DocBook: The Definitive Guide
The Definitive Guide
Will be published approx. on 7. December 1999
Book
700 pages
978-1-56592-580-9 (ISBN)
Description
DocBook is a Document Type Definition (DTD) for use with XML (the Extensible Markup Language) and SGML (the Standard Generalized Markup Language). DocBook lets authors technical groups exchange and reuse technical information. The emerging generation of Web browsers will be able to read and search XML documents; therefore authors will be able to create DocBook documents that function both as professionally produced hard copy books and as online documents available over the World Wide Web. This book contains an introduction to SGML, XML, and the DocBook DTD, plus the complete reference information for DocBook.
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Persons
Norman Walsh is a Principal Software Engineeer with Arbortext Inc., the world?s leading provider of content creation and management software for enterprise XML applications. As a member of the Engineering Group, Norman works on both the next generation of Arbortext products and with Arbortext?s consultants and customers to develop and implement the standards-based solutions that best meet their unique needs. Norm is an active participant in several standards efforts, including the DocBook Technical Committee of OASIS, where he is a member of the Editorial Board. He is also the chair of the OASIS Tables Technical Committee and a member of the W3C XSL Working Group. Prior to joining Arbortext, Norman developed online books and web technologies for a publishing company and developed a number of large web resources. Norman received his M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Leonard Muellner has been implementing and supporting the production of O?Reilly books marked up in DocBook since 1994.
Content
Preface I. Introduction 1. Getting Started with SGML/XML HTML and SGML vs. XML Basic SGML/XML Concepts Elements and Attributes Entities How Does DocBook Fit In? 2. Creating DocBook Documents Making an SGML Document Making an XML Document Public Identifiers, System Identifiers, and Catalog Files Physical Divisions: Breaking a Document into Physical Chunks Logical Divisions: The Categories of Elements in DocBook Making a DocBook Book Making a Chapter Making an Article Making a Reference Page Making Front- and Backmatter. 3. Parsing DocBook Documents Validating Your Documents Understanding Parse Errors 4. Publishing DocBook Documents A Survey of Stylesheet Languages Using Jade and DSSSL to Publish DocBook Documents A Brief Introduction to DSSSL Customizing the Stylesheets Dealing with Multiple Declarations The DSSSL Architecture. 5. Customizing DocBook Should You Do This? If You Change DocBook, It's Not DocBook Anymore! Customization Layers Understanding DocBook Structure The General Structure of Customization Layers Writing, Testing, and Using a Customization Layer Testing Your Work Removing Elements Removing Attributes Adding Elements: Adding a Sect6 Other Modifications: Classifying a Role II. Reference DocBook Element Reference DocBook Parameter Entity Reference DocBook Character Entity Reference III. Appendixes A. Installation B. DocBook and XML C. DocBook Versions D. Resources E. What's on the CD-ROM? F. Interchanging DocBook Documents G. DocBook V3.1 Quick Reference Glossary