Directories and files in the DITA-OT1.5.3 directory

When you have installed DITA Open Toolkit, the following directories and subdirectories should be in your root DITA-OT1.5.3 directory.

Directory Description
root (DITA-OT1.5.3) System-level Ant scripts and other system files (for example, build.xml, and integrator.xml). System-level scripts handle DITA source file processing and transformation into published output. They are an integral part of DITA Open Toolkit and should never be modified by users. For more information, see About Ant scripts.
css Sample CSS (cascading style sheet) files.
demo Specializations, plug-ins, and validators that demonstrate extensions to the base DITA language. Includes:
book
bookmap specialization
dita11
DTD and XSD files for DITA 1.1
dita132
DTD and XSD files for IBM DITA 1.3.2
elementref
simple element reference description markup
enote
data object specialization
faq
faq (frequently asked questions) specialization
fo
plug-in files to produce PDF output
h2d
plug-in to convert XHTML to DITA topics
java
validators for DITA schemas
legacypdf
Legacy PDF transformation plug-in.
Many of these directories have README files that provide information about how to use the specializations.
doc DITA documentation: language reference and application notes.
dtd Core DITA definitions in XML DTD format.
lib Contains dost.jar, the executable .jar file and other .jar files it depends on.
plugins DITA Open Toolkit plug-ins.
resource Miscellaneous resource files, including the default (common) CSS files and error messages.
samples Sample DITA source files and Ant scripts.
schema Core DITA definitions in XML Schema format.
tools Ant 1.7.1 processor.
xsl Core and process-specific stylesheets. Includes:
common
stylesheets that can be used by any process (for example, internationalization)
docbook
stylesheets used in converting DITA source content into DocBook source
preprocess
code for conditional, conref, and link resolution
troff
stylesheets used in converting DITA source content into troff source
xslfo
code to support the processing of Formatting Objects (FO) output
xslhtml
code to support XHTML processing
xslrtf
code to support RTF processing