Create a reusable component (conref)

You store reusable components in a topic of type referable-content so that you can search for them with the Referable-Content view and insert them into other topics.

The referable-content topic specialization is designed specifically to store reusable components. You can then use the Referable-Content view to search reusable components and reuse them in other topics.

Referable-content topics are created like any other topic. Simply select the specialized template (referable-content.xml) when you create a topic.

The referable-content topic supports all valid DITA elements.

To create a reusable component:

  1. Create a topic of type referable-content.
  2. Open the referable-content topic in your XML editor.
  3. Place your cursor inside the <rcbody> element.
  4. Enter the text you want to reuse in other topics.
    You can use any valid XML element. You could, for example, create the following note: 
    <note>To use Kerberos authentication, the client application and TEXTML Server 
must be running on Windows. Linux is not supported. 
</note>
  5. In the opening tag of the source text, insert an ID attribute.
    For example, you might use the string "kerberos_prerequisites", which would give you the following code:
    <note id="kerberos_prerequisites">To use Kerberos authentication, the 
      client application and TEXTML Server must be running on Windows. Linux is not supported. 
</note>
    Note: The CCMS will automatically insert an ID to any element that is a direct child of <rcbody> when you release the topic. If you prefer, you can use these automatic IDs instead of inserting your own.
  6. Save and release the referable-content topic.
  7. Add the topic to a referable component library map.

You can now use the Referable-Content view to search for the reusable content and add it to your topics.