May 2010
Intermediate to advanced
552 pages
13h 37m
English
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DocBook and XML Resources on the Web
The following websites and lists are excellent starting places for information about DocBook and XML:
- The most recent version of this book
The most recent online version of this book can be found at http://docbook.org/.
- DocBook mailing lists
OASIS maintains two public DocBook mailing lists:
- docbook@lists.oasis-open.org
This list is for general questions, comments, and discussion about DocBook, including questions about the schemas, syntax, semantics, and markup.
An archive is maintained at: http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook/.
- docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
This list is for questions, comments, and discussion about implementing DocBook, including questions about formatting, processing, using the stylesheets, and editing.
An archive is maintained at: http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook-apps/.
You can subscribe to either list at: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/.
- DocBook stylesheets
The DocBook stylesheets are a set of stylesheets for use with an XSLT engine like xsltproc or Saxon. The stylesheets can transform DocBook XML documents (including documents using DocBook 5.0 and earlier versions) into output formats like HTML, PDF, various help formats, and the ePub ebook format. The stylesheets are open source software maintained by the DocBook community.
- DocBook Wiki
The DocBook Wiki contains a wide variety of DocBook information, from FAQs to lists of consultants.
- Robin Cover’s “Cover Pages”
A large list of XML resources: http://xml.coverpages.org ...
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