DocBook XML/SGML Processing Using OpenJade
Saqib Ali
 <saqib@seagate.com>Â
Revision History
Revision v2.2.8 2003-07-16 es
Added info about keeping JREs up-to-date forCocoon
Revision v2.2.7 2003-07-09 es
Fixed broken links to LDP XSL and other LDP XSL spefic filenames.
Revision v2.2.6 2003-06-16 sa
Verified the instruction against docbook XSL 1.57.
Revision v2.2.5 2003-05-16 sa
Fixed the broken links in the external resources section.
Revision v2.2.4 2003-04-20 sa
Updated links to the new Demo Site. Added new links to the resources section.
Revision v2.2.3 2002-11-22 sa
Added the suggestion made by users. Added new links to the resources section.
Revision v2.2.2 2002-10-09 as
This update fixes a few more typos, removes a couple of spaces that make the
HTML rendering look odd.
Revision v2.2.1 2002-10-09 sa
Fixed the URL to the Sample Files.
Revision v2.2 2002-09-29 as
Minor corrections to the Cocoon section.
Revision v2.1 2002-09-15 sa
Minor corrections to the Cocoon section.
Revision v2.0 2002-09-10 sa
Added the section on serving DocBook XML 4.1.2 content using Tomcat + Cocoon.
Revision v1.5 2002-08-11 sa
Added the XML section and the sample XML file.
Revision v1.4 2002-08-08 sa
Many valuable modifications/corrections suggested by Lloyd D Budd. Thanks
Lloyd. :)
Revision v1.3 2002-08-02 sa
Added the "Additional Resources" section.
Revision v1.2 2002-07-23 sa
Added the section on converting HTML -> PDF using HTMLDOC. Thanks to Luc De
Louw for the suggestion.
Revision v1.1 2002-07-19 KET
Fixed grammatical errors, numbered processes.
Revision v1.0 2002-06-29 sa
Initial public release.
Abstract
This HOWTO explains setting up OpenJade to process SGML/XML DocBook documents.
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Table of Contents
1._Introduction
1.1._Copyright_and_License
1.2._Credits
1.3._What_is_DocBook?
1.4._What_is_DSSSL?
1.5._What_do_we_need?
1.6._Assumptions
2._Requirements
2.1._Pre-requirements
2.2._OpenJade
2.3._DocBook_DTDs
2.4._ISO_Entities
2.5._Norman_Walsh's_DSSSL
2.6._LDP_customized_DSL_stylesheets
2.7._HTMLDOC_(Optional)
2.8._Norman_Walsh's_XSL_(Optional)
2.9._LDP_Customized_XSL_(Optional)
3._Installing_Processing_Tools_-_OpenJade
3.1._Installing_OpenJade
3.2._Installing_Norman_Walsh's_DSSSL
3.3._Installing_DocBook_DTDs
3.4._Installing_the_ISO_Entities
3.5._Installing_the_LDP_DSL
3.6._Installing_HTMLDOC
4._Using_OpenJade
4.1._Processing_SGML
4.2._Processing_XML
4.3._HTML_to_PDF_(optional)
5._Serving_DocBook_4.1.2_XML
5.1._Tomcat_+_Cocoon
5.2._Installing_Norman_Walsh's_XSL
5.3._Installing_LDP_XSL
5.4._Setting_up_sitemap.xmap
5.5._Accessing_DocBook_4.1.2_XML_Content_from_a_Web_Browser
6._Further_Information
6.1._News_groups
6.2._Mailing_Lists
6.3._IRC
6.4._Web_Sites
6.5._XML_Authoring_/_Modeling_Applications
1. Introduction
Some Acronyms:
1. SGML - Standard Generalized Markup Language
2. XML - Extensible Markup Language
3. RTF - Rich Text Format
4. HTML - HyperText Markup Language
5. PDF - Portable Document Format
The objective of this document is to setup OpenJade to convert DocBook 3.2 and
4.2 Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) and Extensible Markup Language
(XML) documents to HyperText Markup Language (HTML), Rich Text Format (RTF),
and Portable Document Format (PDF).
