Category Archives: DITA
Choose your package carefully
I don’t know what the situation was back when the project started, but if you now look at the DITA-OT Java package org.dita.dost, it makes you think why didn’t they choose something else. The package org.dita looks correct, but if … Continue reading
DITA-OT version numbers
I’ve never been a fan of the way DITA-OT versions its releases. When I see a version number 1.5.2, I assume the numbering scheme is major.minor.micro, i.e. it’s the second bug release to version 1.5. DITA-OT, however, uses a scheme … Continue reading
Normalized DITA 1.1 DTD
The DITA DTD files are highly modularized and while most XML processors have no problems dealing with nested parameter entities, in production environments this may introduce redundant complexity. In addition, because of the way DTD files are build, topic specializations … Continue reading
DITA Authoring DTD Generator
A DITA authoring DTD generator for creating DTDs that are not valid specialization, but can be used for authoring purposes.
MIME Media Type for DITA
I’ve been wondering for a while now that why wasn’t registration of MIME Media Type for DITA included into the 1.1 spec?