Category Archives: Programming

Ant RELAX NG schema

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Jarno Elovirta

I use oXygen to edit Ant build files and it uses a DTD for the schema. While that works well, the DTD has a few bugs and AFAICT does not support Ant 1.7. So, I wrote a RELAX NG schema … Continue reading →

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Normalized DITA 1.1 DTD

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Jarno Elovirta

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 →

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Unicode, I like it

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Jarno Elovirta

I’m a software developer and I like Unicode. I think I would like it if I wasn’t, but still. I just realized Unicode contains the characters used for Apple modifier keys: ⌥ option ⌘ command ⌃ control Will that make … Continue reading →

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DITA Authoring DTD Generator

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Jarno Elovirta

A DITA authoring DTD generator for creating DTDs that are not valid specialization, but can be used for authoring purposes.

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MIME Media Type for DITA

Posted on December 23, 2007 by Jarno Elovirta

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?

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