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  <title>DITA Open Toolkit <keyword keyref="release.version"/></title>
  <shortdesc>This document describes the DITA Open Toolkit project—what the project is, and how to
    use the site.</shortdesc>
  <body>
    <section>
      <title>What is the DITA Open Toolkit?</title>
      <p>The DITA Open Toolkit, or DITA-OT for short, is a set of Java-based, open source tools that
        provide processing for DITA maps and topic content. You can download the OT and install it
        for free on your computer to get started with topic-based writing and publishing. The
        DITA-OT is licensed under the <xref format="html"
          href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cpl1.0.php" scope="external">CPL 1.0</xref> and
          <xref format="html" href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0" scope="external"
          >Apache 2.0</xref> open source licenses.</p>
      <note>While the DITA Standard itself is owned and developed by OASIS, the DITA Open Toolkit is
        an independent, open source implementation of the standard</note>
      <p>Key output formats for the toolkit include:</p>
      <ul>
        <li>XHTML</li>
        <li>PDF (formerly known as PDF2)</li>
        <li>ODT (Open Document Format)</li>
        <li>Eclipse Help</li>
        <li>HTML Help</li>
        <li>Java Help</li>
        <li>Eclipse Content (normalized DITA plus Eclipse project files)</li>
        <li>Word RTF (with some limitations)</li>
        <li>Docbook</li>
        <li>Troff</li>
      </ul>
    </section>
    <section>
      <title>Toolkit documentation</title>
      <p>There are two primary sources for documentation about the toolkit.</p><p>Stable
        documentation about toolkit usage, parameters, and project management can be found on this
        page, using the navigation panel on the left.</p>
      <p>New information about the latest toolkit builds, plans for the next release, and other
        changing information can be found on the DITA-OT landing page at the dita.xml.org site (link
        below). That site also contains the release notes for all upcoming and previous
        releases.</p>
    </section>
  </body>
  <related-links>
    <linklist>
      <title>Shortcuts to important information</title>
      <link format="html" href="http://dita.xml.org/freelinking/DITA-OT%2520Packages"
        scope="external">
        <linktext>DITA-OT distribution packages</linktext>
        <desc>Which package is for you? Find an explanation of the minimal, standard, and "easy
          install" packages here.</desc>
      </link>
      <link format="html"
        href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/dita-ot/files/DITA-OT%20Stable%20Release/"
        scope="external">
        <linktext>DITA-OT stable release</linktext>
      </link>
      <link format="html"
        href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/dita-ot/files/DITA-OT%20Latest%20Test%20Build/"
        scope="external">
        <linktext>DITA-OT latest development build</linktext>
      </link> 
    </linklist>
    <link format="html" href="http://dita.xml.org/wiki/the-dita-open-toolkit" scope="external">
      <linktext>Main DITA-OT page at dita.xml.org</linktext>
    </link>
    <link format="html" href="http://dita.xml.org/node/3101" scope="external">
      <linktext>Information on the <keyword keyref="release.version"/> release</linktext>
    </link>
    <!-- TODO: Move this to plug-in usage/installation topic -->
    <link format="html" importance="deprecated"
      href="http://dita.xml.org/freelinking/Plugins%2520for%2520the%2520DITA%2520Open%2520Toolkit"
      scope="external">
      <linktext>Extending the toolkit with plug-ins</linktext>
    </link>
  </related-links>
</topic>
