[docbook-apps] using docbook for chemical reports

[Jens Skripczynski <skripi-lists at myrealbox dot com>]

Hi,

I wanted to ask if anybody has used docbook to write 
chemical reports ?

I will need to formulate reactions and formulas, and
doing math xml by hand is really tedious.

Next I would need to transform this report into xhtml
and pdf.

AFAIK most browsers cannot understand math-xml, so I would
need something to make gifs or equivalents. And finally
turn the report into a pdf.

So:
- who has experience with chemical report
- is it possible to convert math-xml in a docbook file
  into a picture for "old" browsers
- can I build a pdf with a free avaible fop renderer ?
- is math xml sufficient for chemical reactions ?
  (e.g. organic compounds)

- Would it be wiser and better to use tex ?

Ciao

Jens Skripczynski
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