Re: XML/DocBook for newbies

[tarage -at- bellsouth -dot- net (imac)]

No offense to any of the posters nor their opinions, nor to anyone at all, but this level of complexity is why XML is still in diapers. 

~Mike

Cindy Loiselle wrote:
>
>On Aug 15, 2005, at 12:05 PM, Paul Moloney wrote:

>To get a feel for the process of creating documents using DocBook, I
>found it helpful to walk through the example presented in the article
>"Creating an Online Help System with JavaHelp and DocBook"
>(www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/10/15/javahelp_docbook.html).  This
>article walks you through getting all the tools, creating a sample
>DocBook document, and processing the file to create JavaHelp.   It gives
>you a feel for the tools and the process of converting a document; I
>recommend it even if you're not ultimately interested in JavaHelp.  By
>now there are newer versions of some of the tools listed in this
>article--I think you'd probably be fine with the newest version of the
>XSL stylesheets (now 1.69.1), but stick to Saxon 6.5.3.
>
>If you decide to make the plunge, here are some questions and issues
>you need to consider:
>
>First, what output formats are you targeting?  I convert DocBook to
>help with the tags, such as enforcing DTD compliance. I'm used to


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