ODT Transform type (Open Document Format)

The "odt" transform path begins with the preprocess, as with other builds. It then runs the Ant target dita.odt.package.topic (if the input file is a topic) or dita.odt.package.map (if the input file is a map). This description focuses on the map process, which is made up of the following targets.

• dita.map.odt creates the content.xml portion of the ODT output file. This is done by converting the map into a merged XML file using the Java topicmerge program. An XSLT process is then used to convert the merged file into content.xml.
• dita.map.odt.stylesfile is a target that reads the input map, and uses XSLT to create a styles.xml file in the temporary directory.
• dita.out.odt.manifest.file creates the manifest.xml portion of the ODT output file.
• Once the three previous targets run, the generated files are zipped up together with other required files to create the output ODT file.