The DITA Map document type enables you to organize references to DITA topics and other resources for publishing to a specific deliverable, such as online help. DITA Maps enable you to define relationships between topics, including hierarchical, an ordered sequence, and peer group relationships. You can use these relationships to define outlines, tables of contents, build manifests, and similar structures. DITA Maps also provide a relationship table, where you can define relationships between topics in a tabular format for a related topics section.

You can use the DITA Map document type as a basis for specialized DITA maps.

The DITA Map DTD public identifier is:

The DITA Map document type is located in the following directory: