forum-ref

This element references the forum content item to which a posting is to be added.

Syntax
<forum-ref
    dbid="positiveInteger"?
    (source="text" sourceId="text")?
  />
Attributes
dbid="positiveInteger" (optional)

The dbid of the referenced forum content item. If this attribute is specified, then one of the following two conditions must be satisfied:

  • The target publication must already contain a forum content item with a dbid attribute that matches this attribute, or

  • A content element with a dbid attribute that matches this attribute must appear somewhere before this forum-ref element in the syndication file.

source="text" (optional)

The source of the referenced forum content item. If this attribute is specified, then sourceid must also be specified. One of the following two conditions must be satisfied:

  • The target publication must already contain a forum content item with source and sourceid attributes that match this element's source and sourceid, or

  • A content element with source and sourceid attributes that match source and sourceid must appear somewhere before this forum-ref element in the syndication file.

If dbid is specified, then source and sourceid are ignored.

sourceId="text" (optional)

The sourceid of the referenced forum content item. If this attribute is specified, then source must also be specified. One of the following two conditions must be satisfied:

  • The target publication must already contain a forum content item with source and sourceid attributes that match this element's source and sourceid, or

  • A content element with source and sourceid attributes that match source and sourceid must appear somewhere before this forum-ref element in the syndication file.

If dbid is specified, then source and sourceid are ignored.