# apivalue

The <apivalue> element is a reference to a value.

#### Description

This element can be used to reference a value from another DITA topic type.

#### Example

    <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>

#### Content model

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#### Inheritance

topic/xref pr-d/xref

Parent topic: api-domain reference module