DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide
The Official Documentation for DocBook
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Release Date: May 2010
Pages: 552
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If you need a reliable tool for technical documentation, this clear and concise reference will help you take advantage of DocBook, the popular XML schema originally developed to document computer and hardware projects. DocBook 5.0 has been expanded and simplified to address documentation needs in other fields, and it's quickly becoming the tool of choice for many content providers.
DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide is the complete, official documentation of DocBook 5.0. You'll find everything you need to know to use DocBook 5.0's features-including its improved content model-whether you're new to DocBook or an experienced user of previous versions.
- Learn how to write DocBook XML documents
- Understand DocBook 5.0's elements and attributes, and how they fit together
- Determine whether your documents conform to the DocBook schema
- Learn about options for publishing DocBook to various output formats
- Customize the DocBook schema to meet your needs
- Get additional information about DocBook editing and processing
Table of Contents
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Introduction
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Chapter 1 Getting Started with DocBook
- A Short DocBook History
- DocBook V5.0
- Finally in a Namespace
- Relaxing with DocBook
- Why Switch to DocBook V5.0?
- Schema Jungle
- Backward Compatibility
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Chapter 2 Creating DocBook Documents
- Making an XML Document
- Physical Divisions: Breaking a Document into Separate Files
- Logical Divisions: The Categories of Elements in DocBook
- Roots: Starting Your DocBook Document
- Making a DocBook Book
- Making a Chapter
- Making an Article
- Making a Reference Page
- Making Front and Back Matter
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Chapter 3 Validating DocBook Documents
- ID/IDREF Constraints and Validation
- Validating Your Documents
- Understanding Validation Errors
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Chapter 4 Publishing DocBook Documents
- A Survey of Stylesheet Languages
- Using XSL to Publish DocBook Documents
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Chapter 5 Customizing DocBook
- Should You Do This?
- If You Change DocBook, It’s Not DocBook Anymore!
- Customization Layers
- Writing, Testing, and Using a Customization Layer
- Removing Elements
- Removing Attributes
- Adding Elements
- Adding Attributes
- Other Modifications
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Reference
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Appendixes
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Appendix Installation
- Installing DocBook
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Appendix DocBook Variants and Future Directions
- DocBook Variants
- Future Directions
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Appendix Resources
- Latest Versions of DocBook Schemas
- DocBook and XML Resources on the Web
- Introductory Material on the Web
- References and Technical Notes on the Web
- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Recommendations
- Related Standards
- Internet RFCs
- Books and Printed Resources
- XML Tools
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Appendix Interchanging DocBook Documents
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Appendix GNU Free Documentation License
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Glossary
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