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<h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1">Conref file for tasks</h1>
<div class="body taskbody">
<section class="section context"><div class="tasklabel"><h2 class="sectiontitle tasklabel">About this task</h2></div>
<p class="p" id="ID__semver-info">DITA-OT releases follow
<a class="xref" href="https://semver.org" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">semantic versioning</a> guidelines. Version numbers use the
<code class="ph codeph"><var class="keyword varname">major</var>.<var class="keyword varname">minor</var>.<var class="keyword varname">patch</var></code> syntax, where
<var class="keyword varname">major</var> versions may include incompatible API changes, <var class="keyword varname">minor</var> versions add
functionality in a backwards-compatible manner and <var class="keyword varname">patch</var> versions are maintenance releases
that include backwards-compatible bug fixes.</p>
<p class="p" id="ID__semver-plugins">Custom plug-ins developed for a previous <var class="keyword varname">major</var> version may require
changes to work correctly with recent toolkit versions. Most plug-ins should be compatible with subsequent
<var class="keyword varname">minor</var> and <var class="keyword varname">patch</var> versions of the <var class="keyword varname">major</var> release for
which they were originally developed.</p>
<dl class="dl">
<dt class="dt dlterm">Standard Path / Directory Names</dt>
<dd class="dd"><span class="ph filepath" id="ID__ot-dir"><var class="keyword varname">dita-ot-dir</var></span></dd>
<dd class="dd ddexpand"><span class="ph filepath" id="ID__dita-cmd"><span class="keyword cmdname">dita</span></span></dd>
<dd class="dd ddexpand"><span class="ph filepath" id="ID__docsrc-dir"><var class="keyword varname">dita-ot-dir</var>/docsrc</span></dd>
<dd class="dd ddexpand"><span class="ph filepath" id="ID__samples-dir"><var class="keyword varname">dita-ot-dir</var>/docsrc/samples</span></dd>
<dd class="dd ddexpand"><span class="ph filepath" id="ID__samples-absolute"><var class="keyword varname">/absolute/path/to/dita-ot-dir</var>/docsrc/samples</span></dd>
<dt class="dt dlterm">Plug-In Info</dt>
<dd class="dd">
<ul class="ul">
<li class="li" id="ID__plug-in-id"><span class="ph filepath"><var class="keyword varname">&lt;plug-in-id&gt;</var></span> is the unique ID of the
plug-in, as defined in the plug-ins configuration file (<span class="ph filepath">plugin.xml</span>).</li>
<li class="li" id="ID__plug-in-zip"><span class="ph filepath"><var class="keyword varname">plug-in-zip</var></span> is the
<var class="keyword varname">filename</var> or <var class="keyword varname">URL</var> of the plug-ins distribution ZIP file
(optional).</li>
<li class="li" id="ID__plug-in">the optional <span class="ph filepath"><var class="keyword varname">&lt;plug-in&gt;</var></span> argument is one of
the following:
<ul class="ul">
<li class="li">the unique <var class="keyword varname">ID</var> of the plug-in as defined in the plug-in registry at
<a class="xref" href="https://www.dita-ot.org/plugins" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">dita-ot.org/plugins</a> (or a local registry)</li>
<li class="li">the remote <var class="keyword varname">URL</var> of the plug-ins distribution ZIP file</li>
<li class="li">the name of a local ZIP <var class="keyword varname">file</var></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="li"><span class="ph" id="ID__plugin-integrate-all">If no <var class="keyword varname">ID</var>, <var class="keyword varname">URL</var>, or
<var class="keyword varname">file</var> argument is provided, the installation process reloads the current set of
plug-ins from the <span class="ph filepath">plugins</span> directory (or any custom locations defined via the
<span class="keyword parmname">pluginsdir</span> property in the <span class="ph filepath">configuration.properties</span> file
in the <span class="ph filepath">config</span> directory). This approach can be used to add or remove multiple
plug-ins at once, or any individual plug-ins you have already copied to (or removed from) the plug-in
directories. Any plug-ins added or removed in the process will be listed by their plug-in
ID.</span></li>
<li class="li"><div class="note attention note_attention" id="ID__plugin-remove-subdir"><span class="note__title">Attention:</span> The <span class="keyword cmdname">uninstall</span> subcommand also
removes the corresponding plug-in directory from the <span class="ph filepath">plugins</span> folder.
</div></li>
<li class="li"><div class="note note note_note"><span class="note__title">Note:</span>
<span class="ph" id="ID__pre-subcommands-2-4-ph">In earlier versions of DITA-OT (2.43.4), use the double-hyphen option
syntax <span class="keyword cmdname">dita</span></span>
<span class="keyword parmname">--uninstall</span>. <span class="ph" id="ID__pre-subcommands-2-0-ph">In DITA-OT 2.02.3, use the
single-hyphen form: <span class="keyword cmdname">dita</span></span>
</div></li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
</section>
<section><div class="tasklabel"><h2 class="sectiontitle tasklabel">Procedure</h2></div><ol class="ol steps"><li class="li step stepexpand">
<span class="ph cmd">
<span class="ph" id="ID__download-ot">Download the <span class="ph filepath">dita-ot-<span class="keyword">3.6</span>.zip</span>
package from the project website at
<a class="xref" href="https://www.dita-ot.org/download" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">dita-ot.org/download</a>.</span>
</span>
</li><li class="li step stepexpand">
<span class="ph cmd" id="ID__open-terminal">Open a command prompt or terminal session.</span>
<div class="itemgroup info">
<ul class="ul" id="ID__basic-variables">
<li class="li" id="ID__novice-variables"><var class="keyword varname">input-file</var> is the DITA map or DITA file that you want to
process.</li>
<li class="li" id="ID__novice-variables-last">
<p class="p" id="ID__common-format-info">
<var class="keyword varname">format</var> is the output format (transformation type). This argument corresponds to the
common parameter <span class="keyword parmname">transtype</span>. Use the same values as for the
<span class="keyword parmname">transtype</span> build parameter, for example <span class="keyword option">html5</span> or
<span class="keyword option">pdf</span>.</p>
</li>
<li class="li" id="ID__expert-variables-last">
<p class="p">
<var class="keyword varname">format</var> is the output format (transformation type). This argument corresponds to the
common parameter <span class="keyword parmname">transtype</span>. Use the same values as for the
<span class="keyword parmname">transtype</span> build parameter, for example <span class="keyword option">html5</span> or
<span class="keyword option">pdf</span>.</p>
<div class="p" id="ID__transtypes">You can create plug-ins to add new output formats; by default, the following values are
available:
<ul class="ul">
<li class="li"><span class="keyword option">dita</span></li>
<li class="li"><span class="keyword option">eclipsehelp</span></li>
<li class="li"><span class="keyword option">html5</span></li>
<li class="li"><span class="keyword option">htmlhelp</span></li>
<li class="li"><span class="keyword option">markdown</span>, <span class="keyword option">markdown_gitbook</span>, and
<span class="keyword option">markdown_github</span></li>
<li class="li"><span class="keyword option">pdf</span></li>
<li class="li"><span class="keyword option">xhtml</span></li>
</ul>
<div class="note tip note_tip"><span class="note__title">Tip:</span> See
<a class="xref" href="../topics/output-formats.html" title="DITA Open Toolkit ships with several core transformations that convert DITA content to different output formats. Additional formats are available from the plug-in registry at dita-ot.org/plugins.">DITA-OT transformations (output formats)</a> for sample command line syntax and more information on each
transformation. </div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="li" id="ID__options">[<var class="keyword varname">options</var>] include the following optional build parameters:
<dl class="dl parml">
<dt class="dt pt dlterm">
<span class="keyword parmname">--debug</span></dt>
<dt class="dt pt dlterm">
<span class="keyword parmname">-d</span>
</dt>
<dd class="dd pd">Debug logging prints considerably more additional information. The debug log includes all information from
the verbose log, plus details on Java classes, additional Ant properties and overrides, preprocessing
filters, parameters, and stages, and the complete build sequence. Debug logging requires additional
resources and can slow down the build process, so it should only be enabled when further details are
required to diagnose problems.</dd>
<dt class="dt pt dlterm">
<span class="keyword parmname">--output</span>=<var class="keyword varname">dir</var></dt>
<dt class="dt pt dlterm">
<span class="keyword parmname">-o</span>
<var class="keyword varname">dir</var>
</dt>
<dd class="dd pd" id="ID__d1175e739">
<p class="p">Specifies the path of the output directory; the path can be absolute or relative to the current
directory.</p>
<p class="p">This argument corresponds to the common parameter <span class="keyword parmname">output.dir</span>. By default, the output
