Please add attribute chunk="by-topic" to the root element of your document. This will make ditac use topic ID for output filename.
For an even finer-grain control on the name of the file ditac generates, please specify attribute copy-to="MY_BASE_NAME.dita" on some of your topicrefs. Note that I have described above is part of the DITA standard and should work with any DITA processor. See http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.2/os/spec/archSpec/chunking.html See also in order to learn about ditac (minor) specificities with respect to chunking: Appendix B. Limitations and implementation specificities http://www.xmlmind.com/ditac/_distrib/doc/manual/limitations.html#limitations__I_h3xpo7_ On 08/02/2012 06:52 PM, Lea Hayes wrote: > At the moment it is possible to specify a custom file extension when > generating documentation by using "_.html" or "_.htm", etc. > > I have decided to follow the convention of giving each topic a GUID for > the id attribute. It would be highly beneficial if generated files used > the topic ID instead of the dita topic filename because it would avoid > issues with browser bookmarking/favourites/seo. > > The following file structure seems most appropriate for my needs: > > /user-guide/chapter-name/super-section/overview.dita > /user-guide/getting-started/installation/overview.dita > > Except this generates files with the convention "overview_1.htm", > "overview_2.htm" which will likely lead to broken URLs in the future > (where favourites/bookmarks are saved). > > Obviously postfixes will still be required to resolve ambiguity in cases > where the same topic ID has been assigned to multiple topics. In my > scenario this cannot happen because each newly created topic is assigned > a unique GUID. Also it would be nice if generated links did not include > the hash reference when not required because this results with links > like > "aaf1c496-0c0d-4404-a8e0-5e7c6a178b14.htm#aaf1c496-0c0d-4404-a8e0-5e7c6a178b14" > which need only be "aaf1c496-0c0d-4404-a8e0-5e7c6a178b14.htm" (unless > sub element is cross-referenced). > > Many of the online user documentation that I have seen recently seems to > follow this technique. -- XMLmind DITA Converter Support List [email protected] http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/ditac-support
