
; The two reserved parent names are "Any" (any parent is acceptable,
; mainly for inline elements) and "No" (for any elements present in
; the derived-from type that are excluded from this type). If there
; is more than one possible parent, they must be defined as a single
; set, and listed in [ElementSets] below.
[ElementSets]
; Name for set = list of elements. This allows grouping of elements
; for use on the right side of [TopicParents] and [TopicFirst], so
; that the same set of parents can be used for more than one element.
; The lists of elements on the right here can include sets too, as
; building blocks. The sets are roughly equivalent to the parameter
; entities used in the DITA DTDs. Set names must start with "*", and
; sets can include other sets. Included sets should preferably be
; defined above the sets including them; in any case, circular set
; references (set A includes set B and set B includes set A, directly
; or indirectly) will not work.
[ElementTypes]
; Element name = list of properties: Block or Inline, Text, and
; Preform; default is Block without Text. The Block and Inline
; properties determine whether returns are inserted before start
; tags and after end tags. The Text property determines whether
; an attempt is made to wrap any invalid text (in an element that
; does not allow Text) in a valid container element, like <ph>.
; Preform determines whether whitespace within the element is
; retained as is; those elements are always block and allow text.
; For example:
para=Block Text
ph=Inline Text
section=Block
menucascade=Inline
codeblock=Block Text Preform
[TopicLevels]
; Element name = required level in topic, used only for elements that
; must be at a specific level, such as shortdesc, prolog, body, and
; related-links at level 1, and example and metadata at level 2.
; The content models generated by dtd2ini name only level 1 elements.
[TopicFirst]
; Child element = parents, where child must be the first child of the
; specified parents; if child is not first, the current parent is
; closed and a new instance of it is started. Used mainly for lists,
; as in dt=dlentry and pt=plentry, and for title=Any. To add more
; than one parent when Any won’t do, specify them in [ElementSets].
; The remaining sections are used for DITA only, not DocBook:
[TopicTables]
; Table name = name of section that describes it below. All supported
; by this topic type (other than those defined in the type derived from)
; are defined here. Note that multiple named tables can define variants
; of the same DITA TableType; the name is purely a Mif2Go identifier.
; A name can be undefined in a derived topic type by setting name=No.
; Since dtd2ini does not generate these sections, they must either be
; included in dtd2ini.ini as [AddedSections], or added to the generated
; content model .ini manually after dtd2ini produces it.
; These examples of table descriptions show all available table settings.
[PropertyTable]
TableType=properties
;ColCountMax default is 0, for unlimited, as for simpletable
ColCountMax=3
;
;HeadRowMax default is 0, for unlimited head rows.
HeadRowMax=1
; HeadRow is applied only to the initial rows, iff they are head
; rows in the Frame file.
HeadRow=prophead
; All cells are used; to omit some, define another table name with
; fewer columns but the same TableType.
HeadCell1=proptypehd
HeadCell2=propvaluehd
HeadCell3=propdeschd
;
Row=property
Cell1=proptype
Cell2=propvalue
Cell3=propdesc
[SimpleTable]
TableType=simpletable
HeadRowMax=1
HeadRow=sthead
Row=strow
Cell=stentry
[ComplexTable]
TableType=complex
; TableTitle default is No, for no title.
TableTitle=Yes
; TableDesc default is no desc.
TableDesc=desc
; TableGroup default is no group’
TableGroup=tgroup
; ColSpec default is no column specs
ColSpec=colspec
; The next three items are all colspec attributes
ColNum=colnum
; ColSpecName is required if ColSpanNames=Yes or ColName is
; used, below. It is created using ColNamePrefix, below.
ColSpecName=colname
ColWidth=colwidth
;
; HeadGroup default is no group, use head rows only.
HeadGroup=thead
; HeadRow Default is same row element as for body.
HeadRow=hrow
; HeadCell default is same cell element as for body
HeadCell=hentry
;
; BodyGroup default is no group, use body rows only.
BodyGroup=tbody
Row=row
Cell=entry
;
; RowSpan is a cell attribute name; default is no rowspan.
RowSpan=morerows
;
; ColSpanNames default is true to use names, false uses count.
ColSpanNames=Yes
; The next four settings are all cell attributes.
; ColSpanCount is count of cells spanned, if ColSpanNames=No.
ColSpanCount=span
; ColSpanStart is ref to first colspec name if ColSpanNames=Yes.
ColSpanStart=namest
; ColSpanEnd is ref to last colspec name if ColSpanNames=Yes.
ColSpanEnd=nameend
; ColName is ref to single colspec name for non-spanning cells.
ColName=colname
; ColNamePrefix is for colspec names, default col as in DITA-OT.
ColNamePrefix=col
; CellAlign default is No, when Yes use align and valign attrs.
CellAlign=Yes
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