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Example: References to scoped keys
You can address scoped keys from outside the key scope in which the keys are defined.
<map xml:lang="en">
<title>Examples of scoped key references</title>

<!-- Key scope #1 -->
<topicgroup keyscope="scope-1">
<keydef keys="key-1" href="topic-1.dita"/>
<topicref keyref="key-1"/>
<topicref keyref="scope-1.key-1"/>
<topicref keyref="scope-2.key-1"/>
</topicgroup>

<!-- Key scope #2 -->
<topicgroup keyscope="scope-2">
<keydef keys="key-1" href="topic-2.dita"/>
<topicref keyref="key-1"/>
<topicref keyref="scope-1.key-1"/>
<topicref keyref="scope-2.key-1" />
</topicgroup>

<topicref keyref="key-1" />
<topicref keyref="scope-1.key-1" />
<topicref keyref="scope-2.key-1" />

</map>
For this example, the effective key definitions are listed in the following tables.
Table 2. Effective key definitions for scope-1
Key reference
Resource
key-1
topic-1.dita
scope-1.key-1
topic-1.dita
scope-2.key-1
topic-2.dita
Table 3. Effective key definitions for scope-2
Key reference
Resource
key-1
topic-2.dita
scope-1.key-1
topic-1.dita
scope-2.key-1
topic-2.dita
Table 4. Effective key definitions for the key scope associated with the root map
Key reference
Resource
key-1
Undefined
scope-1.key-1
topic-1.dita
scope-2.key-1
topic-2.dita