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Re: I'm a little bit confused...
- From: Dave Pawson <dpawson at nildram dot co dot uk>
- To: Giuseppe Greco <giuseppe dot greco at bluewin dot ch>, Bob Stayton <bobs at caldera dot com>,DocBook Apps <docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org>
- Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 19:37:45 +0100
- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: I'm a little bit confused...
At 11:01 30/08/2002, Giuseppe Greco wrote:
>Hi Bob,
>
>I have 3 questions about catalogs:
>
>1. When should I use PUBLIC identifiers
> respectively SYSTEM identifiers?
If you are always connected to the internet, its OK
(but slower) to get them from the net.
If not, then use public identifiers and a catalog
>2. When my document starts like this:
>
> <?xml version='1.0'?>
> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
> "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
> <book>
> ...
> </book>
>
> ... what happens if I use a catalog like this?
>
> <!DOCTYPE catalog PUBLIC
> "-//OASIS//DTD Entity Resolution XML Catalog V1.0//EN"
> "http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/entity/release/1.0/catalog.dtd"
> >
>
> <catalog xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:entity:xmlns:xml:catalog">
> <group prefer="public" xml:base="/usr/share/sgml/docbook/xml-dtd/">
> "-//OASIS//DTD Entity Resolution XML Catalog V1.0//EN"
> uri="docbookx.dtd"/>
> </group>
> </catalog>
>
> Does the XML processor look in the catalog for an entry identified by
> "-//OASIS//DTD Entity Resolution XML Catalog V1.0//EN", and then, if
> that entry doesn't exist, look at "http://www.oasis-open.org
> /committees/entity/release/1.0/catalog.dtd"?
That's it. and if it is present, it gets it from where you specify
in the catalog.
>3. What the right way to proceed if I want to create my PUBLIC/SYSTEM
> identifiers?
>
>I read the chapter 4 "XML catalogs" at "http://www.sagehill.net
>/xml/docbookxsl/Catalogs.html", but since I'm a novice, I'm a little
>bit confused.
<grin/>Get the docbook catalogs working first, then add your own
using the same ideas.
http://www.dpawson.co.uk/docbook/catalogs.html
may help.
Regards DaveP