May 2010
Intermediate to advanced
552 pages
13h 37m
English
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DocBook V5.0
DocBook V5.0 represents a major step forward for DocBook. The differences between DocBook 4.x and V5.0 are quite radical in some aspects, but the basic idea behind DocBook is still the same, and almost all element names are unchanged. Because of this it is very easy to become familiar with DocBook V5.0 if you know any previous version of DocBook.
What’s New in DocBook V5.0?
In V5.0, DocBook has been rewritten as a native RELAX NG grammar (“An introduction to the RELAX NG schema language” [RNG-Intro] is an excellent introduction to the grammar). The objectives were to produce a schema that:
“Feels like” DocBook. Most existing documents should still be valid or it should be possible to transform them in simple, mechanical ways into valid documents.
Enforces as many constraints as possible in the schema. Some additional constraints are expressed with Schematron rules.
Cleans up the content models.
Gives users the flexibility to extend or subset the schema in an easy and straightforward way.
Can be used to generate XML DTD and W3C XML Schema versions of DocBook.
Under the ordinary operating rules of DocBook evolution, the only backward-incompatible changes that could be made in DocBook V5.0 were those announced in DocBook V4.0. In light of the fact that this is a complete rewrite, the Technical Committee gave itself the freedom to make “unannounced” backward-incompatible changes for this one release.
Renamed and removed elements
A number of elements have been removed from DocBook. ...
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