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<concept id="preprocess-chunk">
  <title>Chunk topics (<codeph>chunk</codeph>)</title>
  <shortdesc>The <codeph>chunk</codeph> step breaks apart and assembles referenced DITA content based on the
      <xmlatt>chunk</xmlatt> attribute in maps. This step is implemented in Java.</shortdesc>
  <prolog>
    <metadata>
      <keywords>
        <indexterm><xmlatt>chunk</xmlatt>
          <indexterm>supported methods</indexterm></indexterm>
        <indexterm>pre-processing
          <indexterm><codeph>chunk</codeph></indexterm></indexterm>
        <indexterm><codeph>chunk</codeph></indexterm>
        <indexterm>Java
          <indexterm>
            <indexterm>chunk</indexterm></indexterm></indexterm>
      </keywords>
    </metadata>
  </prolog>
  <conbody>
    <p>DITA-OT has implemented processing for the following values of the <xmlatt>chunk</xmlatt> attribute:
      <ul>
        <li>select-topic</li>
        <li>select-document</li>
        <li>select-branch</li>
        <li>by-topic</li>
        <li>by-document</li>
        <li>to-content</li>
        <li>to-navigation</li>
      </ul>
    </p>
  </conbody>
</concept>
