hasKind
The hasKind element specifies that the contained hierarchy expresses KIND-OF relationships between subjects.
In a KIND-OF hierarchy, the child subject is a particular variety of the parent subject. A KIND-OF hierarchy is sometimes known as an IS-A, generic, or subsumption hierarchy.
Content models
See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.
Inheritance
- map/topicref subjectScheme/hasKind
Example 195. Example
This example specifies that cities, towns, and villages are each a kind of settlement. Additionally, bigcity, mediumcity, and smallcity are each a kind of city.
<subjectScheme>
<hasKind>
<subjectdef keys="settlement" navtitle="Human settlement">
<subjectdef keys="city" navtitle="City">
<subjectdef keys="bigcity" navtitle="Big city"/>
<subjectdef keys="mediumcity" navtitle="Medium city"/>
<subjectdef keys="smallcity" navtitle="Small city"/>
</subjectdef>
<subjectdef keys="town" navtitle="Town"/>
<subjectdef keys="village" navtitle="Village"/>
</subjectdef>
</hasKind>
</subjectScheme>
Attributes
The following attributes are available on this element:
Universal attribute group,
Link relationship attribute group (with a narrowed definition of
href, given below),
processing-role from
Attributes common to many map elements,
navtitle from
Topicref element attributes group,
outputclass,
keys, and
keyref.
href
A pointer to the resource represented by the
topicref. See
The href attribute for detailed information on supported values and processing implications. References to DITA content cannot be below the topic level: that is, you cannot reference individual elements inside a topic. References to content other than DITA topics should use the
format attribute to identify the kind of resource being referenced.
Parent topic