References

References between the components of a publication are made using the same three identifiers described in Content Identifiers. If more than one of the identifiers is supplied, then they are used in the following order of priority:

dbid

This attribute is used if supplied and if the target publication contains an object with the specified dbid.

source and sourceid

These attributes are used if supplied and if:

• dbid is not supplied or cannot be used.

• the target publication contains an object with the specified source and sourceid or there is an element with the specified source and sourceid before this element in the syndication file.

id-ref

This attribute is used if supplied and if:

• dbid is not supplied or cannot be used.

• source and sourceid are not supplied or cannot be used.

• there is an element with the specified id before this element in the syndication file.

The order in which elements are imported is not significant. If an imported element references another element that has not yet been imported, the Content Store marks the reference as unresolved. It then resolves the reference when the referenced element is imported.