
DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide
The Official Documentation for DocBook
O'Reilly (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 29. June 2010
Book
548 pages
978-0-596-80502-9 (ISBN)
Description
If you need a reliable tool for technical documentation, this clear and concise reference will help you take advantage of DocBook, the popular XML schema originally developed to document computer and hardware projects. DocBook 5.0 has been expanded and simplified to address documentation needs in other fields, and it's quickly becoming the tool of choice for many content providers.
DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide is the complete, official documentation of DocBook 5.0. You'll find everything you need to know to use DocBook 5.0's features-including its improved content model-whether you're new to DocBook or an experienced user of previous versions.
* Learn how to write DocBook XML documents
* Understand DocBook 5.0's elements and attributes, and how they fit together
* Determine whether your documents conform to the DocBook schema
* Learn about options for publishing DocBook to various output formats
* Customize the DocBook schema to meet your needs
* Get additional information about DocBook editing and processing
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Language
English
Place of publication
Sebastopol
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 179 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
945 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-596-80502-9 (9780596805029)
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Norm Walsh is a Production Tools Specialist at O'Reilly and Associates' Cambridge office. Before Norm joined ORA, he was a research assistant at UMass, Amherst where he earned his master's degree in computer science.
Content
- Preface
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Introduction
- Chapter 1: Getting Started with DocBook
- Chapter 2: Creating DocBook Documents
- Chapter 3: Validating DocBook Documents
- Chapter 4: Publishing DocBook Documents
- Chapter 5: Customizing DocBook
- Reference
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Appendixes
- Installation
- DocBook Variants and Future Directions
- Resources
- Interchanging DocBook Documents
- GNU Free Documentation License
- Glossary
- Colophon