The <apivalue> element is a reference to a value.
This element can be used to reference a value from another DITA topic type.
<task id="httpxml"> <title>Getting an XML file through an HTTP connection.</title> <taskbody> <steps> <step><cm>Open the connection</cm> <info>You use <apivalue keyref="com.ibm.xtools.patterns.framework.uml2.IDefaultComponentExportDataModel.IID">IID field</apivalue> in a Java application</info>. </step> ... </steps> </taskbody> </task>