<topic>

A topic is a standalone unit of information.

The following attributes are available on this element: architectural attributes and universal attributes.

For this element, the @id attribute is required.

Example

The following code sample shows the primary structural components of a topic: title, short description, prolog, body, and related links:

<topic id="topic">
  <title>The basic structure of a topic</title>
  <shortdesc>A topic has a well-established structure. </shortdesc>
  <prolog>
  <!-- Metadata can be stored here.-->
  </prolog>
  <body>
    <p>A typical topic contains a title, short description, and body.</p>
  </body>
     <related-links>
       <!--Related links can be defined directly in a topic or by using 
           a relationship table.--></related-links>
</topic>