diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index e06ac4997c..c55a090d65 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ For information on additional DITA and DITA-OT resources, see [SUPPORT]. To repo
 - [Prerequisites: Java 17](#prerequisites-java-17)
 - [Installing](#installing)
 - [Building output](#building-output)
-- [For developers](#for-developers)
+- [Development](#development)
+    - [Running tests](#running-tests)
+    - [Formatting code](#formatting-code)
+    - [Distribution builds](#distribution-builds)
 - [License](#license)
 
 ## Prerequisites: Java 17
@@ -65,10 +68,9 @@ You can generate output using the `dita` command-line tool included with DITA Op
 
 See the [documentation][docs] for arguments and [options].
 
-## For developers
+## Development
 
-<details>
-<summary>Building the toolkit from source code and compiling the distribution package</summary>
+Building the toolkit from source code and compiling the distribution package
 
 1.  Clone the DITA-OT Git repository:
     ```shell
@@ -87,6 +89,15 @@ See the [documentation][docs] for arguments and [options].
     ./gradlew
     ```
 
+### Running tests
+
+```shell
+./gradlew check
+```
+
+All tests are run by GitHub Actions [test workflow] on each push and
+for every pull request. 
+
 ### Formatting code
 
 Requirements:
@@ -118,8 +129,6 @@ Prettier is used retain consistent Java formatting.
 
     For more information on the `-Xmx` option, see the [Java SE Documentation][javadoc].
 
-</details>
-
 ## License
 
 DITA Open Toolkit is licensed for use under the [Apache License 2.0][apache].
@@ -136,3 +145,4 @@ DITA Open Toolkit is licensed for use under the [Apache License 2.0][apache].
 [apache]: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 [issue]: https://github.com/dita-ot/dita-ot/issues/new/choose
 [contributing]: https://github.com/dita-ot/.github/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
+[test workflow]: https://github.com/dita-ot/dita-ot/actions/workflows/test.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6dc7e07c3b..9dd9a659e7 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ apply plugin: 'signing'
 group = 'org.dita-ot'
 archivesBaseName = 'dost'
 /** Semver version number */
-version = '4.1.0'
+version = '4.1.1'
 
 description = """DITA Open Toolkit"""
 
@@ -33,28 +33,29 @@ dependencies {
     implementation group: 'xerces', name: 'xercesImpl', version:'2.12.2'
     implementation group: 'xml-apis', name: 'xml-apis', version:'1.4.01'
     implementation group: 'xml-resolver', name: 'xml-resolver', version:'1.2'
-    implementation group: 'net.sf.saxon', name: 'Saxon-HE', version: '12.2'
+    implementation group: 'net.sf.saxon', name: 'Saxon-HE', version: '12.3'
     implementation group: 'com.ibm.icu', name: 'icu4j', version:'70.1'
     implementation group: 'org.apache.ant', name: 'ant', version:'1.10.13'
     implementation group: 'org.apache.ant', name: 'ant-launcher', version:'1.10.13'
-    implementation(group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'guava', version: '25.1-jre') {
+    implementation(group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'guava', version: '32.1.1-jre') {
         exclude group: 'org.checkerframework', module: 'checker-qual'
-        exclude group: 'org.codehaus.mojo', module: 'animal-sniffer-annotations'
         exclude group: 'com.google.code.findbugs', module: 'jsr305'
+        exclude group: 'com.google.guava', module: 'failureaccess'
+        exclude group: 'com.google.guava', module: 'listenablefuture'
         exclude group: 'com.google.errorprone', module: 'error_prone_annotations'
         exclude group: 'com.google.j2objc', module: 'j2objc-annotations'
     }
-    implementation group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-api', version: '1.7.32'
-    implementation group: 'ch.qos.logback', name: 'logback-classic', version: '1.2.8'
-    implementation group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-core', version: '2.13.0'
-    implementation group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-databind', version: '2.14.0'
-    implementation group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat', name: 'jackson-dataformat-yaml', version: '2.13.4'
+    implementation group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-api', version: '2.0.7'
+    implementation group: 'ch.qos.logback', name: 'logback-classic', version: '1.4.8'
+    implementation group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-core', version: '2.15.2'
+    implementation group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-databind', version: '2.15.2'
+    implementation group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat', name: 'jackson-dataformat-yaml', version: '2.15.2'
     implementation group: 'org.relaxng', name: 'jing', version: '20181222'
     implementation group: 'org.apache.ant', name: 'ant-apache-resolver', version:'1.10.13'
     testImplementation  group: 'nu.validator.htmlparser', name: 'htmlparser', version:'1.4'
-    testImplementation group: 'org.junit.jupiter', name: 'junit-jupiter-engine', version: '5.8.2'
-    testImplementation group: 'org.junit.jupiter', name: 'junit-jupiter-params', version: '5.8.2'
-    testImplementation  group: 'org.xmlunit', name: 'xmlunit-core', version: '2.6.0'
+    testImplementation group: 'org.junit.jupiter', name: 'junit-jupiter-engine', version: '5.9.3'
+    testImplementation group: 'org.junit.jupiter', name: 'junit-jupiter-params', version: '5.9.3'
+    testImplementation  group: 'org.xmlunit', name: 'xmlunit-core', version: '2.9.1'
 }
 
