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ANNOUNCE Support for XML
- To: docbook-tools-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: ANNOUNCE Support for XML
- From: Eric Bischoff <kde at s010 dot strasbourg-251 dot cybercable dot fr>
- Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 00:46:16 +0100
- Cc: docbook-tools-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <199911020844.JAA24738@eux100.sgp.st.com>
Hi all,
Now it's possible to convert XML DocBook files through Jade with the comfort
of the DocBook-tools. As usually, everything is available under
ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/docbook-tools/new-trials
or one of its mirrors.
The supported versions of the DTD include only DocBook 4.1 for the moment.
The conversion is still done through the DSSSL style sheets. Andrey and I are
currently evaluating the best tools to process through XSL style sheets, with
the help of Norm.
The docbook-utils detect automatically that the processed file is an XML file
so the process is fully transparent. In case the automated detection would not
work, you can use a new "--dcl" option to specify the SGML declaration to
use. This new feature works even if it's not a XML document of course.
The modified packages are:
- sgml-common-0.4:
now includes the SGML declaration for XML
the ISO entities have been patched to support the new "euro" character
- docbook-dtd41-xml-1.0:
the XML DTD for DocBook
- docbook-utils-6.0:
support for XML
new --dcl option
Enjoy! ;-)
Any feedback welcome, of course.