This is the mail archive of the
docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
mailing list .
Re: What is docbook used for? (faq)
- From: Michael Smith <smith at xml-doc dot org>
- To: docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2001 05:54:32 -0600
- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: What is docbook used for? (faq)
- References: <5.1.0.14.2.20011208094345.00abd1c8@127.0.0.1>
Dave Pawson <daveP@dpawson.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
> Norm had this question asked of him,
> and rather than answer 'what can docbook be used for'
> I'd like to quote concrete examples.
>
> Would you mail me with additions please:
>
> Writing books (for print or web publishing)
> Websites
> Documenting Applications and OS extensions
> xfree86
> ...
> Producing HTML help files
Embedded documentation in code:
XSLT Standard Library
http://xsltsl.sourceforge.net/
Books for print/trade publication (or eventual print/trade
publication)
"Processing XML with Java"
http://www.ibiblio.org/xml/books/xmljava/chapters/
"Learning XML"
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnxml/colophon.html
(and, I think, other O'Reilly titles)
"DocBook: The Definitive Guide"
http://www.docbook.org
Formal specifications
RELAX NG XML schema language official committee specification
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/relax-ng/#documents
Man pages
KDE (I think)
http://www.kde.org/documentation/
(FreeBSD? GNOME? others?)
Documentation for commercial software and hardware
Sun, Red Hat, SuSE, HP, Cogent Real-Time Systems, Conectiva,
Rational, Mandrakesoft, Caldera, Apple (Darwin docs)...
News stories and feature articles
Most everything I've ever written for xmlhack
http://xmlhack.com/author.php?id=11
My "Don't Learn XML" article
http://xml.oreilly.com/news/dontlearn_0701.html
Theses and disserations
(somebody?)