DITAMAP Converter

Extract text from DITA topic maps (DITAMAP)


Drop or upload your .DITAMAP file
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How to extract text from your DITAMAP file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your DITAMAP file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert DITAMAP to another file type

To convert DITAMAP topic maps to another format, you need Oxygen XML or other Text software.

Convert a file to DITAMAP

To convert other file formats to the "XML Map File" file type, you need software like Oxygen XML or a similar tool.


About DITAMAP files

A .ditamap file is an XML-based DITA Topic Map file standardized by OASIS. It functions as a table of contents that organizes, links, and sequences individual dita topic files into a complete publication like a technical manual or help system. Typically, these files are managed using specialized XML editors like Oxygen XML Editor and processed using the DITA Open Toolkit. The major disadvantage of a .ditamap format is that it does not contain the actual readable content; it is merely a structural manifest. If you try to open or convert a .ditamap without the accompanying topic files, the result will be an empty outline or a wall of broken links. It is completely unsupported by standard web browsers and word processors. To create a readable document, you must compile the entire DITA project into a PDF, HTML, or EPUB file. Standard online converters fail to process these files properly because they cannot access the local linked content. If our analysis detects a supported underlying format, partial viewing or text extraction may still be possible.

Convert.Guru analyzes your DITAMAP file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

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FAQ

If you want to convert DITAMAP file to TXT, RTF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, PAGES, TEX, LATEX, MD, MARKDOWN, LOG or NFO, you can use Oxygen XML or similar software from the "Organizing DITA content topics" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert PDF, DOC, ASC, TODO, NFO, MEMO, README, DOCX, JPG, TXT, NOTE or RTF files to DITAMAP, try Oxygen XML or another comparable tool in the "Organizing DITA content topics" category.



The DITAMAP Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our DITAMAP converter.