###### 3.1.1.1.11 dita

The <dita> element provides a top-level container for multiple topics when you create documents using the ditabase document type. The <dita> element lets you create any sequence of concept, task, and reference topics, and the ditabase document type lets you nest these topic types inside each other. The <dita> element has no particular output implications; it simply allows you to create multiple topics of different types at the same level in a single document.

###### Contains

Doctype | Content model
ditabase | ( topic or concept or task or reference or glossentry or glossgroup) (one or more)

###### Contained by

This element is not contained by any other elements.

###### Inheritance

Not a specializable DITA element.

###### Example

    <dita>
      <concept id="batintro">...</concept>
      <reference id="batparts">...</reference>
      <task id="batfeeding">...</task>
      <task id="battraining">...</task>
      <task id="batcleanup">...</task>
    </dita>

###### Attributes

Name | Description | Data Type | Default Value | Required?
xml:lang | Specifies the language of the element content. The xml:lang attribute and its values are described in the XML Recommendation at http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-lang-tag. | language token or the null string | #IMPLIED | No
xmlns:ditaarch | Declares the default DITA namespace. |  | "http://dita.​oasis-open.​org/​architecture/​2005/" |
DITAArchVersion | Designates the version of the architecture that is in use. The default value will increase with each release of DITA. | CDATA | "1.2" | No
global-atts attribute group (xtrf, xtrc) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.2 global-atts attribute group |  |  |

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3.1.1.1.2 title

3.1.1.1.3 titlealts

3.1.1.1.4 searchtitle

3.1.1.1.5 navtitle

3.1.1.1.6 shortdesc

3.1.1.1.7 abstract

3.1.1.1.8 body

3.1.1.1.9 bodydiv

3.1.1.1.10 related-links