The plugins collection

The plugins collection in the Repository contains various plug-ins, or collections of .dtd, .mod, and .ent files, that define additional topic types, elements or attributes for use in IXIA CCMS, in addition to those defined by the OASIS DITA DTDs. OASIS is the group who develops and maintains the DITA standard.

Important: Never modify or delete any files within the plug-ins. Create your own copies of the pertinent files and integrate the copies into your own topic and map shells. Refer to Integrating DTDs into IXIA CCMS for help.

Out of the box, this collection contains these five plug-ins:

  • com.ixiasoft.dita.dtd (DITA 1.2) or com.ixiasoft.dita13.dtd (DITA 1.3)

    This plug-in defines the default topic shell, IxiaDitabase.dtd, which incorporates all four DITA topic types into a single shell so that additional constraints and specializations can be easily integrated into all topic types in one step. Likewise, the plug-in defines the map shell, IxiaMap.dtd, which serves the same purpose for maps. In addition, the plug-in includes DTDs for several objects which are based on map specializations, such as project.dtd, build-manifest.dtd, referable-content.dtd, and snapshot.dtd. The specializations for image and resource metadata wrappers are in the imagemeta.dtd and resource.dtd plug-ins, respectively. The localization domain, which provides the ixia_locid attribute, is defined in the localizationDomain.ent plug-in. The strictParaconstraint.mod and strictSectionConstraint.mod plug-ins define pre-configured constraints for the para and section elements, which you can integrate if you choose. There are a few other items, but those identified are important.

  • org.oasis-open.dita.v1_3 (DITA 1.3)

    This plug-in contains the DITA 1.3 DTDs as supplied by OASIS.

  • org.oasis-open.dita.mathml.doctypes (DITA 1.2)

    This plug-in defines the elements and attributes specific to MathML, an XML tagset used for defining complex mathematical equations.

  • org.w3c.mathml3 (DITA 1.2)

    This plug-in integrates the elements and attributes defined in the org.oasis-open.dita.mathml.doctypes into IXIA CCMS.

  • org.w3c.svg1.0

    This plug-in defines the elements and attributes specific to SVG version 1.0, an XML tagset used for defining vector images.

  • org.w3c.svg1.1

    This plug-in defines the elements and attributes specific to SVG version 1.1.

CCMS is installed with a sixth plug-in specific to you. Name it so that you can readily identify its, for example: com.[yourcompanyname].dita.dtd. This plug-in contains your own topic and map shells to serve as the basis for any future specializations you might want to integrate.

If you have developed your own topic and map shells, or domain or attribute specializations, or want to integrate third-party specializations, MadCap Software recommends that you create a plug-in and add that plug-in to the system/plugins collection.