# DITA Open Toolkit User Guide

The DITA Open Toolkit is an implementation of the OASIS DITA Technical Committee's specification for DITA DTDs and Schemas. The Toolkit transforms DITA content (maps and topics) into deliverable formats, such as XHTML, PDF, Eclipse Help, HTML Help, and JavaHelp.

This set of documentation contains some basic setup and overview information for the DITA Open Toolkit. The latest information about the toolkit, including plans for upcoming or future releases, can be found at dita.xml.org: The DITA Open Toolkit.

- DITA Open Toolkit Release 1.5.4
- DITA 1.2 Specification Support
  DITA Open Toolkit 1.5.4 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 contains the final versions of the DTD and Schemas.
- Tested platforms and tools
  See which tools and platforms have been used in testing the DITA processing system.
- Distribution packages
  DITA-OT is available in three three binary packages, as well as in a source package.
- Installing the DITA Open Toolkit
  This topic explains how to install the DITA Open Toolkit processing environment.
- Using DITA transforms
  The core transforms of the DITA Open Toolkit represent an implementation of all processing defined by OASIS in the DITA specification.
- Running DITA-OT from Ant
  Ant is an open tool that the DITA Open Toolkit uses to manage builds.
- Running DITA-OT from command-line tool
  The DITA Open Toolkit provides a command-line tool as an alternative for users with little knowledge of Ant. Most parameters available to the Ant builds are also available using the command-line tool.
- Configuration
  Reference list of DITA-OT configuration properties.
- Available DITA-OT Transforms
  The primary purpose of the DITA Open Toolkit is to transform DITA maps and topics into other formats. The toolkit ships with several native transforms, and can be extended to support any other output format with by adding a new plug-in.
- Problem determination and log analysis
- Troubleshooting
  This section is used for identifying problems when installing and executing the DITA Open Toolkit.