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Re: which DocBook in DOCTYPE?
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- Subject: DOCBOOK-APPS: Re: which DocBook in DOCTYPE?
- From: Karl Eichwalder <keichwa at gmx dot net>
- Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2000 09:23:55 +0100 (CET)
- References: <10012011457.aa18603@mammoth.sco.com>
Bob Stayton <bobs@sco.COM> writes:
> I've chosen #4 and use a simple DOCTYPE in my files:
>
> <!DOCTYPE book SYSTEM "docbook.dtd">
This is a work around not a solution. It's hardly possible to exchange
those documents; partners have to guess what DTD to use, etc.
> Docbook is stable enough now that this is generally not a significant
> burden.
All DocBook DTDs were stable; every DTD is stable by definition!
DocBook 5.x will expose your system setup is broken.
> I'm curious as to how other people handle this problem.
There's no problem to solve -- just stick with released standards
(SGML/XML, DSSSL) and fix software bugs. Systems depending on "drafts"
are broken from the very beginning.
Architectural Forms Processing is a genuine way to "map" a document
instance from one DTD to another. Once again I like to recommend David
Megginson's book ("Structuring XML Documents", 1998).
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