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# Directories and files in the DITA-OT1.5.3 directory

When you have installed DITA Open Toolkit, the following directories and subdirectories should be in your root DITA-OT1.5.3 directory.

Directory | Description
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root (DITA-OT1.5.3) | System-level Ant scripts and other system files (for example, build.xml, and integrator.xml). System-level scripts handle DITA source file processing and transformation into published output. They are an integral part of DITA Open Toolkit and should never be modified by users. For more information, see About Ant scripts.
css | Sample CSS (cascading style sheet) files.
demo | Specializations, plug-ins, and validators that demonstrate extensions to the base DITA language. Includes: book bookmap specialization dita11 DTD and XSD files for DITA 1.1 dita132 DTD and XSD files for IBM DITA 1.3.2 elementref simple element reference description markup enote data object specialization faq faq (frequently asked questions) specialization fo plug-in files to produce PDF output h2d plug-in to convert XHTML to DITA topics java validators for DITA schemas legacypdf Legacy PDF transformation plug-in. Many of these directories have README files that provide information about how to use the specializations.
doc | DITA documentation: language reference and application notes.
dtd | Core DITA definitions in XML DTD format.
lib | Contains dost.jar, the executable .jar file and other .jar files it depends on.
plugins | DITA Open Toolkit plug-ins.
resource | Miscellaneous resource files, including the default (common) CSS files and error messages.
samples | Sample DITA source files and Ant scripts.
schema | Core DITA definitions in XML Schema format.
tools | Ant 1.7.1 processor.
xsl | Core and process-specific stylesheets. Includes: common stylesheets that can be used by any process (for example, internationalization) docbook stylesheets used in converting DITA source content into DocBook source preprocess code for conditional, conref, and link resolution troff stylesheets used in converting DITA source content into troff source xslfo code to support the processing of Formatting Objects (FO) output xslhtml code to support XHTML processing xslrtf code to support RTF processing

Parent topic: Installing and upgrading DITA Open Toolkit