Core DITA & XML Skills
DITA authoring concepts: topics, maps, specialization, constraints, reuse strategies.
XML fundamentals: schemas (DTD, XSD), namespaces, validation.
XSLT & XPath: customizing and writing transformations for DITA-OT outputs.
DITA-OT plugins: creating and maintaining custom plugins for specialized publishing needs.
DITA specialization: extending or restricting base DITA for domain-specific needs.
Programming & Markup
Java & Ant: understanding DITA-OT’s build framework, writing extensions.
HTML5 & CSS3: styling web outputs.
Regular expressions: text manipulation and validation tasks.
Publishing & Output Customization
PDF publishing: PDF2 plugin, XSL-FO, or alternative PDF processors (Antenna House, RenderX, FOP).
HTML publishing: customizing HTML5, CHM, WebHelp, or site outputs.
Multi-channel publishing: knowledge of EPUB, Eclipse Help, Markdown, or custom outputs.
Tools & Environment
DITA authoring tools: Oxygen XML Author/Editor, FrameMaker, Arbortext.
DITA-OT build management: command line, Ant scripts, Gradle tasks.
Source control: Git, SVN, or similar for managing content and customizations.
Continuous Integration (CI/CD): integrating DITA-OT builds with Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, etc.
Quality & Testing
DITA content validation: ensuring content adheres to DITA rules and constraints.
Unit testing for transformations: validating XSLT and plugin changes.
Performance optimization: tuning builds for large document sets.

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Hard Skills & Tools

DITAXMLXSLTXPathJavaAntHTML5CSS3Regular expressionsPDF publishing