Metadata attributesThe metadata attributes express qualifications on the content.
These qualifications can be used to modify the processing of the content.
One typical use of the metadata attributes is to filter content based on
their values. Another typical use is to flag content based on their values,
for example by highlighting the affected text on output. Typically audience,
platform, product, and otherprops are used for filtering, and the same attributes
plus rev are used for flagging. Status and importance are used for tool-specific
or transform-specific behavior, for example marking steps in a task as optional
or required.
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[edit] Conditional processing attributes
In general, a conditional processing attribute provides
a list of one or more values separated with whitespace. For instance, audience="administrator
programmer" qualifies the content as applying to administrators and
programmers.
There are several attributes intended for conditional processing, available
on most elements:
- product: the product that is the subject of the discussion.
- platform: the platform on which the product is deployed.
- audience: the intended audience of the text
- rev: the revision or draft number of the current document (typically
used for flagging only, not for filtering)
- otherprops: other properties that do not require semantic identification
- props: a generic conditional processing attribute that can be specialized
to create new semantic conditional processing attributes
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[edit] Other metadata attributes
Other attributes are still considered part of an element's metadata
but are not designed for conditional processing, such as filtering or flagging.
importance The degree of priority of the content. This attribute takes a single value
from an enumeration. status The current state of the content. This attribute takes a single value
from an enumeration.
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