DITA Open Toolkit 1.2 and above provides a new function to help developers create new plug-ins for DITA Open Toolkit.
The developer can create plug-ins for DITA Open Toolkit and provide users to use it. SeeCreate new plug-in for detailed information.
The following table lists the extension points which can be extended by your plug-ins. You need to specify the extension points in your plugin.xml file.
| Extension point | Description | Location | Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
| dita.specialization.catalog | It points where to provide catalog information for your plug-ins. | catalog-dita_template.xml | org.dita.dost.platform.InsertAction It inserts the content of the file that you provide into catalog-dita.xml. The provided file must be xml and the root element is not to be inserted into extension point. |
| dita.conductor.lib.import | It points where to import your own built Java library and to make it available for the transformation process. | conductor_template.xml | org.dita.dost.platform.ImportAction It imports the Java library that is built and provided into the generated conductor.xml. |
| dita.conductor.target | It points where to provide your own ant script targets for transformation. | conductor_template.xml | org.dita.dost.platform.InsertAction It inserts the content of the file that you provide into conductor.xml. The provided file must be xml and the root element is not to be inserted into extension point. |
| dita.xsl.fo | It points where to provide your extension xsl code of fo transformation. | dita2fo-shell_template.xml | org.dita.dost.platform.ImportAction It imports the xsl file that you provide into the generated dita2fo-shell.xsl. |
| dita.xsl.rtf | It points where to provide your extension xsl code of fo transformation. | dita2rtf_template.xml | org.dita.dost.platform.ImportAction It imports the xsl file that you provide into the generated dita2rtf.xsl . |
| dita.xsl.xhtml | It points where to provide your extension xsl code of fo transformation. | dita2xhtml_template.xml | org.dita.dost.platform.ImportAction It imports the xsl file that you provide into the generated dita2xhtml.xsl. |
| dita.xsl.docbook | It points where to provide your extension xsl code of fo transformation. | dita2docbook_template.xml | org.dita.dost.platform.ImportAction It imports the xsl file that you provide into the generated dita2docbook.xsl. |