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<concept id="preprocessarch">
  <title>Pre-processing modules</title>
  <shortdesc>The pre-processing operation is a set of steps that typically runs at the beginning of every DITA-OT
    transformation. Each step or stage corresponds to an Ant target in the build pipeline; the
      <codeph>preprocess</codeph> target calls the entire set of steps.</shortdesc>
  <prolog>
    <metadata>
      <keywords>
        <indexterm>pre-processing
          <indexterm>modules</indexterm></indexterm>
      </keywords>
    </metadata>
  </prolog>
</concept>
