Naming conventions and file extensions

The following naming conventions and file extensions are in use by DITA.

DITA topic instance files

*.dita (recommended), *.xml

DITA map instance files

*.ditamap

DTD structural module files

typename.mod

DTD domain module files

typenameDomain.mod

typenameDomain.ent

Schema structural module files

typenameMod.xsd

typenameGrp.xsd

Schema domain module files

typenameDomain.xsd

CSS override files (recommended convention for tool providers)

typename.css

customization-purpose.css

XSLT override files (recommended convention for tool providers)

typename.xsl

customization-purpose.xsl

Conditional processing profiles

profilename.ditaval

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