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SDL XPP plugin DITA-OT setup

For the SDL XPP integration to function as expected, you must configure the ishxpp plugin within DITA-OT.

DITA-OT functionality

This plugin ensures that the generated content is complaint with the structure that is expected by SDL XPP. The steps include:
  • Pre-process the published content to resolve the conref statements, calculate the title of the linked items.
  • Merge the files into one xml file.
  • Structure the merged xml file.
  • Generalize the merged xml file.
  • Validate the merged xml file.

Files required

To configure the DITA-OT plugin, install the following files and folders as noted:
  • The ishxpp folder must be in the plugins folder of the DITA-OT.
  • The dita-ot-ishxpp.cmd file must be in the root folder of the DITA-OT.

    This command file integrates the Content Manager Publishing scripts and the DITA-OT functionality. The delivered dita-ot-ishxpp.cmd file cotnains an ANT call to start the DITA-OT functionality/plugin.

Procedure to manually install the DITA-OT plugin

To manually install the SDL XPP plugin in the DITA-OT instance, follow these steps:
  1. Copy the ishxpp folder to the following location in your Content Manager environment: <drive-letter>:\Infoshare\App<project-suffix>\Utilities\DITA-OT\Infoshare\plugins\

  2. Copy the dita-ot-ishxpp.cmd file to the following location in your Content Manager environment: <drive-letter>:\Infoshare\App<project-suffix>\Utilities\DITA-OT\Infoshare\