XSL FO-based DITA to PDF Customization
Oxygen XML Author comes bundled with the DITA Open Toolkit that provides a mechanism for converting DITA maps to PDF output. Oxygen XML Author includes a built-in DITA Map PDF - based on XSL-FO transformation scenario that converts DITA maps to PDF using an xsl:fo processor.
There are several methods that can be used to customize DITA to PDF output:
- Create a customization directory that contains your customized files and reference that
directory in the PDF transformation scenario (using the
customization.dirparameter). - Creating a DITA Open Toolkit plugin that adds extensions to the PDF output. More details
can be found in the DITA Open Toolkit Documentation.Tip: Some sample plugins are available on GitHub that could help you to get started with creating a plugin: