glossentry reports missing if used in shortdesc and another topic uses <xref> to origin topic

[jomjohn]

Expected Behavior

When <term keyref="gloss_term"/> is used in a <shortdesc> the value needs to resolve when shortdesc is read.

Actual Behavior

The glossterm is left blank:

Possible Solution

I am not sure if this is a keyref issue or a topicpull issue. I would think that the keyref would already be resolved by the time topicpull happens. The keyref is trying to resolve relative to the dita-ot/xsl location rather than the doc source location.

Steps to Reproduce

My sample source and output is included in this zip: samples.zip

1. Updated files:

hierarchy.ditamap, added glossary.ditamap:
<mapref href="glossary.ditamap"/>

glossary.ditamap (new)
<topichead> <topicmeta> <navtitle>Glossary</navtitle> </topicmeta> <glossref href="glossary/gloss_google.dita" keys="gloss_google"/> </topichead>

glossary/gloss_google.dita (new):
<glossentry id="gloss_google"> <glossterm>Google</glossterm> <glossdef>The place where you find stuff.</glossdef> </glossentry>

concepts/lawnmower.xml, added term glossentry reference in <shortdesc>
<shortdesc>The lawnmower is a machine used to cut grass in the yard. You can look it up on <term keyref="gloss_google"/></shortdesc>

concepts/oil.xml added <link> to lawnmower.xml:
<link href="lawnmower.xml" format="dita" type="concept"></link>

2. Run dita -v --input=samples/hierarchy.ditamap --format=xhtml
3. In one case (where child links are created) the term resolves correctly:
   
   In Oil.xml the term is blank:
   

Copy of the error message, log file or stack trace

[topicpull] java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:*****\dita-ot.git\src\main\xsl\glossary\gloss_google.dita (The system cannot find the path specified)
[topicpull] file:/C:/*****/dita-ot-docs/samples/concepts/lawnmower.xml:11:121: [DOTX031E][ERROR]: The file ../glossary/gloss_google.dita is not available to resolve link information.

Environment

• DITA-OT version: 3.2 and older
• Operating system and version: Windows
• How did you run DITA-OT? dita -v --input=samples/hierarchy.ditamap --format=xhtml
• Transformation type: xhtml

Thank you for any help you can provide to fix this issue!

[robander]

I've seen other issues over time with short descriptions that include links being pulled into cross reference hover-help ... ran into another just a week or two ago and couldn't see a good way to resolve it. Usually the problem is worse when files are not in the same directory, but that's not always the issue.

[robander]

I think this is probably a duplicate of #3078. Whether @keyref or <xref>, the defect is caused by cross references that end up in the short description ==> pulled into hover help.

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