DITA Open Toolkit Installation

This guide provides you with the steps to successfully install the DITA Open Toolkit provided on the SourceForge web site.

Included with this guide is background and reference information about the DITA Open Toolkit installation process. You can install the items in any order. If you already have some of the items (JavaHelp, SAXON, etc.) installed on your computer, skip to another section and proceed until all required items are installed.

The guide does not include instructions for using the Toolkit.

• Installing the DITA Open Toolkit
  The DITA Open Toolkit is downloaded from the SourceForge web site. For this installation, you will access the web sites for each of the required installation items, including Ant, Java Development Toolkit, JavaHelp, Apache FOP, SAXON XSLT Processor, and Microsoft HTML Help.
• Installing Ant
  Apache Ant is a build tool that is Java-based and uses Java classes. Ant configuration files are XML based. You can use them to build all output files such as HTML, PDF, and help systems.
• Installing JDK (Java Development Kit)
  Java Development Kit (JDK) is a Sun product targeted for Java developers. You can use it to write, compile, debug, and run Java applets and applications.
• Installing JavaHelp
  You can use JavaHelp to incorporate online help in applications, components, operating systems, applets, and devices.
• Installing Apache FOP
  Formatting Objects Processor (FOP) is a print formatter. It uses XSL formatting objects (XSL-FO) to produce portable document format (PDF) or direct-printable files. You can use it to format and produce PDF output from XML.
• Installing SAXON XSLT Processor
  You can use the SAXON SXLT Processor to import stylesheets and queries into an XML schema, validate XML data against a schema, and select the elements and attributes in your XML documents according to their schema-defined type.
• Installing XALAN XSLT Processor
  You can alternatively use the XALAN SXLT Processor to import stylesheets and queries into an XML schema, validate XML data against a schema, and select the elements and attributes in your XML documents according to their schema-defined type.
• Installing Microsoft HTML Help
  Microsoft HTML Help is an online help authoring tool. You can use it to develop and author online help for software applications or web sites.