16.2.1.7 Excluding topic IDs for FrameMaker 8 import

The setting described in this section applies only if you expect to re-import your DITA output into FrameMaker version 8, without using the Leximation DITA-FMx plug-in.

Without DITA-FMx, FrameMaker version 8 can open topic files referenced from a <ditamap> via TopicFileName.dita#TopicID if and only if the topics in the file are inside a composite <dita> wrapper (see §15.8.5 Wrapping DITA topics in a top-level <dita> element). However, the chapter files produced by FrameMaker 8 from those topics have names of the form TopicFileName#TopicID.fm, which is probably not what you want. To allow FrameMaker 8 to reconstruct your original FrameMaker chapters, you must omit topic IDs from href attributes in maps.

To omit topic IDs from map references to topics:

[DITAOptions]

; MapTopicID = Yes (default, include topic ID with filename in maps)

;  or No (use filename without ID, for Frame 8 import without

;  DITA-FMx).

MapTopicID = No

When MapTopicID=No, you must split FrameMaker chapters into individual topic files for the ID-less map references to work. See §15.8.2 Splitting FrameMaker files into DITA topic files.

Note:  When [DITAOptions]FM8Import=Yes, Mif2Go changes the default value of MapTopicID to No; see §15.2.6 Ensuring FrameMaker 8 import compatibility.

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