Thanks a bunch Alex. With regards to the scenario, in our case, our writers are used to see these attributes pre-populated since it is valid for 90% of all our content. Only for the smaller percentage of the content do our writers actually go ahead and change these values, which saves them quite a few clicks.

With regards to your suggestion of using the "AuthorDocumentFilter" as shown in "http://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/ug-editor/#topics/api_faq_use_typograhic_quotation_marks.html", do let me know if the following steps are what I should undertake based on the fact that I am using the DITA extension:

1) Create a class which extends the dita extension bundle.

2) Create a new document filter to filter out xrefs and set the attributes.

3) Set the document filter created in (2) within the class created in (1).

Do let me know if there is any alternative to the above steps.

Thanks,

Nathan

On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 7:56 AM, Nathan <vrveerar@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks Alex, I think we are good with the format attribute.
With respect to my second part of the mail, is there any way to add defaulted "scope" and "type" attribute values to the xref when they are dragged-and-dropped from the project/ditamaps manager pane? Can this be done using the Author SDK?

Regards,
Nathan