DITA Open Toolkit, version 1.8.M2

Chapter 1: Getting Started
- 1.1.1: Installing the full-easy-install package
- 1.1.2: Running the demo build
- 1.1.3: Building your own content using the demo build
Chapter 2: User Guide
- 2.2.1: Overview of the DITA Open Toolkit
  - 2.2.1.1: Release notes
  - 2.2.1.2: DITA 1.2 Specification Support
  - 2.2.1.3: Tested platforms and tools
- 2.2.2: Installing the DITA-OT
  - 2.2.2.1: Distribution packages
  - 2.2.2.2: Prerequisite software
  - 2.2.2.3: Installing the full-easy-install package
  - 2.2.2.4: Installing the minimal or standard package on Linux or Mac OSX
  - 2.2.2.5: Installing the minimal or standard package on Windows
- 2.2.3: Publishing DITA content
  - 2.2.3.1: DITA-OT transformations
    - 2.2.3.1.1: DITA to Docbook
    - 2.2.3.1.2: DITA to Eclipse Content
    - 2.2.3.1.3: DITA to Eclipse help
    - 2.2.3.1.4: DITA to HTML Help (CHM)
    - 2.2.3.1.5: DITA to legacy PDF
    - 2.2.3.1.6: DITA to ODT
    - 2.2.3.1.7: DITA to PDF (PDF2)
    - 2.2.3.1.8: DITA to RTF
    - 2.2.3.1.9: DITA to TocJS
    - 2.2.3.1.10: DITA to Troff
    - 2.2.3.1.11: DITA to XHTML
  - 2.2.3.2: Publishing DITA content from Ant
    - 2.2.3.2.1: Ant
    - 2.2.3.2.2: Building output using Ant
    - 2.2.3.2.3: Creating an Ant build script
  - 2.2.3.3: Publishing DITA content from the command-line tool
    - 2.2.3.3.1: Command-line tool
    - 2.2.3.3.2: Building output using the command-line tool
- 2.2.4: Globalizing DITA content
  - 2.2.4.1: Globalization support offered by the DITA-OT
  - 2.2.4.2: Supported languages: HTML-based transformations
  - 2.2.4.3: Supported languages: PDF transformations
- 2.2.5: Error messages and troubleshooting
  - 2.2.5.1: Error messages
  - 2.2.5.2: Other error messages
  - 2.2.5.3: Log files
  - 2.2.5.4: Accessing help from the command-line tool
  - 2.2.5.5: Determing the version of the DITA Open Toolkit
  - 2.2.5.6: Enabling debug mode
  - 2.2.5.7: Increasing Java memory allocation
- 2.2.6: Reference
  - 2.2.6.1: Ant parameters
    - 2.2.6.1.1: All transformations
    - 2.2.6.1.2: All HTML-based transformations
    - 2.2.6.1.3: Eclipse content
    - 2.2.6.1.4: Eclipse help
    - 2.2.6.1.5: HTML Help
    - 2.2.6.1.6: JavaHelp
    - 2.2.6.1.7: Legacy PDF
    - 2.2.6.1.8: ODT
    - 2.2.6.1.9: Other
    - 2.2.6.1.10: PDF
    - 2.2.6.1.11: XHTML
  - 2.2.6.2: Command-line tool parameters
    - 2.2.6.2.1: All transformations
    - 2.2.6.2.2: All HTML-based transformations
    - 2.2.6.2.3: Eclipse content
    - 2.2.6.2.4: Eclipse help
    - 2.2.6.2.5: HTML help
    - 2.2.6.2.6: JavaHelp
    - 2.2.6.2.7: ODT
    - 2.2.6.2.8: PDF transformation
    - 2.2.6.2.9: XHTML
  - 2.2.6.3: lib/configuration.properties file
Chapter 3: Developer Reference
- 3.3.1: DITA Open Toolkit Architecture
  - 3.3.1.1: Processing modules in the DITA-OT
  - 3.3.1.2: Processing order within the DITA-OT
  - 3.3.1.3: DITA-OT pre-processing architecture
    - 3.3.1.3.1: Generate lists (gen-list)
    - 3.3.1.3.2: Debug and filter (debug-filter)
    - 3.3.1.3.3: Copy related files (copy-files)
    - 3.3.1.3.4: Conref push (conrefpush)
    - 3.3.1.3.5: Conref (conref)
    - 3.3.1.3.6: Move metadata (move-meta-entries)
    - 3.3.1.3.7: Resolve keyref (keyref)
