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Working with DITA
This section provides information and instructions about how to author content using IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop.
Using conrefs and keyrefs
IXIASOFT CCMS provides multiple features that allow you to easily reuse content.
Keyrefs and keydefs
The keyref feature allows you to use indirect addressing in places such as xrefs and related-links.

CCMS Desktop User Guide
- Introduction
  IXIASOFT CCMS is a documentation solution that combines the mechanics of an extensible environment, a powerful Content Management System (CMS), and the elegant modularity of DITA.
- Overview of the IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop
  This section provides a brief explanation of what DITA is and an overview of the IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop interface.
- Getting Started
  This section provides a starting point for working with IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop.
- Working with DITA
  This section provides information and instructions about how to author content using IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop.
  - Working with objects
    This set of topics describes the functions common to all objects.
  - Working with DITA maps
  - Working with topics
    Topics are the building blocks for document deliverables.
  - Working with images
    This section provides the procedures to manage images for different types of output.
  - Working with resources
    Resources are document objects that support a documentation project. For example, schedule charts could be added as a reference resource for a project with a long and complex timeline.
  - Creating links
    You can provide links to reference other topics in a variety of ways.
  - Applying conditions (profiling and conditional processing)
    Conditional attributes let you tailor the same document for different requirements.
  - Using conrefs and keyrefs
    IXIASOFT CCMS provides multiple features that allow you to easily reuse content.
    - Conref and keyref best practices
      IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop provides a topic specialization and a map template that let you store and organize your reusable components.
    - Creating and using conrefs
      The Referable-Content view lets you search for reusable components and insert them into documents.
    - Keyrefs and keydefs
      The keyref feature allows you to use indirect addressing in places such as xrefs and related-links.
      - About keyrefs and keydefs
        The keyref feature allows you to use indirect addressing in places such as xrefs and related-links.
      - Automatically resolve keyrefs
        This feature finds all unresolved keyrefs and creates corresponding keydef elements.
      - Add keydef example
        This topic shows an example of unresolved keyrefs and how the system would deal with them.
      - Add keys to a map from preset list defined in the Content Store
        Although several ways are available for including keys in a map, the Administrator may have defined a list of keywords and external links in a system configuration file, which you can insert into your map.
      - Inserting a keyword or external link from keys defined in the map
        You can insert a key into your content from the keys defined in the map.
      - Edit keydef actions
        These actions let you change or manually resolve <keydef> elements.
      - Keydef representation in the DITA Map view and editor
        The following table shows the icons that represent linked and unlinked keydefs.
- Using IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop features
  This section provides information and instructions about how to use IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop functionality to perform other actions with the objects in the CMS.
- Localizing documents
  Localization is the process of translating content and adapting it for use in another language.
- Glossary
- Shortcut keys
  Shortcut keys let you perform many routine actions with just two or three keystrokes.
- Copyright notice
- Technical support
  IXIASOFT Customer Support staff are available to answer your questions. We welcome your comments.

Keyrefs and keydefs

The keyref feature allows you to use indirect addressing in places such as xrefs and related-links.

IXIASOFT CCMS offers utilities to help you manage your keyrefs and keydefs.

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