Re: XML vs DocBooks

[Doug Loss <dloss@csrlink.net>]

Ramin Miraftabi wrote:
> 
> BTW it's DocBook and not DocBooks...
> 
You're right; sorry.

> Hmm... AFAIK you can use sgmltools with the DocBook XML DTD. Yes, it
> means there is an XML DTD for DocBook and it is (at least mostly)
> compatible with the SGML DTD (after all, XML is only a subset of
> SGML).
> 
> If Cees is still on the list (Are you?!) he could maybe enlighten us
> a bit more, even if he doesn't actively maintain SGMLtools anymore.
> More info also on Norman Walsh's webpage (http://www.nwalsh.com).

Even if there wasn't a DocBook XML DTD, shouldn't you be able to convert
from DocBook to XML if your program (sgmltools) can do so?

One thing I noticed about DocBook is how rich it is in possibilities. 
We should probably come up with a subset of DocBook tags to use so that
our HOWTOs come out similar to each other.  Otherwise they may appear
unrelated in their structure, which might be confusing to our intended
audience.

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