Linkable tags

The following table shows the tag you used to reference another tag, the attribute you use in the tag to identify the other tag, the action the externalizer performs and which file can contain the referencing tag:
Table 1. Linkable tags
Tag name Referencing attribute Referenced tag type Action Files that may contain this tag
refData refId dataElement Replace tag Generic data file

Self-defined processors

Self-defined views
refFmt refId formatElement Replace tag Generic format file

Self-defined processors

Self-defined views
refKColl refId dataElement Add subtag Generic contexts file

Self-defined processors

Self-defined views
refService refId service Add subtag Generic contexts file

Self-defined processors

Self-defined views
refFormat refId format Add subtag Generic processor file

Self-defined processors

Self-defined views
refType refId type No action. Tag linking is not needed for typed data because only the type name is needed. Generic contexts file

Self-defined processors

Self-defined views
context parent context Add subtag Generic contexts file

Self-defined processors

Self-defined views
view context context Add subtag Generic view file

Self-defined views
* any tag context context Add subtag Generic processor file

Self-defined processors
refFlow flow Add subtags included in the flow Generic processor file

Self-defined processors
inputMapFmt format Add new refFormat subtag Generic processor file

Self-defined processors
outputMapFmt format Add new refFormat subtag Generic processor file

Self-defined processors
operationName operation Add subtag Generic processor file

Self-defined processors
operationContext context Add subtag Self-defined processors

* These tags are not found based on their tag name; they are found based on their attributes.