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What tools are required to work with DITA?

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What tools are required to work with DITA?

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• DITA editor to author content. There are many DITA editors available on the market today: Adobe FrameMaker, Arbortext Epic, XMetal, and many others. • Publishing engine to generate output formats, such as PDF, HTML, and Java help. If you are using FrameMaker as a DITA editor, you do not need a separate publishing engine to produce PDF. You can use the FrameMaker capabilities. If you are using a native XML editor, then you will need DITA Open Toolkit (DITA OT) – a free set of stylesheets and scripts that generates various output formats from DITA content. However, be aware that you may need to configure DITA OT to meet requirements for how deliverables should look. Can I use Adobe FrameMaker to author and publish DITA? Yes, you can use Structured FrameMaker 7.2 or above. FrameMaker 8 and 9 already include the Adobe DITA plugin out-of-the-box. However, we recommend using the DITA-FMx plugin from an independent developer, Leximation. This plugin provides more functionality. Stay tuned a

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