    - 3.3.1.3.8: Resolve code references (codref)
    - 3.3.1.3.9: Resolve map references (mapref)
    - 3.3.1.3.10: Pull content into maps (mappull)
    - 3.3.1.3.11: Chunk topics (chunk)
    - 3.3.1.3.12: Map based linking (maplink and move-links)
    - 3.3.1.3.13: Pull content into topics (topicpull)
    - 3.3.1.3.14: Flagging in the toolkit
      - 3.3.1.3.14.1: XHTML migration for flagging updates in DITA-OT 1.7
  - 3.3.1.4: Generating XHTML with navigation
    - 3.3.1.4.1: Default XHTML output
    - 3.3.1.4.2: Eclipse help output (transform type "eclipsehelp")
    - 3.3.1.4.3: TocJS output path
    - 3.3.1.4.4: Compiled Help (CHM) output
    - 3.3.1.4.5: Javahelp output
  - 3.3.1.5: PDF output pipeline
  - 3.3.1.6: ODT Transform type (Open Document Format)
- 3.3.2: Extending the DITA Open Toolkit
  - 3.3.2.1: Installing plug-ins
  - 3.3.2.2: Removing plug-ins
  - 3.3.2.3: Rebuilding the DITA-OT documentation
- 3.3.3: Configuring the DITA Open Toolkit
  - 3.3.3.1: integrator.properties file
  - 3.3.3.2: lib/org.dita.dost.platform/plugin.properties file
- 3.3.4: Creating DITA-OT plug-ins
  - 3.3.4.1: Plug-in configuration file
  - 3.3.4.2: Extending the XML Catalog
  - 3.3.4.3: Adding new targets to the Ant build process
  - 3.3.4.4: Adding Ant targets to the pre-process pipeline
  - 3.3.4.5: Integrating a new transform type
  - 3.3.4.6: Override styles with XSLT
  - 3.3.4.7: Modifying or adding generated text
  - 3.3.4.8: Passing parameters to existing XSLT steps
  - 3.3.4.9: Adding Java libraries to the classpath
  - 3.3.4.10: Adding diagnostic messages
  - 3.3.4.11: Managing plug-in dependencies
  - 3.3.4.12: Version and support information
  - 3.3.4.13: Creating a new plug-in extension point
  - 3.3.4.14: Example plugin.xml file
- 3.3.5: Customizing PDF output
- 3.3.6: Internal Ant properties
- 3.3.7: Implementation dependent features
- 3.3.8: Extended functionality
- 3.3.9: Topic merge
- 3.3.10: Creating Eclipse help from within Eclipse
Appendix A: DITA-OT release history
- A.4.1 DITA Open Toolkit Release 1.8
- A.4.2 DITA Open Toolkit Release 1.7
- A.4.3 DITA Open Toolkit Release 1.6
- A.4.4 DITA Open Toolkit Release 1.5.4
- A.4.5 DITA Open Toolkit Release 1.5.3
- A.4.6 DITA Open Toolkit Release 1.5.2
- A.4.7 DITA OT Release 1.5.1
- A.4.8 DITA OT release 1.5
- A.4.9 DITA OT release 1.4.3
- A.4.10 DITA OT release 1.4.2.1
- A.4.11 DITA OT release 1.4.2
- A.4.12 DITA OT release 1.4.1
- A.4.13 DITA OT release 1.4
- A.4.14 DITA OT release 1.3.1
- A.4.15 DITA OT release 1.3
- A.4.16 DITA OT release 1.2.2
- A.4.17 DITA OT release 1.2.1
- A.4.18 DITA OT release 1.2
- A.4.19 DITA OT release 1.1.2.1
- A.4.20 DITA OT release 1.1.2
- A.4.21 DITA OT release 1.1.1
- A.4.22 DITA OT release 1.1
- A.4.23 DITA OT release 1.0.2
- A.4.24 DITA OT release 1.0.1
- A.4.25 DITA OT release 1.0
- A.4.26 DITA history on developerWorks (pre-Open Source)
Appendix B: Project Management Guidelines
Appendix C: developerWorks articles

DITA to Docbook

The docbook transformation converts DITA maps and topics into a Docbook output file. Complex DITA markup might not be supported, but the transformation supports most common DITA structures.

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