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Overly complicated, clunky and inaccessible. With some years in Java and XML experience , and then some years with techcomms, I couldn't get dita going at all after a few days of trying. All ant based scripts for demos reported errors and calling JavaInvoker woudn't work. Looking at the source reveals hardcoded paths and parameters inJavaInvoker. Documentation utterly unhelpful for beginners.

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gravitythread Posted 2015-03-20

A really great project. Changes what I can get done at work.
basketballpro Posted 2013-05-30

Really nice project! Thanks for your job!
angelinagrom Posted 2013-05-24

Thanks very good project! +
tfileme Posted 2013-05-15

Very useful. Thanks.

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migebo Posted 2012-10-20

simple, fast and intuitive to use. You wont find better.
upsetnarthrol Posted 2012-06-13

I want to use some other fuction.
tremrestrentman Posted 2012-06-09

I've been using for years! Thanks for Developer!
jewhimmosapp Posted 2012-06-09

Thanks again for the hard work!
lowthcupillject Posted 2012-06-07

Awesome software.
gesudini Posted 2012-06-05

Awesome. Keep up the good work.
uvaccoli Posted 2012-06-04

Easy to learn and use interface
grananerox Posted 2012-06-04

Overall, it works great and its FREE!
mayptolcalpia Posted 2012-06-04

Cool
cartaneruc Posted 2012-06-02

This is the way software is supposed to be!
girondeza Posted 2012-04-24

excellent application.
leesmith2 Posted 2012-03-09

Like with DITA XML, the power of the DITA OT is its extensibility. Not the ease of use. For quick and dirty XML hacking you can set up easily a publication for your personal DITA XML project. For long-term publication efforts DITA OT provide a solid plugin framework which can be shared with everyone.
drmacro Posted 2011-01-10

Essential tool for DITA processing. Serves as a reference implementation.
el-topo Posted 2010-07-21

I work for a company which has used the open toolkit for generating product documentation for several releases now. It has its quirks, but is well worth looking into if you have a fairly large body of interconnected documentation.
wtfcl3v3r Posted 2010-05-04

Overly complicated, clunky and inaccessible. With some years in Java and XML experience , and then some years with techcomms, I couldn't get dita going at all after a few days of trying. All ant based scripts for demos reported errors and calling JavaInvoker woudn't work. Looking at the source reveals hardcoded paths and parameters inJavaInvoker. Documentation utterly unhelpful for beginners.
tavery Posted 2009-12-10

DITAOT provides the ability to automate and single-source production, conditionalize text, separate styling from content, and tight information typing discipline. In short - it's wonderful!
pondj Posted 2009-10-29

On balance the best solution for XML output, takes a little bit of work and learning, but worth it.
digilante Posted 2009-09-27

I can't believe DITA-OT has received only one review thus far. DITA-OT is the best answer yet to the single-source problem faced by most technical writers. I've been in this business for more than a decade and DITA-OT is the best tool since FrameMaker. Perhaps the dearth of reviews indicates that many writers are only vaguely aware of the presence of DITA-OT in their authoring tool of choice. I, however, intend to support the future of this tool by contributing documentation and code.