Integrating the Oxygen XML WebHelp Plugin with the DocBook XSL Distribution

This topic includes the procedure for integrating the Oxygen XML WebHelp plugin with the DocBook XSL Distribution.

The WebHelp plugin transformations run as an Ant build script. The requirements are:
  • Ant 1.8 or later
  • Java Virtual Machine 1.6 later
  • DocBook XSL 1.78.1 later
  • Saxon 6.5.5
  • Saxon 9.1.0.8
To integrate the Oxygen XML WebHelp plugin with the DocBook XSL distribution, follow these steps:
  1. Download and install a Java Virtual Machine 1.6 or later.
  2. Download and install Ant 8.0 or later.
  3. Download and unzip on your computer the DocBook XSL distribution.
  4. Unzip the Oxygen XML WebHelp distribution package in the DocBook XSL installation directory.
    The DocBook XSL directory now contains a new subdirectory named com.oxygenxml.webhelp and two new files, oxygen_custom.xsl and oxygen_custom_html.xsl.
  5. Download and unzip saxon6-5-5.zip on your computer.
  6. Download and unzip saxonb9-1-0-8j.zip on your computer.