Extension points details
This file provides additional details that are pushed to the generated topics to replace the navigation
titles and short descriptions embedded in the plug-in source code. Descriptions for individual extension points are
pushed from the manually authored topics as necessary.
All transformations
Common processing
The
org.dita.base plug-in provides common extension points that are available to extend processing
in all transformations that are supported by the DITA Open Toolkit.
HTML-based output formats
HTML-based output
The
org.dita.xhtml plug-in provides shared extension points that can be used to modify processing
in HTML-based transformation types such as Eclipse help, HTML Help, TocJS, and XHTML.
HTML5 extension points
HTML5
In addition to the
extension points provided by common processing and those shared by with other HTML-based transformations, the
org.dita.html5 plug-in provides extension points that are specific to the HTML5
transformation.
Eclipse Help
Eclipse Help (org.dita.eclipsehelp)
Certain
extension points are specific to the Eclipse Help transformation.
HTML Help
HTML Help
Certain extension
points are specific to the HTML Help transformation.
PDF
PDF (org.dita.pdf2)
Certain extension points are
specific to the PDF transformation (formerly known as “PDF2”).
troff
troff
Certain extension points
are specific to the troff transformation, which produces output for use with the troff viewer on Unix-style
platforms, particularly for programs such as the man page viewer.