Maps organize topics for output to a specific deliverable, including generating navigation files and links to related topics.

DITA maps are documents that collect and organize references to DITA topics to indicate the relationships among the topics. They can also serve as outlines or tables of contents for DITA deliverables and as build manifests for DITA projects.

Maps allow scalable reuse of content across multiple contexts. They can be used by information architects, writers, and publishers to plan, develop, and deliver content.

DITA maps have many of the same common attributes as DITA content, but also have some additional ones for controlling the way relationships are interpreted for different output purposes.

The architectural specification describes DITA maps and relationship tables at

• http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.0/archspec/dita_spec_23_maps.html.