Configuring a DITA specialization for use in XMetaL
You can configure XMetaL to use your specialization with filesystem DITA.
Before you begin
- XMetaL and the SDL LiveContent Architect Authoring Bridge for XMetaL are installed and a valid account to the SDL LiveContent Architect server exists.
- The specialized DTD is installed on the server.
- The OASIS catalog is updated.
- An editor template for the specialization is uploaded to the repository.
About this task
To use a DITA specialization in XMetaL, necessary configuration files must be available for XMetaL. There are 2 major parts:
- Configure XMetaL to use your specialization with filesystem DITA. This can be accomplished in 2 ways:
- Create the configuration files (manually) via the standard XMetaL approach. This can be done by using the menu within XMetaL on every client,
- or Prepare & Synchronize the specialized configuration files from the SDL LiveContent Architect server so you can use XMetaL with filesystem DITA documents.
- Prepare & Synchronize the specialized configuration files from the SDL LiveContent Architect server so you can use XMetaL with SDL LiveContent Architect documents.
You must configure both parts for the two noted reasons below:
- The SDL LiveContent Architect configuration files are different from the standard XMetaL ones so that the following features are available when you are working with an SDL LiveContent Architect document:
- The SDL LiveContent Architect Insert Hyperlink or Insert Image screen is shown when you insert an hyperlink or image (instead of the standard XMetaL screens).
- The content of included images is updated with the latest repository version when opening a document
- Conditions are highlighted in yellow and are have a gray background color for read-only documents, conrefs and variables.
- Without the XMetaL configuration files in place:
- Filesystem DITA does not work
- Inserting conrefs and using the map editor with SDL LiveContent Architect documents does not work.