 jar {
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ artifacts {
 }
 
 test {
+    useJUnitPlatform()
     exclude '**/IntegrationTest*.class'
     exclude '**/EndToEndTest*.class'
 }
@@ -110,6 +112,10 @@ task integrationTest(type: Test, dependsOn: 'buildLocal') {
     systemProperties = integrationTestSystemProperties
     include '**/IntegrationTest*.class'
 }
+tasks.named('check') {
+    dependsOn('integrationTest')
+}
+
 
 // End to end test
 
@@ -135,6 +141,9 @@ task e2eTest(type: Test, dependsOn: 'buildLocal') {
     systemProperties = e2eTestSystemProperties
     include '**/EndToEndTest*.class'
 }
+tasks.named('check') {
+    dependsOn('e2eTest')
+}
 
 // Install
 
diff --git a/src/main/docsrc b/src/main/docsrc
index a2925714be..6e6e51e892 160000
--- a/src/main/docsrc
+++ b/src/main/docsrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a2925714bea2a4b6ded51f3871bc91d39adb3485
+Subproject commit 6e6e51e89216f9f67cfe5e93f76d389a4e3ce0d5
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dita/dost/exception/DITAOTXMLErrorHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/dita/dost/exception/DITAOTXMLErrorHandler.java
index 09bc39c7bd..e913b2d30a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dita/dost/exception/DITAOTXMLErrorHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dita/dost/exception/DITAOTXMLErrorHandler.java
@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ public DITAOTXMLErrorHandler(final String file, final DITAOTLogger logger, final
    */
   @Override
   public void error(final SAXParseException saxException) throws SAXException {
+    final SAXExceptionWrapper ex = new SAXExceptionWrapper(filePath, saxException);
     if (mode == Configuration.Mode.STRICT) {
-      throw new SAXExceptionWrapper(filePath, saxException);
+      throw ex;
     } else {
-      logger.error(saxException.getMessage(), saxException);
+      logger.error(ex.getMessage(), ex);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/ditang/relaxng/defaults/RelaxDefaultsParserConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/ditang/relaxng/defaults/RelaxDefaultsParserConfiguration.java
index 2f48c6bb4c..3a8dc12cf6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/ditang/relaxng/defaults/RelaxDefaultsParserConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/ditang/relaxng/defaults/RelaxDefaultsParserConfiguration.java
@@ -163,9 +163,8 @@ protected void insertRelaxDefaultsComponent() {
   public void setFeature(String featureId, boolean state) throws XMLConfigurationException {
     if (XERCES_SCHEMA_VALIDATION.equals(featureId)) {
       relaxNGValidation = state;
-    } else {
-      super.setFeature(featureId, state);
     }
+    super.setFeature(featureId, state);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/src/main/plugins/org.dita.base/xsl/preprocess/topicpullImpl.xsl b/src/main/plugins/org.dita.base/xsl/preprocess/topicpullImpl.xsl
index fcf5023e6f..5bec8fa24e 100644
--- a/src/main/plugins/org.dita.base/xsl/preprocess/topicpullImpl.xsl
+++ b/src/main/plugins/org.dita.base/xsl/preprocess/topicpullImpl.xsl
@@ -402,6 +402,14 @@ mode="topicpull:figure-linktext" and mode="topicpull:table-linktext"
     </xsl:choose>
   </xsl:template>
 
