Data

A .press document's <data> element contains static data that can be referenced throughout the document.

For example

<data>
	<date>23/06/2025</date>
	
	<topics>
		<topic>Press Pages</topic>
		<topic>Press Components</topic>
		...
	</topics>
</data>

Data References

Data references take the form {{ ... }} and can appear anywhere in text or an attribute value.

The first part of a data reference selects the data object in question. These can be:

1. The document's global data object (referenced by data)
2. A content flow's data object (referenced by flows.{flow name}.data)
3. Scoped variables (e.g. as part of a data repeat)

Once the data object has been selected, children can be referenced using:

1. Direct accesses via name, e.g. {{ data.date }} used on the above example would become "23/06/2025"
2. Accesses via index, e.g. {{ data.topics[1] }} used on the above example would become "Press Components"

Data references can be used as attribute values, e.g. <img src="{{ data.images[4] }} " /> or directly in text e.g. <p>This report was written by {{ data.author }}</p>.