is written to the <span class="ph filepath">out</span> subdirectory of the current directory.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="dt pt dlterm">
<span class="keyword parmname">--filter</span>=<var class="keyword varname">files</var>
</dt>
<dd class="dd pd">
<p class="p">Specifies filter file(s) used to include, exclude, or flag content. Relative paths are resolved against
the current directory and internally converted to absolute paths.</p>
<div class="note note note_note"><span class="note__title">Note:</span>
<p class="p">To specify multiple filter files, use the system path separator character to delimit individual file
paths (semicolon <code class="ph codeph">;</code> on Windows, and colon <code class="ph codeph">:</code> on macOS and Linux) and
wrap the value in quotes:</p>
<p class="p"><code class="ph codeph">--filter="filter1.ditaval;filter2.ditaval;filter3.ditaval"</code></p>
<p class="p">As of DITA-OT 3.6, the <span class="keyword parmname">--filter</span> option can also be passed multiple times:</p>
<p class="p"><code class="ph codeph">--filter=filter1.ditaval --filter=filter2.ditaval --filter=filter3.ditaval</code></p>
<p class="p">DITAVAL files are evaluated in the order specified, so conditions specified in the first file take
precedence over matching conditions specified in later files, just as conditions at the start of a
DITAVAL document take precedence over matching conditions later in the same document.</p>
</div>
</dd>
<dt class="dt pt dlterm">
<span class="keyword parmname">--force</span>
</dt>
<dd class="dd pd">Force-install an existing plug-in.</dd>
<dd class="dd pd ddexpand">Passed as an additional option to the installation subcommand: <span class="keyword cmdname">dita
install</span>&nbsp;<var class="keyword varname">plug-in-zip</var>&nbsp;<span class="keyword parmname">--force</span></dd>
<dt class="dt pt dlterm">
<span class="keyword parmname">--help</span></dt>
<dt class="dt pt dlterm">
<span class="keyword parmname">-h</span>
</dt>
<dd class="dd pd">Print a list of available arguments, options, and subcommands.</dd>
<dt class="dt pt dlterm">
<span class="keyword parmname">--logfile</span>=<var class="keyword varname">file</var></dt>
<dt class="dt pt dlterm">
<span class="keyword parmname">-l</span>
<var class="keyword varname">file</var>
</dt>
<dd class="dd pd">Write logging messages to a file.</dd>
<dt class="dt pt dlterm">
<span class="keyword parmname">--parameter</span>=<var class="keyword varname">value</var></dt>
<dt class="dt pt dlterm">
<span class="keyword parmname">-D</span><var class="keyword varname">parameter</var>=<var class="keyword varname">value</var>
</dt>
<dd class="dd pd">Specify a value for a DITA-OT or Ant build parameter.</dd>
<dd class="dd pd ddexpand">The GNU-style <span class="keyword parmname">--parameter</span>=<var class="keyword varname">value</var> form is only available for
parameters that are configured in the plug-in configuration file; the Java-style <span class="keyword parmname">-D</span>
form can also be used to specify additional non-configured parameters or set system properties.</dd>
<dd class="dd pd ddexpand">Parameters not implemented by the specified transformation type or referenced in a
<span class="ph filepath">.properties</span> file are ignored. <div class="note tip note_tip"><span class="note__title">Tip:</span> If you are building in different environments where the location of the input
files is not consistent, set <span class="keyword option">args.input.dir</span> with the <span class="keyword cmdname">dita</span> command and
reference its value with <code class="ph codeph">${args.input.dir}</code> in your <span class="ph filepath">.properties</span> file.
</div>
</dd>
<dt class="dt pt dlterm">
<span class="keyword parmname">--propertyfile</span>=<var class="keyword varname">file</var>
</dt>
<dd class="dd pd">Use build parameters defined in the referenced <span class="ph filepath">.properties</span> file.</dd>
<dd class="dd pd ddexpand">Build parameters specified on the command line override those set in the <span class="ph filepath">.properties</span>
file.</dd>
<dt class="dt pt dlterm">
<span class="keyword parmname">--repeat</span>=<var class="keyword varname">N</var>
</dt>
<dd class="dd pd">Repeat the transformation <var class="keyword varname">N</var> number of times.</dd>
<dd class="dd pd ddexpand">This option can be used by plug-in developers to measure performance. To run a conversion five times, for
example, use <span class="keyword parmname">--repeat</span>=<span class="keyword option">5</span>. The duration of each execution will appear in
the console when the final transformation is complete.
