Re: [docbook-apps] Re: [docbook] Bibliographic references and more

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

I tested his files, and discovered that the error is generated with
xmllint -postvalid but not with xmllint -valid.  I thought that was a bit
odd, since I thought -postvalid should return the same result when there are
no XIncludes in the document.

I'm not sure what -postvalid means, since the man page just says it runs
validation after parsing is complete.  I asked a question on the libxml2
list to get some clarification.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Smith" <smith@xml-doc.org>
To: "Giannis Georgalis" <jgeorgal@uoc.gr>
Cc: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 2:59 AM
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Re: [docbook] Bibliographic references and more


> Giannis,
>
> I will give test with your test documents (if nobody else does
> first) and then let you know what I get.
>
> In the mean time, please post output from running "xmllint --version"
> in your environment.
>
> Giannis Georgalis <jgeorgal@uoc.gr> writes:
>
> > Hello Bob,
> >
> > On Sunday 05 December 2004 20:30, Bob Stayton wrote:
> > > [I'm  moving this over to the docbook-apps mailing list, which is
where
> > > such topics should be discussed.  The docbook list is for DTD
questions.]
> >
> > I am sorry.
> >
> > > I can't duplicate this error when validating your file with xmllint.
I
> > > don't have xmlto, so perhaps someone who is using xmlto could provide
more
> > > help.
> >
> > Actually "xmlto" uses xmllint. For me xmllint produces the same error as
> > mentioned in the previous e-mail.
> >
> > I've put the minimum number of files (that represent the organization of
my
> > document) with minimum file-contents that produces the error (I hope I
can
> > attach a 4KB file). Just unpack it and run "make" to validate it.
> >
> > Note: I've included my entities.xml file intact, in case someone finds
it
> > useful.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Giannis
> >
> > previous e-mail for quick reference:
> >
> > > > I'm a new user of docbook (and xml in general).
> > > >
> > > > I use the "xsltproc" (from debian unstable) toolchain and
specifically
> > > > the "xmlto" (from debian unstable xmlto package) command to compile
my
> > >
> > > document
> > >
> > > > in html format.
> > > >
> > > > I have the following questions:
> > > >
> > > > 1) How can I make a validating document that references a
bibliographic
> > > > reference that resides at the end of the document (the very last
page
> > > > actually) ?
> > > >
> > > > My root xml document looks like this:
> > > >
> > > > ##################################################
> > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> > > >
> > > > <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
> > > >    "/usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
> > > >
> > > > <!-- source in the article content and other entities -->
> > > > <!ENTITY % entities SYSTEM "common/entities.xml">
> > > > %entities;
> > > > <!ENTITY % contents SYSTEM "contents.xml">
> > > > %contents;
> > > > ]>
> > > >
> > > > <article>
> > > >   <articleinfo>
> > > >  ...
> > > >  <abstract>
> > > >         <para>
> > > >    <xref linkend="foo"/> ...
> > > >         </para>
> > > >      </abstract>
> > > >   </articleinfo>
> > > >
> > > >   &section01;
> > > >   &section02;
> > > >   &section03;
> > > >
> > > >   &references;
> > > > </article>
> > > > ##################################################
> > > >
> > > > where id "foo" is defined in the file referenced by the "references"
> > >
> > > entity
> > >
> > > > which looks like this:
> > > >
> > > > ##################################################
> > > > <bibliography> <title>References</title>
> > > >      <biblioentry id="foo">
> > > >    ...
> > > >     </biblioentry>
> > > >            ....
> > > > </bibliography>
> > > > ##################################################
> > > >
> > > > The problem is that when I try to compile the xml with the command:
> > > > "xmlto html-nochunks report.xml", I get the error:
> > > >
> > > > element xref: validity error : IDREF attribute linkend references an
> > >
> > > unknown
> > >
> > > > ID "foo"
> > > >
> > > > If I, however, shut down the validation and thus run the command:
"xmlto
> > > > --skip-validation html-nochunks report.xml", everything works fine.
>
>
>