1.1. Copyright and License
This document is Copyright 2001 by Saqib Ali. Permission is granted to copy,
distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free
Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free
Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and
with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is available at http://
www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html.
1.2. Credits
All praise is due to
Allah
, The Lord of the Worlds. All credits go to Allah. Any mistake in this document
is my own fault.
Additionally, I would like to acknowledge the following people for their
valuable contributions to this document:
1. Eric Safern <esafern_(at)_lrn.com> - For updates related to Cocoon and
JRE. http://www.timebytes.com/
2. Greg Ferguson <gferg_(at)_hoop.timonium.sgi.com> - for very helpful hints/
suggestions on the docbook mailing list
3. Kristin Thomas <kristint_(at)_us.ibm.com> - For the initial review of this
document.
4. Luc de Louw <luc_(@)_delouw.ch> - For suggesting the HTMLDOC (PDF -> HTML)
section.
5. Lloyd D Budd <ldp_(@)_foolswisdom.org> - For suggestions on improving most
of the sections of the document.
6. Andrew Shugg <andrew_(@)_neep.com.au> - For fixing errors in the ver 2.0
of this document. Neep_Consulting
1.3. What is DocBook?
DocBook is a document type definition (DTD). A DTD defines the syntax of a
document. DocBook describes the types of structure and formats to use in
technical documents. It is commonly used because of its simplicity and
completeness.
A DTD defines the syntax of a document - essentially it is a 'rule book' that
describes the sets of tags and attributes that will be used to describe
specific kinds of content. So DocBook is a "rule book" that is used for writing
documents. Every tag that is used in writing the document, must be defined very
specifically and formally in the DTD.
1.4. What is DSSSL?
A Document Style Semantics and Specification Language (DSSSL) defines how to
convert an Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) document into a human-
readable viewing format such as HTML, RTF and PDF.
1.5. What do we need?
The tools needed to set up OpenJade for converting SGML and XML are:
* OpenJade
* DocBook DTDs
* ISO Entities
* Norman Walsh's DSSSL
* LDP DSL
* HTMLDOC (optional)
* Norman Walsh's XSL (optional)
* LDP XSL (optional)
Note
All of these packages are free and available for download on the net. The next
chapter explains how to download these packages.
1.6. Assumptions
This document assumes that you have the following already installed on your
system.
* gzip - available from http://www.gnu.org/directory/
* gcc and GNU make - available from http://www.gnu.org/directory/
* unzip - available from http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/
* Standard Unix utilities - tar, mkdir, mv ...
2. Requirements
You'll have to download and compile only one package (OpenJade). This HOWTO
will explain the compilation process, but you should be familiar with
installing from source code.
Most of the packages that we need are located at The_Linux_Documentation
Project_(TLDP) website.
2.1. Pre-requirements
Create a directory /tmp/downloads. We will use this directory to store the
downloaded source code.
2.2. OpenJade
OpenJade will be used to process DocBook documents. OpenJade can be downloaded
from: http://openjade.sourceforge.net/.
At the time of writing this document OpenJade 1.3.1 was available. Download the
openjade-1.3.x.tar.gz file.
2.3. DocBook DTDs
All the DocBook DTDs are available from The Linux Documentation Project website
at http://www.tldp.org/authors/index.html#resources
Please download DocBook_SGML_v4.1, DocBook_SGML_v3.1, and DocBook_XML_v4.1.2.
Note
Please download all the zip archives.
2.4. ISO Entities
The_Linux_Documentation_Project has packaged all the Entities into one big tar
file and placed it at http://www.tldp.org/authors/tools/entities.tar.gz for the
convenience of the users. Thanks to TLDP for this.
2.5. Norman Walsh's DSSSL
Norman Walsh's DSSSL can be downloaded from the DocBook project website at
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=21935.
