What packages are available for the DITA Open Toolkit?

With DITA-OT versions 1.4 and 1.4.1, these packages are available:

1. The basic package: DITA-OTversion_bin.zip and DITA-OTversion_bin.tar.gz.
   This package contains all of the processing code for the toolkit, as well as some documentation and demo code. Users of this package will need to install, at a minimum, Java, ANT, and an XSLT processor.
2. The full package: DITA-OTversion_fullpackage_bin.zip and DITA-OTversion_fullpackage_bin.tar.gz. This package includes ANT and XSLT, as well as several other commonly used Apache tools like FOP. A batch file called "startcmd" may be used to set up the local environment for processing. It must be run each time the environment is opened; any number of builds may be run with this, but the environment settings do not persist after the command window is closed. This package also does not come with Java.

We are investigating a new option for DITA-OT 1.4.2 and follow-on releases. The proposed structure for the new packages is:

•  Minimal package (DITA-OTversion_minimal_bin.zip). This package is for use by vendors that embed the toolkit within their products. It contains all of the core processing code: CSS and XSLT, Ant build scripts, Java code (dost.jar), resource files, DTDs and Schemas.
• Standard package (DITA-OTversion_bin.zip). This package contains everything in the minimal package, plus documentation, existing demo code (such as legacy support for the old bookmap), sample ANT scripts, and sample DITA files.
• Easy Install package, previously called "Full package" (DITA-OTversion_easyinstall_bin.zip). This package contains everything in the Standard package, plus common Apache tools used for builds so that you do not need to set them up separately. Also contains a batch file to set up a build environment using those tools.