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In 1.3 the ability to create abstract topics to handle more complex abstracts was added. To define a Abstract topic you should either create the Abstract topic via a Content Specification. eg: Abstract = [N, Abstract, writer=lnewson] or create a topic normally and make sure it is tagged with the "Abstract" topic type found in the the Common -> Topic Types project/category.
Just adding that some more information that I forgot. The metadata key is the same for abstract topics or just plain text. eg: Abstract Topic: Abstract = [1234] XML for the above topic: <abstract> <para> This is the first paragraph in a complex abstract. </para> <para> This is the second paragraph in a complex abstract. </para> </abstract> Plain Text Abstract: Abstract = This is a simple abstract using only plain text. It's also worth noting that simple abstract is normally wrapped in a <para>, however you can change this by including the xml element around the simple abstract text. eg: Abstract = <simpara>This is a simple abstract using only plain text.</simpara>
See BZ#1014455 for the RFE to implement this.
New Abstract Methods appended to Topic 23492. Ready for QE.
Looks good thanks Jared, however in the complex abstract section it doesn't mention that the Abstract topic must be tagged with "Abstract" topic type. Without that bit of information I believe that users might wonder why it isn't working by just trying to use a regular topic. Maybe we could just copy the Author_Group.xml (topic 24451) content and adjust it for the complex abstract section?
(In reply to Lee Newson from comment #4) > Looks good thanks Jared, however in the complex abstract section it doesn't > mention that the Abstract topic must be tagged with "Abstract" topic type. > Without that bit of information I believe that users might wonder why it > isn't working by just trying to use a regular topic. > > Maybe we could just copy the Author_Group.xml (topic 24451) content and > adjust it for the complex abstract section? Thanks mate. I've just made that change to the existing topic for now.
Perfect, thanks Jared.