4.1. How it works

A ".profiles" file contain a specification of one or more conditional processing profiles in a proprietary format.

However it's important to always use XMLmind XML Editor to create and modify such files.

It's equally important to always use the right document template. For example, you cannot associate a ".profiles" file created using the "DocBook v5+|Conditional Processing Profiles" document template to a DITA map or topic. Only a ".profiles" file created using the "DITA|Conditional Processing Profiles" document template can be associated to a DITA map or topic.

The reason for these restrictions is that, each time you save a ".profiles" file to disk, XMLmind XML Editor automatically creates a profile_set_name_files/ directory containing the following files:

One native implementation per profile contained in the profile set. For example, when you save editions.profiles to disk, XMLmind XML Editor automatically creates editions_files/lite.ditaval, editions_files/pro.ditaval and editions_files/ultimate.ditaval.

DITA implementation only: as of version 9, XMLmind XML Editor also automatically creates a simple subject scheme map file for use by Map → Check Map. For example, when you save editions.profiles to disk, XMLmind XML Editor also automatically creates editions_files/attributeValues.ditamap.


	If you last saved your "`.profiles`" file using a version of XXE older than 9 and want to take advantage of this Map → Check Map enhancement, you'll have to re-save your existing "`.profiles`" file to disk so that the corresponding ".`ditaval`" filter files and "`.ditamap`" subject scheme map file are re-created behind the scene.