Enable dynamic header/footer generation in HTML5 output
- Dominant language
- Java
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Description
## Description
Enable generating dynamic (content specific) header/footer generation in HTML5 output.
This is based on the user request in dita-ot-users@googlegroups.com.
Need to write xsl code in custom header.xml using html5 plugin
https://groups.google.com/g/dita-ot-users/c/YocMwRkP6OE
## Possible Solution
Add one extension point to in HTML5 plug-in.
## Potential Alternatives
None.
## Additional Context
Here is sample desired snapshot generating header/footer from input map dynamically.

I will submit pull-request to enable this capability.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating the HTML5 plug-in and the custom header.xml mentioned in the issue, then trace how the input map is used during output generation. Done means the plug-in exposes an extension point that allows XSL code to generate content-specific headers and footers dynamically, matching the requested sample behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- html, xml
- Domain
- content, documentation
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100