When you nest topics within a ditamap, Tridion Docs automatically generates hierarchical links in the output. The links are created from the parent to the nested child topic and vice versa.

Hierarchical links do not show in the topic source like the relationship table links. You can view the links only in the output.

You do not require the hierarchical links to be visible in the output for the following reasons:

• The nested child topics immediately follow the parent topic.

• The parent topic displays links to all the nested topics that might distract the reader.

You can hide the hierarchical links generated from nesting topics by updating the XML attributes of the topics in the map.

Ensure that the hierarchy that you create between topics adds value. For example, an overview topic should be a peer of the other topics in a component rather than a parent. You can use a topic head to organize topics and avoid the hierarchy.