DITA Comparison

DITA Comparison

DITA Compare highlights changes between two versions of a DITA document. It supports topic-level, map-file, and map-topicset comparison, suitable for minor editing-session reviews through to large-scale customer release comparisons.

What DITA Compare does

DITA Compare produces a a DITA document with differences marked using one of several output formats.
The document can be:

  • A single DITA topic file.

  • A DITA map file (the map structure itself, without referenced topics).

  • A map topicset — all topics referenced from a top-level DITA map and its submaps.

Output formats

Format

Description

DITA Markup (default)

Uses DITA's own rev and status attributes on <ph> elements

Arbortext Tracked Changes

PTC Arbortext tracked change markup

FrameMaker Tracked Changes

Adobe FrameMaker tracked change format

Oxygen Tracked Changes

oXygen Editor and Author tracked changes

XMetaL Tracked Changes

XMetaL Editor tracked changes