Astoria Named Parameters

Astoria has defined a set of named parameters for use in composition jobs.

The following named parameters are supported, with examples of their substitution values:
Parameter Name Description Example Substitution Value
DITAHome Substitutes that path to the home directory for the selected DITA-OT. For example, users of the transtype PDF5.ml from Antenna House, can use the ahf.opt argument to substitute a path to a settings file called ahf_setting.xml. ${DITAHome}\ahf_setting.xml
oxygenAuthorURL Substitutes the URL required to launch the Oxygen Web Author browser (requires separate license). https://vision.astoriasoftware.com/oxygen
documentEditURL Substitutes the Web DAV URL required to use the EditLink plugin to identify the map being composed. See About the EditLink Plugin. asthttps://hostname.astoriasoftware.com/astoria/ _id_00000018WXXXXXXGYZ_Test.ditamap
objectDescription Substitutes the description associated with the object being processed, or an empty string if the object does not have a description.  
objectExtension Substitutes the extension of the object. For example, for the DITA map Biking.ditamap, substitutes the text ditamap.
objectID Substitutes the object's repository ID. 00000018WXXXXXXGYZ
objectName Substitutes the name of the object (without the extension). For example, for the DITA map Biking.ditamap, substitutes the text Biking.
objectType Substitutes the object type in decimal. 24
objectTypeName Substitutes the type of the object. Structured Document
snapshotLabel Substitutes the text specified in the Snapshot Label field of the Filtering region when the composition job was submitted, or the empty string if no snapshot label was specified.