The DITA Open Toolkit comes with support for many languages, but you can always find one that is not yet covered. Fortunately, adding a new language does not require any strange incantations.
Using Ant to find a needle in a haystack
Many content management systems (CMSs) take over the responsibility of file naming. For the most part, this is fine and is actually necessary for maintaining cross-references and conrefs within the CMS. When you use the CMS to build a DITA map, the CMS uses its … Read More
The long and winding roads from DITA to PDF
by Sheila Loring DITA XML is of little use to readers unless it’s converted to some kind of output. The DITA Open Toolkit (DITA OT) provides transforms and scripts that convert DITA to PDF output and a long list of other formats. Producing PDF output … Read More
Learn DITA and XML at your desk
For August and September, our webinar schedule is as follows: DITA 101, August 18 at 11 a.m. Eastern time Participants will learn about basic Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) concepts, the business case for implementing DITA, and some typical uses of DITA. This webinar is … Read More
Flare 5 DITA feature review (Part 1: Overview and map files)
[Disclosure: Scriptorium is a Certified Flare Instructor.][Full disclosure: We’re also an Adobe Authorized Training Center, a JustSystems Services Partner, a founding member of TechComm Alliance, a North Carolina corporation, and a woman-owned business. Dog people outnumber cat people in our office. Can I start my … Read More
DocTrain’s demise and a challenge to presenters
Unfortunate news in my inbox this morning: I regret to announce that DocTrain DITA Indianapolis is cancelled. DocTrain/PUBSNET Inc is shutting down. As a business owner, messages like this strike fear in my heart. If it could happen to them…gulp. (This might be a good … Read More
DITA Open Toolkit: Not quite so scary
Last October, I wrote about being scared. Today, I want to talk about something that seems somewhat scary, but it isn’t…or shouldn’t be. It may be daunting, but it’s not scary. That “thing” is the DITA Open Toolkit (DITA OT). The DITA OT is the most … Read More
Fixing FOP memory errors
Our newest white paper describes how to process large documents with XSL-FO and avoid memory errors. Here’s the introduction: Formatting Object (FO) processors (FOP, in particular) often fail with memory errors when processing very large documents for PDF output. Typically in XSL:FO, the body of … Read More
An incomplete puzzle: DITA OT stylesheets
A recent post on the dita-users Yahoo group asked how to customize the DITA OT stylesheets in view of the fact that there isn’t much documentation available. From my work customizing and otherwise perverting the DITA OT, I can sympathize with these frustrations. When I … Read More
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