+  <!-- Insert a <?ditaot usershortdesc?> processing instruction to indicate preexisting <desc> elements in the input document
+       * This behavior applies only to <desc> elements contained in <xref> and <link> elements
+       * The "topicpull:add-usershortdesc-PI" mode does not add a *shortdesc PI if one already exists -->
+  <xsl:template match="*[contains(@class,' topic/xref ') or contains(@class,' topic/link ')]/*[contains(@class,' topic/desc ')]">
+    <xsl:apply-templates select=".." mode="topicpull:add-usershortdesc-PI"/>
+    <xsl:next-match/>  <!-- process the element as usual -->
+  </xsl:template>
+
   <!-- 2007.03.13: Update inheritance to check specific elements and attributes.
        Similar to the inheritance template in mappull, except that it stops at related links. -->
   <xsl:template name="topicpull:inherit">
@@ -698,7 +706,6 @@ mode="topicpull:figure-linktext" and mode="topicpull:table-linktext"
       <xsl:when test="$inDescContent"/>
       <!--if there's already a desc, copy it-->
       <xsl:when test="*[contains(@class, ' topic/desc ')]">
-        <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="topicpull:add-usershortdesc-PI"/>
         <xsl:apply-templates select="*[contains(@class, ' topic/desc ')]"/>
       </xsl:when>
       <!--if the target is inaccessible, don't do anything - shortdesc is optional -->
@@ -714,7 +721,7 @@ mode="topicpull:figure-linktext" and mode="topicpull:table-linktext"
           <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="topicpull:add-genshortdesc-PI"/>
           <desc class="- topic/desc ">
             <xsl:apply-templates select="$shortdesc">
-              <xsl:with-param name="baseContextElement" select="." tunnel="yes"/>
+              <xsl:with-param name="baseContextElement" select="$targetElement" tunnel="yes"/>
               <xsl:with-param name="inDescContent" as="xs:boolean" select="true()" tunnel="yes"/>
             </xsl:apply-templates>
           </desc>
@@ -1416,25 +1423,16 @@ mode="topicpull:figure-linktext" and mode="topicpull:table-linktext"
   </xsl:template>
   
   <!-- Added for RFE 3001750. -->
-  <xsl:template match="*" mode="topicpull:add-genshortdesc-PI">
-    <xsl:choose>
-      <xsl:when test="processing-instruction()[name()='ditaot'][.='usershortdesc' or .='genshortdesc']">
-        <xsl:copy-of select="processing-instruction()[name()='ditaot'][.='usershortdesc' or .='genshortdesc']"/>
-      </xsl:when>
-      <xsl:otherwise>
-        <xsl:processing-instruction name="ditaot">genshortdesc</xsl:processing-instruction>
-      </xsl:otherwise>
-    </xsl:choose>
+  <!-- Returns a <?ditaot dita-ot:genshortdesc?> if context element does not already have a *shortdesc PI -->
+  <xsl:template match="*" mode="topicpull:add-genshortdesc-PI"/>
+  <xsl:template match="*[not(processing-instruction('ditaot')[. = ('usershortdesc' ,'genshortdesc')])]" mode="topicpull:add-genshortdesc-PI" priority="10">
+    <xsl:processing-instruction name="ditaot">genshortdesc</xsl:processing-instruction>
   </xsl:template>
-  <xsl:template match="*" mode="topicpull:add-usershortdesc-PI">
-    <xsl:choose>
-      <xsl:when test="processing-instruction()[name()='ditaot'][.='usershortdesc' or .='genshortdesc']">
-        <xsl:copy-of select="processing-instruction()[name()='ditaot'][.='usershortdesc' or .='genshortdesc']"/>
-      </xsl:when>
-      <xsl:otherwise>
-        <xsl:processing-instruction name="ditaot">usershortdesc</xsl:processing-instruction>
-      </xsl:otherwise>
-    </xsl:choose>
+
+  <!-- Returns a <?ditaot dita-ot:usershortdesc?> if context element does not already have a *shortdesc PI -->
+  <xsl:template match="*" mode="topicpull:add-usershortdesc-PI"/>
+  <xsl:template match="*[not(processing-instruction('ditaot')[. = ('usershortdesc' ,'genshortdesc')])]" mode="topicpull:add-usershortdesc-PI" priority="10">
+    <xsl:processing-instruction name="ditaot">usershortdesc</xsl:processing-instruction>
   </xsl:template>
 
