Convert Dita 1.1 - 1.2

[iLoveDita]

Hello,

Is there a process to convert from version 1.1 to 1.2? I understand that 1.2 is backwards compatible however we use some custom tags, is there a validator that I can test to ensure it is in proper format?

Also I am having a hard time finding good documentation on Dita (DTDs, .mod files etc). Is there a good tutorial available?

Thank you.

[Radu]

Hi,

Is your question about migrating from DITA 1.1 to 1.2 or from 1.2 to 1.3?
How exactly did you add those custom tags, did you create a DITA specialization plugin or did you modify directly the DTDs? Do your topics refer to the DOCTYPE declaration using a custom public ID?
The proper way to perform a specialization is by constructing a DITA DTD specialization plugin.
Eliot Kimber's tutorial should cover this:

http://www.xiruss.org/tutorials/dita-specialization/

Once you have a specialization plugin you can integrate it in the DITA OT distribution which comes with Oxygen:

https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/ ... ation.html

Oxygen 18.0 by default has DITA 1.3 support enabled and it uses by default for publishing the DITA Open Toolkit 2.x (OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR]/frameworks/dita/DITA-OT2.x). This is controlled from the Oxygen Preferences->DITA page.

Regards,
Radu