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### 15.10.4 Retaining cross-reference content in <xref> elements

By default, Mif2Go does not include the text of FrameMaker cross references in DITA <xref> elements. However, you might want to retain the text, especially if you anticipate round-tripping between DITA and FrameMaker, or using DITA output as a stepping stone from unstructured to structured FrameMaker.

To retain the content of FrameMaker cross references in DITA <xref> elements:

[DITAOptions]

; KeepXrefText = No (default) or Yes (retain content of xref in DITA

; as is done for hyperlinks; prevents updating of xref during later

; processing by the DITA Open Toolkit).

KeepXrefText = Yes

A disadvantage of retaining cross-reference content is that doing so prevents you from updating the text of the reference later. When the <xref> element is empty, it is populated from the content of the referenced item.

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