<pre class="pre codeblock syntax-bash multi-platform"><code>$ <span class="keyword cmdname">dita</span> <span class="keyword parmname">--input</span>=<span class="ph filepath">docsrc/samples/sequence.ditamap</span> <span class="keyword parmname">--format</span>=<span class="keyword option">html5</span> <span class="keyword parmname">--repeat</span>=<span class="keyword option">5</span>
1 11281ms
2 4132ms
3 3690ms
4 4337ms
5 3634ms</code></pre>
</dd>
<dt class="dt pt dlterm">
<span class="keyword parmname">--resource</span>=<var class="keyword varname">file</var>
</dt>
<dt class="dt pt dlterm">
<span class="keyword parmname">-r</span>
<var class="keyword varname">file</var>
</dt>
<dd class="dd pd">Convert partial documentation sets by processing input with additional resources.</dd>
<dd class="dd pd ddexpand">For example, to process a single topic file with a map that contains key definitions, use a command like
this:
<pre class="pre codeblock syntax-bash"><code><span class="keyword cmdname">dita</span> <span class="keyword parmname">--input</span>=<span class="ph filepath">topic.dita</span> <span class="keyword parmname">--resource</span>=<span class="ph filepath">keys.ditamap</span> <span class="keyword parmname">--format</span>=<span class="keyword option">html5</span></code></pre>
</dd>
<dd class="dd pd ddexpand">To convert a chapter map to HTML5 and insert related links from relationship tables in a separate map,
use:
<pre class="pre codeblock syntax-bash"><code><span class="keyword cmdname">dita</span> <span class="keyword parmname">--input</span>=<span class="ph filepath">chapter.ditamap</span> <span class="keyword parmname">--resource</span>=<span class="ph filepath">reltables.ditamap</span> <span class="keyword parmname">--format</span>=<span class="keyword option">html5</span></code></pre>
</dd>
<dt class="dt pt dlterm">
<span class="keyword parmname">--temp</span>=<var class="keyword varname">dir</var></dt>
<dt class="dt pt dlterm">
<span class="keyword parmname">-t</span>
<var class="keyword varname">dir</var>
</dt>
<dd class="dd pd">Specifies the location of the temporary directory.</dd>
<dd class="dd pd ddexpand">This argument corresponds to the common parameter <span class="keyword parmname">dita.temp.dir</span>.</dd>
<dt class="dt pt dlterm">
<span class="keyword parmname">--verbose</span></dt>
<dt class="dt pt dlterm">
<span class="keyword parmname">-v</span>
</dt>
<dd class="dd pd">Verbose logging prints additional information to the console, including directory settings, effective
values for Ant properties, input/output files, and informational messages to assist in troubleshooting.</dd>
</dl></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="itemgroup stepresult" id="ID__running-ditaot-results">
<p class="p">If processing is successful, nothing is printed in the terminal window. The built output is written to the
specified output directory (by default, in the <span class="ph filepath">out</span> subdirectory of the current
directory).</p>
</div>
</li><li class="li step stepexpand">
<span class="ph cmd">Extending pre-processing</span>
<div class="itemgroup info">
<div class="note tip note_tip" id="ID__tip-extend-before-after-preprocessing"><span class="note__title">Tip:</span> For maximum compatibility with future versions of
DITA-OT, most plug-ins should use the extension points that run <strong class="ph b">before</strong> or <strong class="ph b">after</strong>
pre-processing.</div>
<div class="note caution note_caution" id="ID__caution-extend-within-preprocessing"><span class="note__title">CAUTION:</span> The internal order of preprocessing steps is
subject to change between versions of DITA-OT. New versions may remove, reorder, combine, or add steps to
the process, so the extension points <strong class="ph b">within</strong> the preprocessing stage should only be used if absolutely
necessary.</div>
</div>
</li></ol></section>
<section class="section postreq"><div class="tasklabel"><h2 class="sectiontitle tasklabel">What to do next</h2></div>
<div class="note tip note_tip" id="ID__template-properties"><span class="note__title">Tip:</span> Copy <span class="ph filepath"><var class="keyword varname">dita-ot-dir</var>/docsrc/samples</span><span class="ph filepath">/properties/template.properties</span>; this template describes each of the properties you can
set.</div>
<div class="note tip note_tip" id="ID__pass-input-dir"><span class="note__title">Tip:</span> If you are building in different environments where the location of the input
files is not consistent, set <span class="keyword option">args.input.dir</span> with the <span class="keyword cmdname">dita</span> command and
reference its value with <code class="ph codeph">${args.input.dir}</code> in your <span class="ph filepath">.properties</span> file.
</div>
</section>
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