At the time of writing this document docbook-dsssl-1.7.6 was available.
2.6. LDP customized DSL stylesheets
LDP DSL is a customized style sheet used by The_Linux_Documentation_Project_
(TLDP). It is an extension to Norman Walsh's DSSSL. It add things like
background and Table of Contents. It can be downloaded from http://
www.tldp.org/authors/tools/ldp.dsl.
ldp.dsl requires Normal Walsh's DSSSL
2.7. HTMLDOC (Optional)
HTMLDOC can be used for converting the HTML to PDF. If you would like to
produce PDF documents, please download HTMLDOC from http://www.easysw.com/
htmldoc/software.php
2.8. Norman Walsh's XSL (Optional)
This is not necessary. But if you would like to serve DocBook 4.1.2 XML content
using Tomcat + Cocoon, you will need Norman Walsh's XML Style Sheets.
The Style Sheets are available for download at http://sourceforge.net/projects/
docbook/.
Please download the package called docbook-xsl.
Note
Recently docbook-xsl ver. 1.57.0 was released. This document is verified with
the latest version, and appropriate modifications have been made. If you still
encounter any errors please email me @ <saqib@seagate.com>
2.9. LDP Customized XSL (Optional)
Also download the LDP Customized XSL from http://my.core.com/~dhorton/docbook/
tldp-xsl/
3. Installing Processing Tools - OpenJade
In this section we will install all the tools in the appropriate directories.
All the tools go in the /usr/local/dbtools/ directory. Create this directory
using the following command:
# mkdir /usr/local/dbtools
3.1. Installing OpenJade
This process is the easy part, but the most time consuming one too. Keep in
mind that OpenJade take a long time to compile. To install OpenJade, complete
the following steps:
1. Change directories to /tmp/downloads.
# cd /tmp/downloads
2. Unzip the file.
# gzip -d openjade-1.3.x.tar.gz
3. Untar the file.
# tar -xvf openjade-1.3.x.tar
4. Change directories to openjade-1.3
# cd openjade-1.3.x
5. Run the ./configure command.
# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/dbtools/openjade
6. Run the make command.
# make
7. Run the make install command. After this step the OpenJade binaries will
be installed under /usr/local/dbtools/openjade.
# make install
8. Copy the dsssl directory from /tmp/downloads/openjade-1.3.x to /usr/local/
dbtools/openjade
# cp -dpR dsssl /usr/local/dbtools/openjade/
3.2. Installing Norman Walsh's DSSSL
In this step we will install Norman Walsh's DSSSL in an appropriate place. The
DSSSL does not have to be compiled.
1. Change directories to /tmp/downloads
# cd /tmp/downloads
2. Unzip the file.
# gzip -d docbook-dsssl-1.76.tar.gz
3. Untar the file.
# tar -xvf docbook-dsssl-1.76.tar
4. Move the file to the /usr/local/dbtools/docbook-dsssl.
# mv docbook-dsssl-1.76 /usr/local/dbtools/docbook-dsssl
3.3. Installing DocBook DTDs
In this section we will install the DocBook DTDs.
1. Change directories to /usr/local/dbtools.
# cd /usr/local/dbtools
2. Create three new directories called dtd3.1, dtd4.1, and dtd4.1.2.
# mkdir dtd3.1
# mkdir dtd4.1
# mkdir dtd4.1.2
3. Change directories to the dtd3.1.
# cd dtd3.1
4. Unzip the file DocBook SGML v3.1 in this directory.
# unzip /tmp/downloads/docbk31.zip
5. Change directories to the dtd4.1.
# cd ../dtd4.1
6. Unzip the file DocBook SGML v4.1 in this directory.
# unzip /tmp/downloads/docbk41.zip
7. Change directories to the dtd4.1.2.
# cd ../dtd4.1.2
8. Unzip the file DocBook XML v4.1.2 in this directory.
# unzip /tmp/downloads/docbk412.zip
3.4. Installing the ISO Entities
In this section we will install the ISO entities that we downloaded from the
LDP website.
First we install the ISO Entities for the 3.1 SGML DTD.
1. Change directories to the /usr/local/dbtools/dtd3.1 directory.
# cd /usr/local/dbtools/dtd3.1
2. Copy /tmp/download/entities.tar.gz to this directory.
# cp /tmp/download/entities.tar.gz .
3. Unzip the file.
# gzip -d entities.tar.gz
4. Untar the file.
# tar -xvf entities.tar
Next we install the ISO Entities for the 4.1 SGML DTD.
1. Change directories to the /usr/local/dbtools/dtd4.1 directory.
# cd /usr/local/dbtools/dtd4.1
2. Copy /tmp/download/entities.tar.gz to this directory.
# cp /tmp/download/entities.tar.gz .
3. Unzip the file.
# gzip -d entities.tar.gz
4. Untar the file.
# tar -xvf entities.tar
3.5. Installing the LDP DSL
Finally we install the customised LDP stylesheet.
1. Change directories to the /tmp/download directory.
# cd /tmp/download
2. Copy the ldp.dsl file to the /usr/local/dbtools/docbook-dsssl/print/
ldp.dsl directory.
# cp ldp.dsl /usr/local/dbtools/docbook-dsssl/print/ldp.dsl
3. Copy the ldp.dsl file to the /usr/local/dbtools/docbook-dsssl/html/ldp.dsl
directory.
# cp ldp.dsl /usr/local/dbtools/docbook-dsssl/html/ldp.dsl
3.6. Installing HTMLDOC
This step is optional. It is only required if you want to produce PDF documents
from HTML.
Change back to the downloads directory.
# Change to /tmp/download directory
Untar the source code for HTMLDOC.
# gzip -d htmldoc-1.8.xx-source.tar.gz
# tar -xvf htmldoc-1.8.xx-source.tar
# cd htmldoc-1.8.xx-1
Run configure to set the installation location.
# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/dbtools/htmldoc
# make
At the time of writing this document HTMLDOC ver 1.8.20-1 was available. This
version had a little problem in the fonts Makefile. It would complain while
installing the fonts, because the correct fonts were not available on the
system.
Here is the error you will get while running make install:
# make install
Making all in htmldoc...
Making all in doc...
Installing in fonts...
Installing font files in /usr/local/dbtools/htmldoc/share/htmldoc/fonts...
/bin/cp: cannot stat `ZapfChancery.afm': No such file or directory
/bin/cp: cannot stat `ZapfChancery.pfa': No such file or directory
/bin/cp: cannot stat `ZapfDingbats.afm': No such file or directory
/bin/cp: cannot stat `ZapfDingbats.pfa': No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
To fix this installation issue, please edit fonts/Makefile and comment out the
lines with references to ZapfChancery and ZapfDingbats fonts.
Then execute the install:
# make install
Making all in htmldoc...
Making all in doc...
Installing in fonts...
Installing font files in /usr/local/dbtools/htmldoc/share/htmldoc/fonts...
Installing in data...
Installing in doc...
Installing in htmldoc...
4. Using OpenJade
In this section we will use OpenJade to convert DocBook SGML/XML documents to
HTML, RTF, and PDF.
4.1. Processing SGML
4.1.1. Setting the SGML_CATALOG_FILES Environmental Variable for SGML
The SGML_CATALOG_FILES variable must be set to point to appropriate catalog
files. To set the variable, use the following command for the Bourne shell:
# export SGML_CATALOG_FILES=/usr/local/dbtools/openjade/dsssl/catalog:/usr/
local/dbtools/dtd3.1/docbook.cat:/usr/local/dbtools/docbook-dsssl/catalog
Use the following command for the C shell:
# setenv SGML_CATALOG_FILES /usr/local/dbtools/openjade/dsssl/catalog:/usr/
local/dbtools/dtd3.1/docbook.cat:/usr/local/dbtools/docbook-dsssl/catalog
4.1.2. SGML to HTML
To convert from SGML to HTML, use the following command:
# /usr/local/dbtools/openjade/bin/openjade -t sgml -d /usr/local/dbtools/
docbook-dsssl/html/ldp.dsl#html DocBook-OpenJade-SGML-XML-HOWTO.sgml
To create a non-chunked (all in one) output:
# /usr/local/dbtools/openjade/bin/openjade -V nochunks -t sgml -d /usr/local/
dbtools/docbook-dsssl/html/ldp.dsl#html DocBook-OpenJade-SGML-XML-HOWTO.sgml
4.1.3. SGML to RTF
To convert from SGML to RTF, use the following command:
# /usr/local/dbtools/openjade/bin/openjade -t rtf -d /usr/local/dbtools/
docbook-dsssl/print/ldp.dsl#print DocBook-OpenJade-SGML-XML-HOWTO.sgml
4.2. Processing XML
You can download a sample DocBook 4.1.2 XML file from http://www.xml-dev.com:
8080/cocoon/mount/docbook/openjade.xml
4.2.1. Setting the SGML_CATALOG_FILES Environmental Variable for XML
The SGML_CATALOG_FILES variable must be set to point to appropriate catalog
files. To set the variable, use the following command for the Bourne shell:
# export SGML_CATALOG_FILES=/usr/local/dbtools/openjade/dsssl/catalog:/usr/
local/dbtools/dtd4.1.2/docbook.cat:/usr/local/dbtools/docbook-dsssl/catalog
Use the following command for the C shell:
# setenv SGML_CATALOG_FILES /usr/local/dbtools/openjade/dsssl/catalog:/usr/
local/dbtools/dtd4.1.2/docbook.cat:/usr/local/dbtools/docbook-dsssl/catalog
4.2.2. XML to HTML
To convert from XML to HTML, use the following command:
# /usr/local/dbtools/openjade/bin/openjade -t xml -d /usr/local/dbtools/
docbook-dsssl/html/ldp.dsl#html /usr/local/dbtools/docbook-dsssl/dtds/decls/
xml.dcl DocBook-OpenJade-SGML-XML-HOWTO.xml
4.2.3. XML to RTF
To convert from XML to HTML, use the following command:
# /usr/local/dbtools/openjade/bin/openjade -t rtf -d /usr/local/dbtools/
docbook-dsssl/print/ldp.dsl#print /usr/local/dbtools/docbook-dsssl/dtds/
decls/xml.dcl DocBook-OpenJade-SGML-XML-HOWTO.xml
4.3. HTML to PDF (optional)
To convert HTML to PDF we must use HTMLDOC. First create non-chunked HTML
output of the SGML:
# /usr/local/dbtools/openjade/bin/openjade -V nochunks -t sgml -d /usr/local/
dbtools/docbook-dsssl/html/ldp.dsl#html DocBook-OpenJade-SGML-XML-HOWTO.sgml
Then run HTMLDOC to produce PDF.
# /usr/local/dbtools/htmldoc/bin/htmldoc -f outfile.pdf input.html
5. Serving DocBook 4.1.2 XML
There are 3 ways to serve DocBook 4.1.2 XML from a web server:
* Command line Pre-processed Open Jade, XSLT
* Scripting - PHP, Perl, Python
* Application server - Tomcat + Cocoon
Using an application server like Cocoon is the best the option.
Cocoon in Action
To see an example of web server running Tomcat + Cocoon serving DocBook 4.1.2
XML content, please visit http://www.xml-dev.com:8080/cocoon/mount/docbook/
In this section we will see how to serve DocBook 4.1.2 XML content using Tomcat
+ Cocoon.
5.1. Tomcat + Cocoon
Tomcat is the Java Servlet Container. For more information please visit http://
jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/index.html.
Apache Cocoon is an XML publishing framework. For more information please visit
http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/index.html.
