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[Eliot Kimber]

A reference to a key is *never* a reference to the topicref that defines the key but a reference to the resource *bound to* the topicref that defines the key. That is, a reference to a key name is *always* an indirection through the key-defining topicref. DITA 1.2 provides no way to say "this key reference is addressing the topicref with this key instead of the resource bound to the topicref with this key". A key may be directly bound to the following types of resources: 1. To a topic (the topic directly or indirectly addressed by the key-defining topicref). 2. To a map (the map directly or indirectly addressed by the key-defining topicref) 3. To a non-DITA resource (e.g, a graphic directly or indirectly addressed by the key-defining topicref) 4. To a topicref in the same or a different map, using an URL with a fragment ID that is the ID value the topicref within the target map, e.g.: