DocBook – The Definitive Guide +CD - Softcover

Walsh, Norman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565925807 ISBN 13: 9781565925809

Publisher: O′Reilly, 1999

Synopsis

DocBook: The Definitive Guide is the complete and official documentation of the DocBook Document Type Definition (DTD) and many of its associated tools.DocBook is a system for writing structured documents using SGML and XML. It provides all the elements you'll need for technical documents of all kinds. A number of computer companies use DocBook for their documentation, as do several Open Source documentation groups, including the Linux Documentation Project (LDP). With the consistent use of DocBook, these groups can readily share and exchange information. With an XML-enabled browser, DocBook documents are as accessible on the Web as in print.DocBook: The Definitive Guide was written by Norman Walsh, the author of the XML implementation of the DocBook DTD; and Leonard Muellner, the manager of O'Reilly & Associates' Production Tools Group.In this book, you'll find:

• A brief introduction to SGML and XML
• A guide to creating documents with the DocBook DTD and associated stylesheets
• Information about using SGML and XML tools like Jade and DSSSL
• An guide to customizing DocBook
• A complete SGML and XML reference, including examples, for every DocBook element

In addition, the CDROM contains:

• The complete source text of this book, in both SGML and HTML
• All the examples from the book
• DSSSL Stylesheets that let you convert DocBook documents to RTF, LaTeX, or HTML
• The DocBook DTD for SGML, version 3.1

Oasis, the organization that is the official maintainer of the DocBook DTD, has identified DocBook: the Definitive Guide as the official documentation for the DocBook DTD.

About this title

About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: O′Reilly
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565925807
• ISBN 13: 9781565925809
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 656