This HOWTO will not go into details of setting up Tomcat + Cocoon, since it is
already explained in the document http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/installing/
index.html. Setting up Tomcat + Cocoon is an easy process and should take less
than five minutes.
Once you have the Cocoon + Tomcat setup and working, please follow the next the
sections to server DocBook 4.1.2 XML content.
Note
One important caveat: users in the field have experienced compatibility issues
with the DocBook stylesheets and some versions of the Xalan XML parser. Xalan
is the parser bundled with Sun's JRE, so that's what you're using by default.
At the very least, make sure you're using the latest JRE from Sun (at this
writing, 1.4.2).
Also consider upgrading the Xalan parser to the latest release. At this
writing, the latest Sun JRE, 1.4.2, is bundled with Xalan 2.4.1, while Xalan
itself is up to version 2.5.1.
To check the version currently installed, type
# java org.apache.xalan.xslt.EnvironmentCheck
For more info, visit http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/faq.html .
5.2. Installing Norman Walsh's XSL
In this step we will install the Norman Walsh's XSL under the /usr/local/
dbtools/ directory.
Change to the /tmp/downloads directory and untar the docbook-xsl file.
# cd /tmp/downloads/
# gzip -d docbook-xsl-1.53.0.tar.gz
# tar -xvf docbook-xsl-1.53.0.tar
To install the docbook-xsl please move the files to the /usr/local/dbtools.
# mv docbook-xsl-1.53.0 /usr/local/dbtool/docbook-xsl
Next install the LDP XSL.
5.3. Installing LDP XSL
Unzip the tldp-xsl-xxxxx.tar.gz and the copy all the files to the /usr/local/
dbtools/docbook-xsl/html directory.
# cd /tmp/downloads
# gzip tldp-xsl-xxxxx.tar.gz
# gzip tldp-xsl-xxxxx.tar
# mv tldp-html*.xsl /usr/local/dbtools/docbook-xsl/html
5.4. Setting up sitemap.xmap
$COCOON_HOME points to the Cocoon Web Application Directory. This directory is
typically /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.9/webapps/cocoon/
Create a directory named docbook under the $COCOON_HOME/mount. This is where we
will put all our DocBook XML 4.1.2 content.
# mkdir $COCOON_HOME/mount/docbook
Create a file name sitemap.xmap in the $COCOON_HOME/mount/docbook with the
following content:
# cd $COCOON_HOME/mount/docbook
# vi sitemap.xmap
<map:sitemap xmlns:map="http://apache.org/cocoon/sitemap/1.0">
<!-- use the standard components -->
<map:components>
<map:generators default="file"/>
<map:transformers default="xslt"/>
<map:readers default="resource"/>
<map:serializers default="html"/>
<map:selectors default="browser"/>
<map:matchers default="wildcard"/>
<map:transformers default="xslt"/>
</map:components>
<map:pipelines>
<map:pipeline>
<map:match pattern="">
<map:generate src="samples.xml"/>
<map:transform src="/usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.9/webapps/cocoon/mount/
editor/stylesheets/simple-page2html.xsl"/>
<map:serialize/>
</map:match>
<!-- respond to *.html requests with
our docs processed by .xsl -->
<map:match pattern="*.html">
<map:generate src="{1}.xml"/>
<map:transform src="/usr/local/dbtools/docbook-xsl/html/tldp-
html.xsl"/>
<map:serialize type="html"/>
</map:match>
<!-- later, respond to *.pdf requests with
our docs processed by doc2pdf.xsl -->
<map:match pattern="*.pdf">
<map:generate src="{1}.xml"/>
<map:transform src="/usr/local/dbtools/docbook-xsl/fo/
docbook.xsl"/>
<map:serialize type="fo2pdf"/>
</map:match>
<map:match pattern="*.xml">
<map:generate src="{1}.xml"/>
<map:serialize type="xml"/>
</map:match>
</map:pipeline>
</map:pipelines>
</map:sitemap>
5.5. Accessing DocBook 4.1.2 XML Content from a Web Browser
Place a DocBook 4.1.2 XML file in the $COCOON_HOME/mount/docbook/ directory.
