Hi Hussein, I plan to start implementing support for DITA 1.3 in my applications during December and would be willing to contribute code to ditac.
Would you be willing to accept patches? Would you be willing to use an SVN repository? Regards, Rodolfo -- Rodolfo M. Raya [email protected] Maxprograms http://www.maxprograms.com > On Nov 26, 2015, at 6:44 AM, Hussein Shafie <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 11/25/2015 08:12 PM, Julie McHam wrote: >> Will the XMLmind XSL-FO Converter support the DITA 1.3 enhancements, >> such as the troubleshooting topic type and note elements for task >> topics? > > The answer is: almost certainly yes. > > > >> If so, do you have a timeline for implementing these enhancements? > > No. > > We'll probably start working on fully implementing DITA 1.3 in XMLmind DITA > Converter (which is embedded in XMLmind XSL Utility and in XMLmind XML > Editor) *several* *months* after DITA 1.3 becomes an OASIS standard (which is > not yet the case). > > Why wait all this time? Simply because for now, there is no sufficient demand > for DITA 1.3 features. DITA 1.2 already has plenty of features, is extensible > and, in our opinion, is already very complex to master. > > If you want the most up to date DITA 1.3 support, for now, you have no choice > other than using tools which leverage the DITA Open Toolkit > (http://www.dita-ot.org/). This is clearly stated here: > > Some good reasons to keep using the DITA Open Toolkit > > http://www.xmlmind.com/ditac/why_choose_ditac.html > > > -- > XMLmind DITA Converter Support List > [email protected] > http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/ditac-support -- XMLmind DITA Converter Support List [email protected] http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/ditac-support
