Re: [docbook-apps] Docbook 5.0 and stylesheets

[Karen Schneider <kgschneider@gmail.com>]

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Bob Stayton <bobs@sagehill.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have some answers.
>
> 1.  The docbook-xsl-ns stylesheets are DocBook 5.0 stylesheets.  If there is
> a 5.0 element they don't support, that should be treated as a bug.
>
> 2.  DocBook 5.0 has been submitted to OASIS as a proposed OASIS Standard. It
> will take a couple of months to get through the review and voting period.  I
> don't have dates.
>
> 3.  If starting from scratch with DocBook 5 documents, then yes, it is
> better to start with the ns stylesheets.
>
> 4.  Actually, I think such a switch with FOP would be very nice.  8^)


Terrific response, thanks ("helpful community" is a real plus). #2 is
good news -- I knew that had been in the works, could not remember the
status.

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