A sample file is available from http://www.xml-dev.com:8080/cocoon/mount/
docbook/openjade.xml.
Now you can access the document using a browser at http://localhost:8080/
cocoon/mount/sample.html (HTML) or http://localhost:8080/cocoon/mount/
sample.pdf (PDF).
6. Further Information
This section has some pointers to related resources on the Internet.
If you would like to suggest additional resources for this section, please
email me at <saqib@seagate.com>. Thanks.
6.1. News groups
Some of the news groups of interest are:
1. comp.text.sgml (easily accessible from Google!_Groups)
2. comp.text.xml (easily accessible from Google!_Groups)
3. htmldoc.general (server - news.easysw.com)
6.2. Mailing Lists
Here are some relevant mailing lists.
1. DocBook mailing list @ OASIS. Visit http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/
docbook/mailinglist/index.shtml for more info.
2. DocBook mailing list @ TLDP. Visit http://www.tldp.org/mailinfo.html for
more info.
3. xml-doc @ Yahoo Groups. Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xml-doc/ for
more info.
6.3. IRC
1. DocBook IRC Channel. #docbook on irc://irc.openprojects.net
6.4. Web Sites
1. http://www.oasis-open.org/ OASIS maintains various DocBook DTDs
2. http://www.xml-dev.com/blog/ XML / XHTML WebLog
3. http://docbook.org/wiki/moin.cgi/ The DocBook Wiki
4. http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/ Online version of DocBook: The Definitive
Guide
5. http://www.bureau-cornavin.com/opensource/crash-course/index.html Writing
Documentation Using DocBook: A Crash Course
6. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-docbk.html A gentle guide
to DocBook (very good introduction).
7. http://www.tldp.org/LDP/LDP-Author-Guide/index.html The Linux
Documentation Project (TLDP) Author Guide
8. http://www.tldp.org/authors/index.html#resources DocBook resources
provided by TLDP
9. http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/DocBook-Demystification-HOWTO/ Eric Raymond's
DocBook Demystification HOWTO
10. http://www.xml-dev.com:8080/cocoon/mount/docbook/Tomcat + Cocoon + DocBook
Setup Sample Site
6.5. XML Authoring / Modeling Applications
Note
A comprehensive list of XML editors can be found at http://www.xml-dev.com/
blog/#19
1. eXchaNGeR - The XML Browser (and XML Editor)http://xngr.org/
2. XERLIN - XML Modeling Applicationhttp://www.xerlin.org/
3. DocPro by Command Prompt, INC. http://www.commandprompt.com/
entry.lxp?lxpe=2
4. YAWC Pro by XML Workshop LTD. http://www.yawcpro.com/. Can be used for
converting MS Word to Simple DocBook XML.
5. Logictran RTF Converter. http://www.logictran.com/. Word/RTF to HTML/XML.
6. MajiX - Word to XML converter. http://tetrasys.dhs.org/
7. XMETAL by SoftQuad http://www.softquad.com/
8. Tagless Editor by i4i (DocBook DTD not supported) http://www.i4i.com/
9. XML Editor by XMLmind http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/
10. upCast and downCast by Inifinity Loop http://www.infinity-loop.de/en/
products.html
11. W2XML by DocSofthttp://www.docsoft.com/w2xmlv2.htm
12. XMLWrite by Wattle Softwarehttp://xmlwriter.net/
13. oXygen XML Editor - Java Basedhttp://www.oxygenxml.com/
14. Xeena by IBMhttp://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/xeena
15. Excosoft XML Clienthttp://www.excosoft.se/eweb/site/exc_pd.html
16. Timelux Xpresshttp://www.timelux.lu/html/Xpress2001.html
17. Morphonhttp://www.morphon.com/
18. Conglomeratehttp://conglomerate.org/