 </xsl:stylesheet>
diff --git a/src/main/plugins/org.dita.html5/build_dita2html5_template.xml b/src/main/plugins/org.dita.html5/build_dita2html5_template.xml
index aca4778c93..f2e4c1ed51 100644
--- a/src/main/plugins/org.dita.html5/build_dita2html5_template.xml
+++ b/src/main/plugins/org.dita.html5/build_dita2html5_template.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ See the accompanying LICENSE file for applicable license.
       </condition>
       <param name="1" value="${args.ftr}"/>
     </dita-ot-fail>
+    <makeurl file="${args.ftr}" property="args.ftr.url" if:set="args.ftr"/>
     <dita-ot-fail id="DOTA008E">
       <condition>
         <and>
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ See the accompanying LICENSE file for applicable license.
       </condition>
       <param name="1" value="${args.hdr}"/>
     </dita-ot-fail>
+    <makeurl file="${args.hdr}" property="args.hdr.url" if:set="args.hdr"/>
     <dita-ot-fail id="DOTA009E">
       <condition>
         <and>
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ See the accompanying LICENSE file for applicable license.
       </condition>
       <param name="1" value="${args.hdf}"/>
     </dita-ot-fail>
+    <makeurl file="${args.hdf}" property="args.hdf.url" if:set="args.hdf"/>
     
     <!-- begin to check and init css relevant properties -->
     
@@ -178,9 +181,9 @@ See the accompanying LICENSE file for applicable license.
         <param name="FILTERFILE" expression="${dita.input.valfile.url}" if:set="dita.input.valfile"/>
         <param name="CSS" expression="${args.css.file}" if:set="args.css.file"/>
         <param name="CSSPATH" expression="${user.csspath}" if:set="user.csspath"/>
-        <param name="HDF" expression="${args.hdf}" if:set="args.hdf"/>
-        <param name="HDR" expression="${args.hdr}" if:set="args.hdr"/>
-        <param name="FTR" expression="${args.ftr}" if:set="args.ftr"/>
+        <param name="HDF" expression="${args.hdf.url}" if:set="args.hdf.url"/>
+        <param name="HDR" expression="${args.hdr.url}" if:set="args.hdr.url"/>
+        <param name="FTR" expression="${args.ftr.url}" if:set="args.ftr.url"/>
         <param name="DRAFT" expression="${args.draft}" if:set="args.draft"/>
         <param name="ARTLBL" expression="${args.artlbl}" if:set="args.artlbl"/>
         <param name="GENERATE-TASK-LABELS" expression="${args.gen.task.lbl}" if:set="args.gen.task.lbl"/>
diff --git a/src/main/plugins/org.dita.htmlhelp/build.gradle b/src/main/plugins/org.dita.htmlhelp/build.gradle
index 292a87fa2d..75ff787cea 100644
--- a/src/main/plugins/org.dita.htmlhelp/build.gradle
+++ b/src/main/plugins/org.dita.htmlhelp/build.gradle
@@ -18,17 +18,21 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
     implementation rootProject
     implementation group: 'commons-io', name: 'commons-io', version: '2.8.0'
-    implementation group: 'net.sf.saxon', name: 'Saxon-HE', version: '12.2'
-    implementation group: 'org.apache.ant', name: 'ant', version:'1.10.12'
-    implementation group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-api', version: '1.7.25'
+    implementation group: 'net.sf.saxon', name: 'Saxon-HE', version: '12.3'
+    implementation group: 'org.apache.ant', name: 'ant', version:'1.10.13'
+    implementation group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-api', version: '2.0.7'
     testImplementation rootProject
-    testImplementation group: 'org.junit.jupiter', name: 'junit-jupiter-engine', version: '5.8.2'
-    testImplementation group: 'org.junit.jupiter', name: 'junit-jupiter-params', version: '5.8.2'
-    testImplementation group: 'org.xmlunit', name: 'xmlunit-core', version: '2.3.0'
+    testImplementation group: 'org.junit.jupiter', name: 'junit-jupiter-engine', version: '5.9.3'
+    testImplementation group: 'org.junit.jupiter', name: 'junit-jupiter-params', version: '5.9.3'
+    testImplementation group: 'org.xmlunit', name: 'xmlunit-core', version: '2.9.1'
     testImplementation group: 'nu.validator.htmlparser', name: 'htmlparser', version:'1.4'
     testImplementation rootProject.sourceSets.test.output
 }
 
