Print Publisher XML Hierarchy and Attributes

This topic provides a listing of the XML hierarchy elements and XML attributes that appear on product templates and in the XML Structure view on mounted InDesign pages. Common XML elements include STEPPLACE, STEPREF, and STEPTABLE. Common XML attributes include A (Attribute), DB / DA (Delete Before / Delete After), and O (Object ID). The below screenshots show the XML Structure (left) and a sample product template (right).

The following tables contain a full listing of Print Publisher XML hierarchy elements and XML attributes. For more information on these elements / attributes and for detailed information on the Print Publisher scripting API, refer to the STEP'n'design Scripting API Guide in the STEP API documentation.

XML Hierarchy Elements

Element	Description
STEPPLACE	The STEPPLACE element is created when products are mounted using a template (which includes each cell of a Flatplan mount). The children of the element are the items mounted.
STEPREF	The STEPREF element marks items on the page that correspond to an attribute value in the database. Applied to a range of text or a cell in a table.
STEPTABLE	The STEPTABLE element marks places on the page that correspond to a table in the database. This is normally an InDesign table, but can be a range of text in a text frame if the table is referenced but isn’t defined for the object and the reference has delete before/after/fail text applied.
STEPREPEAT	The STEPREPEAT element marks the range of text produced as a result of a repeat setting from the template.
STEPOBJ	The STEPOBJ element marks the range of text produced for each object within a STEPREPEAT element.
STEPCOND	The STEPCOND element marks the range of text (including other STEP tag types) onto which a condition (delete before / delete after / fail text) has been applied.
STEPGROUP	The STEPGROUP element marks the range of text (including STEPAGOBJ tag types) that correspond to an attribute group.
STEPAGOBJ	The STEPAGOBJ element marks the range of text (including STEPREF tag types) that correspond to an attribute within the attribute group.

