Concept
The DITA Concept topic is used to provide background information that users must understand before they can work with a product or interface, or perform a task. This topic type answers “What is...” questions. Concepts can provide an extended definition of a process, function, or product. You often use a Concept topic as an introduction to another topic, such as a task or reference.
A Concept contains the following primary tags:
• concept — Contains all of the other tags
• title — The subject of the topic
• shortdesc — A short description or overview of the topic
• prolog — Various types of metadata about the topic, such as author, copyright, index terms, and so forth
• conbody — Contains the actual content of the topic
The Concept body contains paragraphs, lists, table, sections, and other tags used to author the content of the topic.
• related-links — Cross reference links to related information
Most of these tags are optional, so you only use the ones you need to author the topic.
Parent topic