+test {
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+}
+
 jar.archiveFileName = "${project.name}.jar"
 
 task copyInstall(type: Copy) {
diff --git a/src/main/plugins/org.dita.pdf2.fop/build.gradle b/src/main/plugins/org.dita.pdf2.fop/build.gradle
index ce90c98248..c3023de407 100644
--- a/src/main/plugins/org.dita.pdf2.fop/build.gradle
+++ b/src/main/plugins/org.dita.pdf2.fop/build.gradle
@@ -21,13 +21,17 @@ dependencies {
         exclude group: 'xalan'
     }
     runtimeOnly group: 'xml-apis', name: 'xml-apis-ext', version: '1.3.04'
-    runtimeOnly group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'jcl-over-slf4j', version: '1.7.30'
+    runtimeOnly group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'jcl-over-slf4j', version: '2.0.7'
     runtimeOnly(group: 'org.apache.xmlgraphics', name: 'fop-pdf-images', version: '2.8') {
         exclude group: 'xalan'
     }
     runtimeOnly group: 'org.apache.pdfbox', name: 'pdfbox', version: '2.0.28'
 }
 
+test {
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+}
+
 task copyInstall(type: Copy) {
     from (jar)
     from(sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath) {
diff --git a/src/main/plugins/org.dita.pdf2.fop/plugin.xml b/src/main/plugins/org.dita.pdf2.fop/plugin.xml
index 335a94a271..207de7e3a2 100644
--- a/src/main/plugins/org.dita.pdf2.fop/plugin.xml
+++ b/src/main/plugins/org.dita.pdf2.fop/plugin.xml
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ See the accompanying LICENSE file for applicable license.
   <feature extension="dita.conductor.lib.import" file="lib/fontbox-2.0.28.jar"/>
   <feature extension="dita.conductor.lib.import" file="lib/fop-2.8.jar"/>
   <feature extension="dita.conductor.lib.import" file="lib/fop-pdf-images-2.8.jar"/>
-  <feature extension="dita.conductor.lib.import" file="lib/jcl-over-slf4j-1.7.30.jar"/>
+  <feature extension="dita.conductor.lib.import" file="lib/jcl-over-slf4j-2.0.7.jar"/>
   <feature extension="dita.conductor.lib.import" file="lib/xml-apis-ext-1.3.04.jar"/>
   <feature extension="dita.conductor.lib.import" file="lib/pdfbox-2.0.28.jar"/>
-  <feature extension="dita.conductor.lib.import" file="lib/slf4j-api-1.7.30.jar"/>
+  <feature extension="dita.conductor.lib.import" file="lib/slf4j-api-2.0.7.jar"/>
   <feature extension="dita.conductor.lib.import" file="lib/xmlgraphics-commons-2.8.jar"/>
   <transtype name="pdf" desc="PDF">
     <param name="pdf.formatter" desc="Specifies the XSL processor." type="enum">
diff --git a/src/main/plugins/org.dita.pdf2/build.gradle b/src/main/plugins/org.dita.pdf2/build.gradle
index a3d98dead9..2b906afc53 100644
--- a/src/main/plugins/org.dita.pdf2/build.gradle
+++ b/src/main/plugins/org.dita.pdf2/build.gradle
@@ -19,11 +19,10 @@ dependencies {
     implementation rootProject
     implementation group: 'commons-io', name: 'commons-io', version: '2.8.0'
     implementation group: 'com.ibm.icu', name: 'icu4j', version:'70.1'
-    implementation group: 'net.sf.saxon', name: 'Saxon-HE', version: '10.6'
+    implementation group: 'net.sf.saxon', name: 'Saxon-HE', version: '12.3'
     implementation group: 'org.apache.ant', name: 'ant', version:'1.10.13'
-    implementation group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-api', version: '1.7.25'
+    implementation group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-api', version: '2.0.7'
     implementation group: 'xml-resolver', name: 'xml-resolver', version:'1.2'
-    implementation group: 'net.sf.saxon', name: 'Saxon-HE', version: '12.2'
 }
 sourceSets {
     main {
@@ -33,6 +32,10 @@ sourceSets {
     }
 }
 
