DITA Open Toolkit

Overview of the DITA Open Toolkit

The DITA Open Toolkit (DITA-OT) is an open-source implementation of the OASIS DITA specification, which is developed by the OASIS DITA Technical Committee. The DITA-OT is a set of Java-based, open-source tools and Ant scripts that transform DITA content (maps and topics) into deliverable formats, including Eclipse Help, HTML Help, JavaHelp, PDF, and XHTML.

While the DITA standard is owned and developed by OASIS, the DITA-OT project is governed separately; the DITA-OT is an independent, open-source implementation of the DITA standard. The DITA-OT is available without charge and is licensed under the CPL 1.0 and Apache 2.0 open-source licenses.

  • DITA Open Toolkit Release 1.8
  • DITA 1.2 Specification Support
    DITA Open Toolkit 1.8.4 supports the DITA 1.2 specification. Initial support for this specification was added in version 1.5 of the toolkit; versions 1.5.1 and 1.5.2 contain minor modifications to keep up with the latest drafts. The specification itself was approved at approximately the same time as DITA-OT 1.5.2, which contained the final versions of the DTD and Schemas. DITA-OT 1.6 updated the DITA 1.2 XSDs to address minor errata in the standard; the DTDs remain up to date.
  • Tested platforms and tools
    The DITA Open Toolkit (DITA-OT) has been tested against certain versions of Ant, ICU for Java, JDK, operating systems, XML parsers, and XSLT processors.
Parent topic: DITA Open Toolkit User Guide
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