DITA to xdoc stylesheets

[Roman Huditsch <ro...@bkf.at>]

Hi list,

I am trying to set up some kind of a documentation plattform based on
Forrest and DITA.
Before I begin writing the stylesheets for a DITA to xdoc transformation, I
just wanted
to ask, if someone has already done this...
Thanks a lot for your help.

best regards,
Roman

AW: DITA to xdoc stylesheets

[Roman Huditsch <ro...@bkf.at>]

Hi everybody,

Thanks a lot for the information.
I suppose it will last some time, before the plugin will be realized.
So, for the meantime, I wrote some stylesheets doing the work.
Was much less effort than I thought...
It just took less than a working day to get a prototype up an running.
Thanks a lot.

best regards,
Roman

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: David Crossley [mailto:crossley@apache.org]
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 08. August 2006 01:33
> An: user@forrest.apache.org
> Betreff: Re: DITA to xdoc stylesheets
>
>
> Jean T. Anderson wrote:
> > Ross Gardler wrote:
> > > Gav.... wrote:
> > >
> > >> I haven't looked at these yet, but google DITA to XDOC came up with
> > >>
> > >> http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.text.xml.forrest.devel/day=20041204
> > >>
> > >> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/forrest-dev/
> > >> 200412.mbox/%3C41B32236.1030904@apache.org%3E
>
> There is also a Jira issue for this:
> http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FOR-461
>
> -David
>
> > > Progress was never made on that proposal. There is some
> discussion about
> > > how to build a DITA plugin in those threads. Many of the problems we
> > > discovered have been removed/lessened since by enhancements to the
> > > plugin framework since those threads.
> > >
> > > Another issue that held us up back then was the DITA stylesheets
> > > discussed are now available under an ASF compatible license,
> or so I am
> > > led to believe.
> >
> > The DITA OT is dual licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
> >
> > Derby is using DITA for the manuals; info is at
> > http://db.apache.org/derby/manuals/dita.html . I think since we ended up
> > doing nightly doc builds with ant, interest in a forrest plugin fell by
> > the wayside.
> >
> >  -jean
> >
>

Re: DITA to xdoc stylesheets

[David Crossley <cr...@apache.org>]

Jean T. Anderson wrote:
> Ross Gardler wrote:
> > Gav.... wrote:
> > 
> >> I haven't looked at these yet, but google DITA to XDOC came up with
> >>
> >> http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.text.xml.forrest.devel/day=20041204
> >>
> >> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/forrest-dev/
> >> 200412.mbox/%3C41B32236.1030904@apache.org%3E

There is also a Jira issue for this:
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FOR-461

-David

> > Progress was never made on that proposal. There is some discussion about
> > how to build a DITA plugin in those threads. Many of the problems we
> > discovered have been removed/lessened since by enhancements to the
> > plugin framework since those threads.
> > 
> > Another issue that held us up back then was the DITA stylesheets
> > discussed are now available under an ASF compatible license, or so I am
> > led to believe.
> 
> The DITA OT is dual licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
> 
> Derby is using DITA for the manuals; info is at
> http://db.apache.org/derby/manuals/dita.html . I think since we ended up
> doing nightly doc builds with ant, interest in a forrest plugin fell by
> the wayside.
> 
>  -jean
> 

Re: DITA to xdoc stylesheets

["Jean T. Anderson" <jt...@bristowhill.com>]

Ross Gardler wrote:
> Gav.... wrote:
> 
>> I haven't looked at these yet, but google DITA to XDOC came up with
>>
>> http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.text.xml.forrest.devel/day=20041204
>>
>> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/forrest
>> dev/200412.mbox/%3C41B32236.1030904@apache.org%3E
> 
> Progress was never made on that proposal. There is some discussion about
> how to build a DITA plugin in those threads. Many of the problems we
> discovered have been removed/lessened since by enhancements to the
> plugin framework since those threads.
> 
> Another issue that held us up back then was the DITA stylesheets
> discussed are now available under an ASF compatible license, or so I am
> led to believe.

The DITA OT is dual licensed under the Apache License 2.0.

Derby is using DITA for the manuals; info is at
http://db.apache.org/derby/manuals/dita.html . I think since we ended up
doing nightly doc builds with ant, interest in a forrest plugin fell by
the wayside.

 -jean

Re: DITA to xdoc stylesheets

[Ross Gardler <rg...@apache.org>]

Gav.... wrote:
> I haven't looked at these yet, but google DITA to XDOC came up with
> 
> http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.text.xml.forrest.devel/day=20041204
> 
> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/forrest
> dev/200412.mbox/%3C41B32236.1030904@apache.org%3E


Progress was never made on that proposal. There is some discussion about 
how to build a DITA plugin in those threads. Many of the problems we 
discovered have been removed/lessened since by enhancements to the 
plugin framework since those threads.

Another issue that held us up back then was the DITA stylesheets 
discussed are now available under an ASF compatible license, or so I am 
led to believe.

Ross

RE: DITA to xdoc stylesheets

["Gav...." <br...@brightontown.com.au>]

I haven't looked at these yet, but google DITA to XDOC came up with

http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.text.xml.forrest.devel/day=20041204

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/forrest
dev/200412.mbox/%3C41B32236.1030904@apache.org%3E

Gav...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roman Huditsch [mailto:roman.huditsch@bkf.at]
> Sent: Monday, 7 August 2006 9:22 PM
> To: user@forrest.apache.org
> Subject: DITA to xdoc stylesheets
> 
> Hi list,
> 
> I am trying to set up some kind of a documentation plattform based on
> Forrest and DITA.
> Before I begin writing the stylesheets for a DITA to xdoc transformation,
> I
> just wanted
> to ask, if someone has already done this...
> Thanks a lot for your help.
> 
> best regards,
> Roman
> 
> 
> 
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