+test {
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+}
+
 jar.archiveFileName = "${project.name}.jar"
 jar.include "com/idiominc/**"
 jar.include "com/suite/**"
diff --git a/src/main/plugins/org.dita.xhtml/build_general_template.xml b/src/main/plugins/org.dita.xhtml/build_general_template.xml
index 1c6b0e4612..302547ea95 100644
--- a/src/main/plugins/org.dita.xhtml/build_general_template.xml
+++ b/src/main/plugins/org.dita.xhtml/build_general_template.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ See the accompanying LICENSE file for applicable license.
       </condition>
       <param name="1" value="${args.ftr}"/>
     </dita-ot-fail>
+    <makeurl file="${args.ftr}" property="args.ftr.url" if:set="args.ftr"/>
     <dita-ot-fail id="DOTA008E">
       <condition>
         <and>
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ See the accompanying LICENSE file for applicable license.
       </condition>
       <param name="1" value="${args.hdr}"/>
     </dita-ot-fail>
+    <makeurl file="${args.hdr}" property="args.hdr.url" if:set="args.hdr"/>
     <dita-ot-fail id="DOTA009E">
       <condition>
         <and>
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ See the accompanying LICENSE file for applicable license.
       </condition>
       <param name="1" value="${args.hdf}"/>
     </dita-ot-fail>
+    <makeurl file="${args.hdf}" property="args.hdf.url" if:set="args.hdf"/>
     <!-- begin to check and init css relevant properties -->
     <condition property="user.csspath.url">
       <or>
@@ -133,9 +136,9 @@ See the accompanying LICENSE file for applicable license.
           if:set="args.css.file" />
         <param name="CSSPATH" expression="${user.csspath}"
           if:set="user.csspath" />
-        <param name="HDF" expression="${args.hdf}" if:set="args.hdf" />
-        <param name="HDR" expression="${args.hdr}" if:set="args.hdr" />
-        <param name="FTR" expression="${args.ftr}" if:set="args.ftr" />
+        <param name="HDF" expression="${args.hdf.url}" if:set="args.hdf.url" />
+        <param name="HDR" expression="${args.hdr.url}" if:set="args.hdr.url" />
+        <param name="FTR" expression="${args.ftr.url}" if:set="args.ftr.url" />
         <param name="DRAFT" expression="${args.draft}" if:set="args.draft" />
         <param name="ARTLBL" expression="${args.artlbl}" if:set="args.artlbl" />
         <param name="GENERATE-TASK-LABELS" expression="${args.gen.task.lbl}" if:set="args.gen.task.lbl" />
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/dita/dost/IntegrationTestPreprocess1.java b/src/test/java/org/dita/dost/IntegrationTestPreprocess1.java
index a0a23e85b7..cd91fed435 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/dita/dost/IntegrationTestPreprocess1.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/dita/dost/IntegrationTestPreprocess1.java
@@ -47,4 +47,16 @@ public void testRngGrammarPoolNoValidate() throws Throwable {
       .errorCount(0)
       .test();
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testXSDValidate() throws Throwable {
+    builder()
+      .name("bookmap-xsd-based-validate")
+      .transtype(PREPROCESS)
+      .input(Paths.get("main.ditamap"))
+      .put("validate", "true")
+      .warnCount(0)
+      .errorCount(0)
+      .test();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/dita/dost/exception/DITAOTXMLErrorHandlerTest.java b/src/test/java/org/dita/dost/exception/DITAOTXMLErrorHandlerTest.java
index 64a9624c67..f5f1242b69 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/dita/dost/exception/DITAOTXMLErrorHandlerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/dita/dost/exception/DITAOTXMLErrorHandlerTest.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 public class DITAOTXMLErrorHandlerTest {
 
