The odt transformation begins with pre-processing. It then runs either the dita.odt.package.topic or dita.odt.package.map target, depending on whether the input to the transformation is a DITA topic or a DITA map. The following description focuses on the map process, which is made up of the following targets:

dita.map.odt

Converts the map into a merged XML file using the Java-based topicmerge module. Then an XSLT process converts the merged file into the content.xml file.

dita.map.odt.stylesfile

Reads the input DITA map, and then uses XSLT to create a styles.xml file in the temporary directory.

dita.out.odt.manifest.file

Creates the manifest.xml file

Once these targets have run, the generated files are zipped up together with other required files to create the output ODT file.