ft:openMode - Fluid Topics

The ft:openMode metadata determines whether a link opens in Fluid Topics (fluidtopics) or in an external page (external).

For example, end-users can be redirected to an external URL when selecting a document found in the Search results.

DITA use case

The following DITA <bookmap> and topic.dita file lead to the Fluid Topics YouTube Channel.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE bookmap PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA BookMap//EN" "bookmap.dtd">
<bookmap xml:lang="en-US">
    <booktitle>
        <mainbooktitle>Testing ft:openMode</mainbooktitle>
    </booktitle>
    <bookmeta>
        <othermeta name="ft:openMode" content="external"/>
        <othermeta name="ft:originUrl" content="https://www.youtube.com/@fluidtopics/videos"/>
    </bookmeta>
    <chapter>
        <topicref href="topic.dita"/>
    </chapter>
</bookmap>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
<topic id="youtube_channel">
  <title>Fluid Topics YouTube channel</title>
  <body>
    <p>Click here to access the Fluid Topics YouTube channel!</p>
  </body>
</topic>

Result:

YouTube

The ft:openMode metadata does not work at the topic-level.

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