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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] how to add "extra" meta-info to a docbook document
I use the "condition" attribute to do that. Then I filter out the portions I want to render with each style-sheet. I use DSSSL and Openjade. Regards, Juan R. Migoya Spain Robert P. J. Day wrote: > i'm sure there's an accepted way of doing this, and i'm open >to suggestions. > > i'm writing a number of open source-related manuals using >docbook, and i'd like to use the same DB file, along with a >custom written stylesheet, to generate brochures and web pages >representing outlines for those manuals as well as the manuals >themselves. > > for example, each manual represents a course, and the brochure >should list, one course per page, > > course synopsis > pre-requisites > course outline > > now, i know i can use a pretty straightforward stylesheet to extract the >chapters and, say, first-level sections to generate an outline. but is >there a reasonable way to embed stuff like the synopsis and pre-requisites >in the manual docbook file itself? > > stuff like the synopsis will *never* be part of the printed manual, >only part of the brochure or the web page. obviously, i could keep >an independent file for stuff like this on a per-manual basis, but >i thought it would be niftier to have *everything* related to a manual >in the manual file itself, and just extract the parts i care about, >depending on what i'm trying to generate. > > in short, what's the easiest way to embed non-DB info in a DB >file? short of actually extending the DTD to incoroprate that? > >rday > >p.s. i don't actually need to validate the input file against the >docbook DTD, so i know i can just invent new tags and use them any >way i want, but i know that's kind of tacky. thoughts? > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org >For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-apps-help@lists.oasis-open.org > > > >
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