MarkdownAlong with Markdown input, DITA-OT now provides three new transformation types to convert DITA content to
Markdown, including the original syntax, GitHub-Flavored Markdown, and GitBook.
The new output formats can be used to feed DITA content into Markdown-based publishing systems or other workflows
that lack the ability to process DITA XML.
Generating Markdown output
Markdown output can be generated by passing one of the following transformation types to the dita command with
the --format option:
To publish Markdown DITA files, use the transtype.
To generate
files, use the transtype.
To publish GitHub-Flavored Markdown and generate a SUMMARY.md table of contents file
for publication via
GitBook, use the
transtype.
Run the dita command and set the value of the output --format option to
the desired format: