<part>

The <part> element references a part topic or a map that references part topics for the book. Use <part> to divide a document's chapters into logical groupings. For example, in a document that contains both guide and reference information, you can define two parts, one containing the guide information and the other containing the reference information.

Content model

<topicmeta>?, (<chapter> | <topicref>)*

Contained by

<bookmap>

In order
  1. Optional <topicmeta>
  2. Zero or more of the following
    • <chapter>
    • <topicref>

Contained by

  • <bookmap>

Inheritance

- map/topicref bookmap/part

The <part> element is specialized from <topicref>. It is defined in the bookmap module.

Example

This section is non-normative.

Part topics that include chapters and subtopics:
<part href="guide.dita">
 <chapter href="intro.dita">
  <topicref href="caring.dita"/>
  <topicref href="feeding.dita"/>
 </chapter>
 <chapter href="setup.dita">
  <topicref href="prereq.dita"/>
  <topicref href="download.dita"/>
 </chapter> 
</part>
<part href="ref.dita">
 <chapter href="commands.dita">
  <topicref href="care.dita"/>
  <topicref href="feed.dita"/>
 </chapter>
 <chapter href="apis.dita">
  <topicref href="acare.dita"/>
  <topicref href="afeed.dita"/>
 </chapter> 
</part>
Parts that reference ditamaps of content:
<part href="intro.ditamap" format="ditamap"/>
<part href="guide.ditamap" format="ditamap"/>

Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: Universal attribute group, Link relationship attribute group (with a narrowed definition of @href, given below), Attributes common to many map elements, @navtitle and @copy-to from Topicref element attributes group, outputclass, and @keyref.

@href
A pointer to the resource represented by the <topicref>. See The href attribute for detailed information on supported values and processing implications. References to DITA content cannot be below the topic level: that is, you cannot reference individual elements inside a topic. References to content other than DITA topics should use the @format attribute to identify the kind of resource being referenced.
@href
A pointer to the resource represented by the <topicref>. See The href attribute for detailed information on supported values and processing implications. References to DITA content cannot be below the topic level: that is, you cannot reference individual elements inside a topic. References to content other than DITA topics should use the @format attribute to identify the kind of resource being referenced.