A Oracle Help and JavaHelp File Formats

The Oracle Help file formats are based on the Sun Microsystems JavaHelp™ 1.0 Specification. Oracle Corporation has extended the JavaHelp file definitions to support additional features. The differences are summarized in the following sections:

Section A.1, "Helpset File"
Section A.2, "Map File"
Section A.3, "Table of Contents File"
Section A.4, "Index File"
Section A.6, "Link File"
Section A.5, "Search Index File"
Section A.7, "OHW Configuration File"

These conventions apply to the following tables:

In the Element column, child elements are indented under parent elements.
The items in the Attribute column are attributes of the element listed directly above the attribute(s).
In the Origin column, "JH" refers to the JavaHelp 1.0 file format specification from Sun Microsystems. "OH" refers to Oracle Help. Oracle's extensions to JavaHelp were originally developed for Oracle Help for Java (OHJ). However, most of the formats now apply to both OHJ and Oracle Help for the Web (OHW). Therefore, "OH" alone is used.
In the Supported By column, "OH" refers both to OHJ and OHW.

A.1 Helpset File

For more information about this file, see Section 6.1, "Helpset File".

Table A-1 Helpset Elements

Element	Attribute	Origin	Supported By
`<helpset>`	-	JH	OH & JH - Differences as shown below
-	`xml:lang`	JH	JH only
-	`version`	JH	JH only
`<title>`	-	JH	OH & JH
`<maps>`	-	JH	OH & JH
`<homeID>`	-	JH	JH & OH (in some circumstances)
`<mapref>`	-	JH	OH & JH - Differences as shown below
-	`location`	JH	OH & JH
-	`class`	OH	OH only
`<wintype>`	-	OH	OH only
-	`default`	OH	OH only
`<name>`	-	OH	OH only
`<height>`	-	OH	OH only
`<width>`	-	OH	OH only
`<x>`	-	OH	OH only
`<y>`	-	OH	OH only
`<textfg>`	-	OH	OH only
`<linkfg>`	-	OH	OH only
`<bg>`	-	OH	OH only
`<title>`	-	OH	OH only
`<toolbar>`	-	OH	OH only
`<links>`	-	OH	OH only
`<linkref>`	-	OH	OH only
-	`location`	OH	OH only
`<view>`	-	JH	OH & JH - Differences as shown below
`<name>`	-	JH	JH only
`<label>`	-	JH	OH & JH
-	`image`	OH	OH only
`<title>`	-	OH	OH only
-	`image`	OH	OH only (TOC view only)
`<type>`	-	JH	OH & JH
`<data>`	-	JH	OH & JH - Differences as shown below
-	`class`	OH	OH only
-	`engine`	JH	OH & JH
`<subhelpset>`	-	OH	OH only
-	`location`	OH	OH only
-	`class`	OH	OH only

A.2 Map File

For more information about this file, see Section 6.2, "Map Files".

Table A-2 Map File Elements

Element	Attribute	Origin	Supported By
`<toc>`	-	JH	OH & JH - Differences as shown below
-	`xml:lang`	JH	JH only
-	`version`	JH	JH only
`<tocitem>`	-	JH	Differences as listed below
-	`target`	JH	OH & JH
-	`text`	JH	OH & JH
-	`image`	JH	OH & JH
-	`xml:lang`	JH	JH only

A.3 Table of Contents File

For more information about this file, see Section 7.1, "Table of Contents File".

Table A-3 Table of Contents Elements

Element	Attribute	Origin	Supported By
`<toc>`	-	JH	OH & JH - Differences as shown below
-	`xml:lang`	JH	JH only
-	`version`	JH	JH only
`<tocitem>`	-	JH	Differences as listed below
-	`target`	JH	OH & JH
-	`text`	JH	OH & JH
-	`image`	JH	OH & JH
-	`xml:lang`	JH	JH only

A.4 Index File

For more information about this file, see Section 7.2, "Index File".

Table A-4 Index File Elements

Element	Attribute	Origin	Supported By
`<index>`	-	JH	OH & JH - Differences as shown below
-	`xml:lang`	JH	JH only
-	`version`	JH	JH only
`<indexitem>`	-	JH	OH & JH - Differences as shown below
-	`target`	JH	OH & JH
-	`text`	JH	OH & JH
`<indexentry>`	-	OH	OH only
-	`target`	OH	OH only
-	`text`	OH	OH only

A.5 Search Index File

This file is unique to Oracle Help. For more information, see Section 7.3, "Search Index File".

A.6 Link File

This file is unique to Oracle Help. For more information, see Section 7.4, "Link File".

A.7 OHW Configuration File

This file is unique to Oracle Help. For more information, see Chapter 9, "Oracle Help for the Web Configuration File".