From 4881eafad9e357aae4c686aed7f8524065c647b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Dylan M. Taylor" <dylan@dylanmtaylor.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 09:13:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Write IDML page references from shared model

---
 crates/idml/src/model/story.rs | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/crates/idml/src/model/story.rs b/crates/idml/src/model/story.rs
index ffe0ef17d..feebb6091 100644
--- a/crates/idml/src/model/story.rs
+++ b/crates/idml/src/model/story.rs
@@ -202,6 +202,19 @@ impl PageReference {
     pub fn limit(&self) -> Option<f64> {
         self.values.num("PageReferenceLimit")
     }
+
+    /// Writes a page-reference record from the shared index model's type and target.
+    pub fn to_el(self_id: &str, reference_type: &str, topic: &str, id: usize, limit: Option<u32>) -> El {
+        let mut el = El::new("PageReference")
+            .with_attr("Self", self_id)
+            .with_attr("PageReferenceType", reference_type)
+            .with_attr("ReferencedTopic", topic)
+            .with_attr("Id", id);
+        if let Some(limit) = limit {
+            el.set_attr("PageReferenceLimit", limit);
+        }
+        el
+    }
 }
 
 /// The elements read as [`TextNode::Container`].