14.4.4.1 Assigning DITA elements to FrameMaker character formats
To map character formats in your document to DITA elements, assign the element name to the format name:
; Frame character format (wildcards OK) = DITA element, cannot be
; overridden by a DITATag marker; or Frame format = No.
To specify that a particular FrameMaker character format should not be mapped to an element:
The value No means that the tags for the format should be omitted, leaving the text inside the enclosing element. For example, map the character formats you use for links and cross references to No. Mif2Go automatically generates <xref> tags from the cross references in FrameMaker, based on the format, but you do not need to map the format itself to any element. See §14.10 Configuring links for DITA XML.
The default element for a FrameMaker character format that is not mapped in [DITACharTags] is the element designated by DefCharElem; see §14.4.4.2 Specifying a default element for unmapped character formats. It is best to map each character format to the most specific element possible, which is not often the default element.
To add typographic elements (b, i, u, tt, sup, or sub) in addition to the element to which a FrameMaker character format is mapped, see §14.4.5 Assigning multiple typographic elements to a format. However, use typographic elements sparingly, especially if you are using <outputclass>; see §14.4.6.4 Providing outputclass attributes for all elements. DITA asks for semantic, not presentational, tags. It is best to let CSS handle the presentation later.
If any character formats are mapped to elements, and your project configuration file includes the following setting, to avoid double nesting make sure you use the XML default value:
; UseTypographicElements = Yes (HTML default) or No (XML default,
; suppress b, i, u, tt, sub, and sup even when specified in a format)
See §20.7 Suppressing typographic elements.
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