DITA Compare Configuration File Schema Guide

This section documents the elements in the XML schema for the DITA Compare REST configuration file.
For full element-by-element detail, see the DITA Comparison Configuration File Schema Guide in the live documentation.

Root element: `configuration`

The root element for the DITA Compare REST configuration. Contains parameters.

Element: `parameters`

Contains all comparison parameter groups:

Element	Description
`comparisonType`	Controls how text is compared (word-by-word vs character-by-character).
`formattingConfiguration`	Controls inline structural change element handling.
`htmlConfiguration`	Output markup styling.
`mathmlConfiguration`	MathML comparison granularity.
`svgConfiguration`	SVG comparison settings.
`tableConfiguration`	Table comparison behaviour.

Key elements

`characterByCharacter`

Type: xs:boolean. When true, comparison operates at character level.

`mathmlGranularity`

Attribute mode: adjacent, detailed-adjacent, or inline.

`tableConfiguration`

Contains columnKeyingMode (auto/position), validationLevel (relaxed/strict),
invalidTableBehaviour (fail/propagateUp/compareAsXml), normalizeTableColumns,
ignoreColumnOrder, and warningReportMode (pis/message/comments).

`svgConfiguration`

Contains svgEnabled, svgGranularity (adjacent/detailed-adjacent), svgZIndexEnabled,
zIndexMarkupStyle, svgFallbackEnabled, svgFallbackChangedPercentage,
svgNumericToleranceEnabled, and svgNumericToleranceValue.