Markdown schemas

Starting with version 5.0 of the LwDITA plug-in, the MarkdownReader class supports a new $schema key in the YAML front matter block. This key can be used to define parsing options in topic files for more control over how Markdown content is converted to DITA.

Note: Requires DITA-OT 4.1 or newer.

---
$schema: urn:oasis:names:tc:dita:xsd:concept.xsd
---

# Concept title

Shortdesc content.

Body content.

The $schema value is a URI that is mapped to a parser configuration. This defines how the document should be parsed, i.e. which Markdown flavor it uses. The Markdown schema definition is similar to an XML document type declaration or <?xml-model?> processing instruction where the document defines how it should be optionally validated.

Note: The schema URI resembles a reference to an XML Schema Definition or RELAX NG schema, but no validation is currently performed.

The $schema key must be the first key in the YAML header.

The following schemas are built in to the org.lwdita plug-in.