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
- 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
- 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 SDL LiveContent Architect 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
Copy the ishxpp folder to the following location in your SDL LiveContent Architect environment: <drive-letter>:\Infoshare\App<project-suffix>\Utilities\DITA-OT\Infoshare\plugins\
Copy the dita-ot-ishxpp.cmd file to the following location in your SDL LiveContent Architect environment: <drive-letter>:\Infoshare\App<project-suffix>\Utilities\DITA-OT\Infoshare\