May 2010
Intermediate to advanced
552 pages
13h 37m
English
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Organization of This Book
This book is divided into three parts.
Part I is an introduction to DocBook and includes the following chapters:
- Chapter 1, Getting Started with DocBook
Provides an overview of DocBook, including a history of the schema and a description of what is new in DocBook V5.0
- Chapter 2, Creating DocBook Documents
Describes how to get started creating books, sets of books, articles, and other documents using DocBook
- Chapter 3, Validating DocBook Documents
Describes how to validate DocBook instances and how to interpret common validation errors
- Chapter 4, Publishing DocBook Documents
Provides a high-level overview of DocBook publishing
- Chapter 5
Describes how to customize the DocBook schema, including examples of common customizations
Part II, is a complete reference guide to the DocBook elements.
Part III, contains installation instructions, a discussion of DocBook variants and future directions, a list of resources, an interchange checklist, and a copy of the GNU Free Documentation License:
- Appendix A
Describes how to install the DocBook schema and stylesheets
- Appendix B
Describes DocBook variants and discusses future directions
- Appendix C
Lists websites, books, and other resources
- Appendix D
An interchange checklist; includes things to consider when sharing DocBook documents with others
- Appendix E
A copy of the GNU Free Documentation License
At the end of this book you’ll find a Glossary and an Index.
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