-----Original Message----- From: Eliot Kimber [mailto:ekim...@reallysi.com] Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 9:30 AM To: dita Subject: [dita] Conref push of different content to the same topic in different contexts

I'm pretty sure the answer is "no" based on my understanding of the feature, but I wanted to confirm that one cannot use conref push to impose different elements onto the same topic used in different places within the same map.

The question was asked today on the DITA users list how to have a topic used in four chapters of a single manual where the topic differed only a couple of details.

Because in this case it's a single publication (single root map), you cannot use keys to get different results and a conref push likewise points from the pusher to exactly one pushee.

If my analysis is correct, it suggests there might be a useful feature for 1.3 consideration to enable associating a pushing topic with a target topic in a use-specific way, perhaps a new attribute on topicref or something.

Cheers,