ParamThe parameter (<param>) element specifies
a set of values that may be required by an <object>
at runtime. Any number of <param> elements may appear
in the content of an object in any order, but must be placed at the start
of the content of the enclosing object. This element is comparable to the
XHMTL <param> element.
[edit] Example
See object.
[edit] Contains
| Doctype
| Content model
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| ditabase, topic, task, reference, concept, glossary, map, bookmap
| no content
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[edit] Contained by
| Doctype
| Parents
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| bookmap, map, ditabase, topic, task, concept, reference, glossary
| object
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[edit] Inheritance:
- topic/param
[edit] Attributes
| Name
| Description
| Data Type
| Default Value
| Required?
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| name
| The name of the parameter.
| CDATA
| #REQUIRED
| Yes
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| value
| Specifies the value of a run-time parameter specified by the name
attribute.
| CDATA
| #IMPLIED
| No
|
| valuetype
| Specifies the type of the value attribute. Allowed values are: data A value of data means that the value will be evaluated and passed to the
object's implementation as a string. ref A value of ref indicates that the value of valuetype is a URL that designates
a resource where run-time values are stored. This allows support tools to
identify URLs that are given as parameters. object A value of object indicates that the value of valuetype is an identifier
that refers to an object declaration in the document. The identifier must
be the value of the ID attribute set for the declared object element.
| CDATA
| #IMPLIED
| No
|
| type
| This attribute specifies the content type of the resource designated
by the value attribute only in the case where valuetype is
set to "ref". This attribute specifies for the user agent the type of
values that will be found at the URI designated by value. Note that this differs from the type
attribute on many other DITA elements.
| CDATA
| #IMPLIED (No default type)
| No
|
| %univ-atts; (%select-atts;, %id-atts;, %localization-atts;)
| A set of related attributes, described at %univ-atts;
| parameter entity
| PE not
applicable
| Not applicable
|
| %global-atts; (xtrf, xtrc)
| A set of related attributes, described at %global-atts;
| parameter entity
| PE not
applicable
| Not applicable
|
| class
| A common attribute described in Other common DITA attributes
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