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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