Simon Bate writes: Last October, I wrote about being scared. Today, I want to talk about something that seems somewhat scary, but it isn't...or shouldn't be. It may be daunting, but it's not scary. That "thing" is the DITA Open Toolkit (DITA OT). The DITA OT is the most common way to convert DITA content into output.  The output from the DITA OT is just about as ordinary as it gets.