• About This Tutorial
• DITA Specialization Tutorial
  • Understanding Specialization
    • What is DITA Specialization?
    • The Types of Specialization
    • Domains and Topic Types
    • Specialization, DTDs, and Schemas
    • Specialization Hierarchy and the class Attribute
    • Restriction on Specialization: Cannot Relax Constraints
  • Domain Specialization Tutorial
    • Domain Specialization Process Overview (DTDs)
    • Domain Specialization Step 1: Design The Domain Element Types
    • Domain Specialization Step 2: Declare The Domain Element Types
      • Step 2-1. Create New .mod File
      • Step 2-2. Declare Element Type Name Parameter Entities
      • Step 2-3. Declare Elements and Attributes
      • Step 2-4. Declare class Attributes
    • Domain Specialization Step 3: Declare The Module Entities File
      • Step 3-1. Create xmlDomain.ent
      • Step 3-2. Declare Type-Specific Integration Entities
      • Step 3-3. Declare Domain Usage Text Entity
    • Domain Specialization Step 4: Integrate The Module Into a Shell DTD
      • Step 4-1. Setup Local Copy of Shell DTD
      • Step 4-2. Update Entity Resolution Catalogs
      • Step 4-3. Add .ent File to Shell
      • Step 4-4. Update Type-Specific Parameter Entities in Shell DTD
      • Step 4-5. Update domains attribute with new domain
      • Step 4-6. Include .mod Declaration Set
      • Step 4-7. Test the integration
    • Domain Specialization Step 5: Extend DITA Open Toolkit XHTML Processor
      • Domain Specialization Step 5-1: Create Blank Specialization-Specific XSLT Transform
      • Domain Specialization Step 5-2: Implement Type-Specific XSLT Templates
      • Domain Specialization Step 5-3: Test The Stylesheet
  • Domain Attribute Specialization Tutorial
    • Domain Attribute Specialization Step 1: Create Domain Module Files
    • Domain Attribute Specialization Step 2: Integrate With Shell DTD
    • Domain Attribute Specialization Step 3: Test the Declarations
  • Topic Specialization Tutorial
    • Topic Specialization Process Overview (DTDs)
    • Topic Specialization Step 1: Design The Topic Element Types
    • Topic Specialization Step 2: Declare the Topic Module Element Types
      • Step 2-1. Create Test Case Document Instance
      • Step 2-2. Create New Shell DTD
      • Step 2-3. Create New .mod File and Integrate Into Shell
      • Step 2-4. Declare FAQ Question Topic Type Elements and Attributes
      • Step 2-5. Declare Element Type Parameter Entities
      • Step 2-6. Declare FAQ Question class Attributes
    • Step 3. Configure Entity Resolution Catalogs
    • Step 4: Extending the Toolkit To Support the Specialization
      • Topic Specialization Step 4-1: Create Blank Specialization-Specific XSLT Transform
      • Topic Specialization Step 4-2: Create Templates For Specialized Elements
      • Topic Specialization Step 4-3: Copy Template Contents from Base XSLTs
      • Topic Specialization Step 4-4: Implement Specialization-Specific XSLT Processing
      • Topic Specialization Step 4-5: Refine Markup Design for FAQ Question
      • Topic Specialization Step 4-4 (continued): Implement Specialization-Specific XSLT Processing
      • Topic Specialization Step 4-6: Implement CSS Styles
  • Map Specialization
    • Coming soon
• Processing the Samples with the DITA Open Toolkit
  • Coming soon
• Sample Specialized Topics
  • Sample FAQ
    • Can I add attributes to specific element types?
• Glossary of Terms
  • configuration
  • domain module
  • integration
  • module
  • shell document type
  • specialization