   private final DITAOTLogger logger = new TestLogger();
-  private final DITAOTXMLErrorHandler e = new DITAOTXMLErrorHandler("path", logger, Configuration.Mode.LAX);
+  private final DITAOTXMLErrorHandler e = new DITAOTXMLErrorHandler("path", logger, Configuration.Mode.STRICT);
   private final SAXParseException se = new SAXParseException(
     "message",
     "publicId",
diff --git a/src/test/resources/bookmap-xsd-based-validate/exp/preprocess/main.ditamap b/src/test/resources/bookmap-xsd-based-validate/exp/preprocess/main.ditamap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d07b12ba7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/bookmap-xsd-based-validate/exp/preprocess/main.ditamap
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?workdir /D:\git-projects\radu-c-dita-ot\build\tmp\integrationTest\bookmap-xsd-based-validate\temp\preprocess?><?workdir-uri file:/D:/git-projects/radu-c-dita-ot/build/tmp/integrationTest/bookmap-xsd-based-validate/temp/preprocess/?><?path2project?><?path2project-uri ./?><?path2rootmap-uri ./?><bookmap xmlns:dita-ot="http://dita-ot.sourceforge.net/ns/201007/dita-ot" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" DITAArchVersion="1.3" cascade="nomerge" class="- map/map bookmap/bookmap " domains="(map bookmap) (topic abbrev-d) (topic delay-d) (map ditavalref-d) (topic hazard-d) (topic hi-d) (topic indexing-d) (map mapgroup-d) (topic markup-d xml-d) (topic markup-d) (topic pr-d) (topic relmgmt-d) (topic sw-d) (topic ui-d) (topic ut-d) (topic xnal-d) a(props deliveryTarget)" specializations="@props/deliveryTarget" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:oasis:names:tc:dita:xsd:bookmap.xsd">
+    <booktitle class="- topic/title bookmap/booktitle ">  <mainbooktitle class="- topic/ph bookmap/mainbooktitle ">Main</mainbooktitle>  </booktitle>
+  <chapter class="- map/topicref bookmap/chapter " href="t1.dita" type="topic"><topicmeta class="- map/topicmeta "><navtitle class="- topic/navtitle ">T1</navtitle><?ditaot gentext?><linktext class="- map/linktext ">T1</linktext></topicmeta></chapter>
+</bookmap>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/resources/bookmap-xsd-based-validate/exp/preprocess/t1.dita b/src/test/resources/bookmap-xsd-based-validate/exp/preprocess/t1.dita
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dfe5c2f614
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/bookmap-xsd-based-validate/exp/preprocess/t1.dita
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><?workdir /D:\git-projects\radu-c-dita-ot\src\test\resources\bookmap-xsd-based-validate\src\temp\html5?><?workdir-uri file:/D:/git-projects/radu-c-dita-ot/src/test/resources/bookmap-xsd-based-validate/src/temp/html5/?><?path2project?><?path2project-uri ./?><?path2rootmap-uri ./?><topic xmlns:dita-ot="http://dita-ot.sourceforge.net/ns/201007/dita-ot" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" id="t1" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:oasis:names:tc:dita:xsd:topic.xsd" class="- topic/topic " DITAArchVersion="1.3" domains="(topic abbrev-d) (topic equation-d) (topic hazard-d) (topic hi-d) (topic indexing-d) (topic markup-d xml-d) (topic markup-d) (topic mathml-d) (topic pr-d) (topic relmgmt-d) (topic svg-d) (topic sw-d) (topic ui-d) (topic ut-d) a(props deliveryTarget)" xtrf="file:/D:/git-projects/radu-c-dita-ot/src/test/resources/bookmap-xsd-based-validate/src/t1.dita" xtrc="topic:1;3:75" specializations="@props/deliveryTarget">
+    <title class="- topic/title " xtrf="file:/D:/git-projects/radu-c-dita-ot/src/test/resources/bookmap-xsd-based-validate/src/t1.dita" xtrc="title:1;4:12">T1</title>
+    <body class="- topic/body " xtrf="file:/D:/git-projects/radu-c-dita-ot/src/test/resources/bookmap-xsd-based-validate/src/t1.dita" xtrc="body:1;5:11">
+        <p class="- topic/p " xtrf="file:/D:/git-projects/radu-c-dita-ot/src/test/resources/bookmap-xsd-based-validate/src/t1.dita" xtrc="p:1;6:12"/>
+    </body>
+</topic>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/resources/bookmap-xsd-based-validate/src/main.ditamap b/src/test/resources/bookmap-xsd-based-validate/src/main.ditamap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c972cdbf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/bookmap-xsd-based-validate/src/main.ditamap
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<bookmap xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:oasis:names:tc:dita:xsd:bookmap.xsd">
+    <booktitle>
+        <mainbooktitle>Main</mainbooktitle>
+    </booktitle>
+  <chapter href="t1.dita"/>
+</bookmap>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/bookmap-xsd-based-validate/src/t1.dita b/src/test/resources/bookmap-xsd-based-validate/src/t1.dita
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f93b4097d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/bookmap-xsd-based-validate/src/t1.dita
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<topic id="t1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:oasis:names:tc:dita:xsd:topic.xsd">
+    <title>T1</title>
+    <body>
+        <p></p>
+    </body>
+</topic>