XML Attribute Descriptions

Attribute	Definition	Description
A	Attribute	The ID of the attribute linked to the element.
AG	Attribute Group	The ID of the attribute group.
AI	Above Inset	The default Above Inset setting for line styles.
AMB	Align Mount Bottom	Whether the mount was aligned to the bottom or not.
AMO	AutoPage Mount Object ID	If the object was mounted using AutoPage then this is the ID of the object.
AMOT	AutoPage Mount Object Type ID	If the object was mounted using AutoPage then this is the ID of the object type.
AMS	Asset Max Scale	The max scale setting for the asset mount. As set through the STEP Template Frame panel.
AR	Attribute Reference ID	If the attribute is an attribute of a reference, this is the reference ID.
AS	Asset Scale	As set through the STEP Template Frame panel.
ASO	Asset Size Option	As set through the STEP Template Frame panel.
BI	Below Inset	The default Below Inset setting for line styles.
C	Context	The ID of the context applied from the database. This is a manually applied ‘override’ context.
CB	Cell Bottom	The bottom coordinate of the cell (to the nearest mm) on the plan for which the product was mounted.
CELLORIGINS	Cell Origins	Contains the STEPPAGEDATA detailing the cell origins of a cell in a table.
CID	Cell ID	The ID of the cell on the plan for which the product was mounted.
CL	Cell Left	The left coordinate of the cell (to the nearest mm) on the plan for which the product was mounted.
COL	Color	The Color attribute for line styles.
CR	Cell Right	The right coordinate of the cell (to the nearest mm) on the plan for which the product was mounted.
CSBO	Can Split Between Objects	As set through the STEP Template Frame panel.
CSF	Can Split Text Frame	As set through the STEP Template Frame panel.
CT	Cell Top	The top coordinate of the cell (to the nearest mm) on the plan for which the product was mounted.
Ct	Color Tint	The Color Tint setting for line styles.
D	Delete No Content	Indicates that the frame from a template should be deleted if it has no resolved STEP content when mounted (as set through the STEP Template Content panel).
DA	Delete After	The (integer) number of characters to delete after element if no database content is found.
DB	Delete Before	The (integer) number of characters to delete before element if no database content is found.
DELT	Deleted Text	When an attribute reference has been hidden from the user as a result of a delete before/after condition with no resolved content, the text deleted from the page is recorded in the Deleted Text attribute.
DS	Data Source	The data source as set through the STEP Template Frame panel.
DV	Drop Version	The list of versions applied when objects are dragged onto the document from the structure view.
DL	Data Level	Records the set of information the user last requested to be saved to STEP from the document (1 = Product Template, 2 = Page information, 3 = Document and Page information, 4 = Page Template, 5 = Author Template, and 6 = Master Document).
ELS	Even Line Style	The style name to apply to even lines in a repeat area.
FH	Fit Height to Content	As set through the STEP Template Frame panel.
FID	Frame ID	As set through the STEP Template Frame panel.
FO	Frame Order	As set through the STEP Template Frame panel.
FT	Frame Type	As set through the STEP Template Frame panel: 1 = Static, 2 = Galley Text, 3 = Key Letter, 4 = Image, 5 = Module, 6 = Text, and 7 = Object.
GA	Group Align	As set through the STEP Template Frame panel.
GAP	Gap	As set through the STEP Template Frame panel, the gap between template section items.
Gc	Gap Color	The Gap Color settings for line styles.
Gt	Gap Tint	The Gap Tint settings for line styles.
IA	Image Alignment	As set through the STEP Template Frame panel. Valid values are 0 = Left Align, 1 = Centre Align, and 2 = Right Align.
IL	Is Locked	Whether the item is locked or not. Not used.
KWN	Keep With Next	As set through the STEP Template Frame panel.
L1S	Line One Style	The style name to apply to the first line of a repeat area.
LI	Left Inset	The default left Inset setting for line styles.
LLES	Last Line Even Style	The style name to apply to the last line of a repeat area if the last line is an even line.
LLOS	Last Line Odd Style	The style name to apply to the last line of a repeat area if the last line is an odd line.
LS	Line Styles	An XML formatted string with the line styles defined in the document. The XML format is the "IN" element defined in STEPDOCDATA.
LT	Line Type	The Line Type setting for line styles.
MAA	Multi Asset Across	As set through the STEP Template Frame panel.
MAX	Max Distance	As set through the STEP Template Frame panel, the maximum distance for a template section before starting another row / column.
MC	Master Version Context	The context assigned to the version.
MO	Master Version ID	The version ID linked to the frame.
MT	Mount Type	Linked to the T attribute, shows the type of item recorded in the T attribute (1 = Template name, 2 = template database object id, 3 = layout database object id).
NA	Name	The Name setting for line styles.
NF	Source Node Filter	The data filter as specified on the STEP Template Frame panel.
NID	Note ID	Record of the database ID applicable to a Note frame.
NS	Nth in Section	For AutoPage items, this is the nth object within the publication section.
Nth	Nth	For objects with multiple asset references of a type, which of the ‘n’ applies to this frame.
O	Object ID	The ID of the object linked to the element.
OLS	Odd Line Style	The style name to apply to odd lines in a repeat area.
OT	Object Type ID	The ID of the object type linked to the element.
OW	Override Workspace	The ID of the workspace that should be used instead of the version workspace.
PL	Plan Object ID	The object ID of the plan from which the object was mounted.
PN	Commercial Term (Price) nth Value	Allows selection of which particular term from multiple in a commercial list for the object that is used; 1 is the first, 2 second, etc.
PO	Parent Object	The ID of the parent object in the database for documents that have been saved to STEP.
POT	Parent Object Type	The object type of the parent object in the database for documents that have been saved to STEP.
PS	Plugin State	Stores the plugin state for a table mounted using the table mount plugin.
PV	Placed Value	A record of the database value placed by the element. Used during update, etc., to check if the database value has changed.
RA	Require All	As set through the right-click option to 'Apply Condition to Selection' for text inside of text frames.
RI	Right Inset	The default Right Inset setting for line styles.
RO	Reference Object	The object ID targeted by the asset reference type from the object.
ROT	Reference Object Type	The object type ID targeted by the asset reference type from the object.
RS	Repeat Separator	The string to use when separating multiple values (either a repeat area or a multi-value attribute).
RT	CELLREF Reference Type	The reference type in a cell. Values are 0 (Unspecified type), 1 (Attribute Value), 2 (Asset Reference), 3 (Node Reference), 4 (Commercial Data).
RTL	Right to Left	Specifies whether the data should be mounted right to left instead of the default left to right.
RV	Reference Object Revision	The revision targeted by the asset reference type from the object.
S	Section ID	For AutoPage items, the publication section that this mount is part of.
SI	Section Index	Records the next section index to be assigned to template sections when mounting from a template that uses them.
SID	Section ID	Record of which template section this frame applies to.
SR	Source Reference	The ID of the reference type applied to the element (i.e., for the applied ‘object’, locate the target of its ‘source reference’ and resolve its ‘attribute’).
T	Mount Template / Layout	The object ID or template name that was used to generate the frames, etc., that make up the mounted product presentation.
Tah	Template Max Height	Specifies the Max Height of the Product Template.
Taw	Template Max Width	Specifies the Max Width of the Product Template.
TF	Fail Text	The string to use if no database content is found (overrides delete before/after).
TFM	Transformation	As set through the STEP Template Content panel.
Tih	Template Min Height	Specifies the Min Height of the Product Template.
Tiw	Template Min Width	Specifies the Min Width of the Product Template.
TN	Transformation Name	The transformation applied to the attribute.
TO	Target Object	For attributes of references, the target object ID of the object that is being referenced.
TOT	Target Object Type	For attributes of references, the target object type of the object that is being referenced.
TP	Commercial Term (Price) Property	Allows selection of which particular commercial term property.
TT	Table Type	The ID of the table.
V	Version ID	The ID of the master version mounted on this document.
VC	Version Context	The ID of the context applied to the version in the database.
VM	Value Mode	The value mode of the attribute.
VO	Version Object	The ID of the version object applied from the database.
W	Workspace ID	The ID of the workspace applied from the database.
WT	Weight	The Weight setting for line styles.
X	X Coordinate	The X coordinate that the item was mounted at.
Xd	X Delta	The distance from the left margin of the template to the left-most frame on the template when the product was mounted.
Y	Y Coordinate	The Y coordinate that the item was mounted at.
Yd	Y Delta	The distance from the top margin of the template to the top-most frame on the template when the product was mounted.