Migrating to release 3.3
DITA-OT 3.3 includes new attribute sets for HTML5 customization, support for custom integration processing, rotated table cells in PDF output, and hazard statements in HTML output.
Note: This topic provides a summary of changes in DITA-OT 3.3 that may require modifications to custom stylesheets or plug-ins. For more information on changes in this release, see the DITA-OT 3.3 Release Notes.
Secure connections to the plug-in registry
Attention: To ensure data integrity during the plug-in installation process, Transport Layer Security (TLS) will soon be required to access the plug-in registry. If you are using DITA-OT 3.3, 3.2, or 3.2.1 and are unable to upgrade to the latest version, modify the registry key in the config/configuration.properties file to switch the URI schema to http**s**://, so the entry reads https://plugins.dita-ot.org/.
For more information, see Adding plug-ins via the registry.
Base plug-in files moved to plugins directory
Various XSLT files and other resources have been moved from the root of the DITA-OT installation directory to the base plug-in directory plugins/org.dita.base.
Attention: There is no longer an xsl/ directory in the installation root.
If your plug-ins use the plugin URI scheme as recommended in the Plug-in coding conventions, this change should not require any modifications to custom plug-in code:
Relocated catalog
Along with the other base plug-in files, the catalog-dita.xml file has been moved from the root of the DITA-OT installation directory to plugins/org.dita.base. External systems that rely on this catalog should be updated with the new location. Ant scripts and DITA-OT plug-ins should use the plug-in directory property to refer to the file as ${dita.plugin.org.dita.base.dir}/catalog-dita.xml. A placeholder with a <nextCatalog> entry is provided in the original location for backwards compatibility, but this file may be removed in an upcoming release.
Deprecated properties
The templates key in configuration properties has been deprecated in favor of the <template> element in plugin.xml.
New attribute sets for HTML5 customization
A series of new attribute sets has been added to the default HTML5 transformation to facilitate customization with additional ARIA roles, attributes, or CSS classes. Attribute sets are provided for:
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If you have previously copied XSL templates (or template modes) to custom plug-ins only to add classes required by web frameworks such as Bootstrap or Foundation (or your company CSS), you may be able to simplify your customizations by using the new attribute sets instead of overriding the default templates.