Authoring formats
In addition to standard DITA XML, DITA-OT supports several alternative input formats, including Markdown
and the proposed XDITA, MDITA and HDITA authoring formats currently in development for Lightweight DITA.
Standard DITA XML 3.6 , DITA-OT also provides an initial preview of features for the latest draft of the upcoming DITA 2.0 standard.Markdown content Markdown is a lightweight markup language that allows you to write using an easy-to-read plain text format and convert to structurally valid markup as necessary.Preview support for Lightweight DITA Lightweight DITA , or “LwDITA ”. The XDITA, MDITA and HDITA formats are alternative representations of DITA content in XML, Markdown and HTML5.Markdown DITA syntax reference CommonMark as the underlying markup language.