Map templates that automatically generate topics

You can create a map template that automatically generates topics when a users creates a map from the template.

By default, automatically adding topics to a map template result in topic stubs: empty objects created in the map that act as placeholders in preparation for content development.

To use this approach, add the xtrc="generate" attribute to the topicref. For example, consider the following map template:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE map PUBLIC "-//IXIA//DTD IXIA DITA Map//EN" "IxiaMap.dtd">
<map id="mte1408546420716" xml:lang="en-us">
    <title>Template Map</title>
    <topicref navtitle="About this document" 
              type="concept.xml" 
              xtrc="generate" />
   <topicref navtitle="Requirements" 
              type="concept.xml"/>
</map>

In this instance, the map creation process automatically generates an "About this document" topic and creates a topic stub for the "Requirements" topic.

Location of topic templates

The type attribute in the topicref element must refer to a topic template stored in the system/templates/topic folder of the Content Store. If your topic templates are organized into subfolders, you must specify the subfolder structure in the type attribute. For example, consider the following structure in the Content Store:

Templates would be specified as follows:

type="Technical Content/concept.xml"
type="Technical Content/reference.xml"
type="Release_Notes_Templates.xml"