Division

A division is a grouping of contiguous content within a topic. There is no additional semantic meaning.

Syntax

XDITA

<div>

HDITA

<div>

MDITA (core and extended profiles)

There is no specific support in the MDITA core profile. If needed, use an HDITA snippet.

Attributes

The available attributes vary based on the authoring format:

XDITA
The following attributes are available on this element: localization attributes, universal attributes, and @props.
MDITA
There is no attribute support for the MDITA core profile. For the MDITA extended profile, attributes can be specified by using the HDITA representation.

Examples

This section is non-normative.

Example 1. XDITA example

The following example demonstrates the use of division in an XDITA topic.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD LIGHTWEIGHT DITA Topic//EN" "lw-topic.dtd">
<topic id="franchise-terms">
  <title>Profits, fun, and flavor under the same brand</title>
  <body>
    <dl>
      <dlentry>
        <dt>Initial investment:</dt>
        <dd>
          <p>$700<xref href="#franchise-terms/initial-fee"/></p>
        </dd>
      </dlentry>
      <dlentry>
        <dt>Franchise fee:</dt>
        <dd><p>$200</p></dd>
      </dlentry>
    </dl>
    <div>
    <fn id="initial-fee">
      <p>The initial investment price includes the first franchise fee payment</p>
    </fn>
    </div>
  </body>
</topic>
Example 2. HDITA example

The following example demonstrates the use of division in an HDITA topic.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<title>Profits, fun, and flavor under the same brand</title>
<body>
  <article id="franchise-terms">
    <h1>Profits, fun, and flavor under the same brand</h1>
    <dl>
      <dt>Initial investment:</dt>
      <dd>
        <p>$700<a href="#initial-fee"><sup>1</sup></a></p>
      </dd>
      <dt>Franchise fee:</dt>
      <dd>
        <p>$200</p>
      </dd>
    </dl>
        <div id="initial-fee" data-class="fn">
          <p>The initial investment price includes the first franchise fee payment</p>
        </div>
  </article>
</body>