Abstract and Short Description Elements
A short description element provides a short summary about a topic. An abstract element extends the short description.
Consistent use of short descriptions and abstracts enables you to quickly navigate topics.
DITA Guidelines
- Do not make short descriptions longer than two sentences
- If you need a more robust introduction to a topic that does not fit into the short description element, combine an abstract element with a short description element
- An abstract element can contain block elements that are unavailable in short description elements
Style Guidelines
- Do not begin short descriptions with “Learn how...”, “This topic...”, etc.
- Do not restate the title
- Be descriptive
Short Description Example
The Gray and Color templates are complete and modular styles that you can leverage to quickly create your own Heretto PDF Generator templates.
Abstract and Short Description Example
You can customize the Heretto PDF Generator templates by embedding or importing the CSS code
into the code editor.
Tip: We recommend extending the Gray and Color
templates with custom CSS rather than creating a template from
scratch.