Press Release
November 8, 1999
The Official Documentation for the DocBook DTD Released by O'Reilly--DocBook: The Definitive Guide
SEBASTOPOL, CA--The Organization for the Advancement of Structured
Information Standards (OASIS), which is responsible for the continued
maintenance of the DocBook DTD, has designated O'Reilly's latest
release,
DocBook: the Definitive
Guide, as the official documentation of the DocBook DTD.
DocBook: the Definitive
Guide was written by Leonard Muellner and
Norman Walsh, who is the creator of the DocBook XML implementation.
This important new book is the complete and official documentation of
the DocBook Document Type Definition (DTD) and many of its associated
tools.
DocBook is a system for writing structured documents using SGML and
XML. It provides all the elements you'll need for technical documents
of all kinds. A number of computer companies use DocBook for their
documentation, as do several Open Source documentation groups,
including the Linux Documentation Project (LDP). With the consistent
use of DocBook, these groups can readily share and exchange
information. With an XML-enabled browser, DocBook documents are as
accessible on the Web as in print.
DocBook: the Definitive
Guide will be at your local bookstore, and in
its entirety, online at the following sites:
In this book, you will find:
- A brief introduction to SGML and XML
- A guide to creating documents with the DocBook DTD and associated
style sheets
- Information about using SGML and XML tools like Jade and
DSSSL
- A guide to customizing DocBook
- A complete SGML and XML reference, including examples, for every
DocBook element
In addition, the accompanying CD-ROM contains:
- The complete source text of this book, in both SGML and HTML
- All the examples from the book
- DSSSL style sheets that let you convert DocBook documents to RTF,
LaTeX, or HTML
- The DocBook DTD for SGML, version 3.1
- The DocBk DTD for XML, version 3.1.5
Online Resources
DocBook: The Definitive
Guide
By Norman Walsh & Leonard Muellner
ISBN: 1-56592-580-7, 652 pages,
$36.95 (US$), Includes CD-ROM
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