Changes to Author-it XML, Release 6

Author-it XML Format

The following changes were made to Author-it XML in the 6 release:

Note: Items marked with T will appear in the translation XML but are not translatable content.

The Variable element contains two new elements:

  • DisplayName (string)
  • Multiselect (boolean)

T

The p element (child of Topic/Text) contains two new optional attributes:

  • pid (integer) contains the Xtend TextFragmentID of the paragraph.
  • nid (integer) contains the Xtend TextBlockID of the paragraph.

T

The Topic element contains updated HelpContextID. The type has changed from integer to string to allow for larger integers. The field now supports 50 numeric characters.