dmaClass_ContentReference

A content element that represents content that exists outside the control of the document space, but to which the document space maintains a reference.

Class ID: dmaClass_ContentReference
Superclass: Content Element

Interfaces

Properties

Name	Impl. Required	System Gen'ed	Read-Only	Value Required	Type	Cardinality	Required Class
OIID	-	Yes	Yes	-	String	Scalar
Class Description	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Object	Scalar	Class Description
This	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Object	Scalar	Content Reference
Create Pending	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Boolean	Scalar
Update Pending	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Boolean	Scalar
Delete Pending	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Boolean	Scalar
Component Type	Yes	-	-	Yes	String	Scalar
Content Location	Yes	-	-	Yes	String	Scalar

Property Descriptions

• OIID {dmaProp_OIID}
Property Inherited from DMA

• Class Description {dmaProp_ClassDescription}
Property Inherited from DMA

• This {dmaProp_This}
Property Inherited from DMA

• Create Pending {dmaProp_CreatePending}
Property Inherited from DMA

• Update Pending {dmaProp_UpdatePending}
Property Inherited from DMA

• Delete Pending {dmaProp_DeletePending}
Property Inherited from DMA

• Component Type {dmaProp_ComponentType}
Property Inherited from Content Element

• Content Location {dmaProp_ContentLocation}

Specifies, in URL format, the name of the resource which contains the content data.

When delivering new content, the client application must set a value for this property. The document space may validate the syntax of the URL and may even test to see that it refers to an existing resource, but it is required to do neither of these things.

When returning a saved value to subsequent clients, the document space is required only to deliver back the content location string exactly as it was supplied initially, without regard to whether the resource so referenced still exists or whether it contains the same content as at the time the reference was saved. The document space may however deliver back a different string, if it is able, for example:

- to transform the URL into a more globally applicable form

- to apply "link tracking" techniques to discover a new location for content which has been moved.

A document space may permit the Content Location property to be modified on an already persistent content reference, but is not required to allow this.