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What is DocBook?
DocBook is one of the best-known and
most-used XML standards. It has been used for technical
documentation and modified for use in a variety of
industries, including publishing, market research, financial
services, etc. Example DocBook tags include <chapter>,
<section>, <book>, <preface>, etc.
DocBook has been through many versions, is maintained by
OASIS, and even has several books published about it. For
more, you can visit
www.docbook.org.
When should I consider using DocBook?
DocBook is both one of the
simplest and most complicated DTDs. This is because
there are over 800 tags, many of them optimized for
tagging relevant terms in documentation about software.
However, most organizations use only a subset of
DocBook.
If you are writing technical documentation, or even
articles, DocBook may be a good basis for your XML. Many
organizations have customized DocBook to meet their
specific needs.
How does xDoc Professional work with DocBook?
xDoc can transform existing
content (Microsoft Word, Adobe FrameMaker, Microsoft
RTF, PDF, HTML) into DocBook XML. The DocBook samples
included in
xDoc
Professional are among our most extensive,
and you can use these as the starting point for your own
conversions to DocBook XML. In Version 2.x of xDoc, all
of the sample mappings have been redone to use the new
Output Hierarchy format:
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word2docbook.Process20 –
converts sample Word document (.doc) into DocBook
XML
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pdf2docbook.Process 20.-
converts sample PDF file into DocBook XML
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html2docbook.Process20-
converts a sample HTML file into DocBook XML
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mif2docbook.Process20 –
converts sample FrameMaker document (.mif) into
DocBook XML
To use these mappings with
your own content, you only have to copy and modify the
appropriate rules based upon the styling/formatting that
you’ve used in your own source documents.
For more on how you can utilize the CambridgeDocs
products as part of a DocBook-based publishing/authoring
solution, please e-mail us at
sales@cambridgedocs.com.
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