Re: [docbook] linking across documents in bibliography

[Richard Hamilton <hamilton@xmlpress.net>]

Jason,

Since you're using xinclude to pull everything together, any of the linking elements should work ok, since by the time you actually process the links, everything will be in one big file. The only caveat is that if you parse individual sections, you will get a missing id error for any linkend that points outside the file you're parsing.

While it might seem a bit strange, you can put a linking inline, like xref, inside the abbrev element, which is normally printed exactly where you want the page number reference.

You will need to play around with the cross reference styling to get it (and any references to it) looking like you want, but it should be possible.

The best (maybe only:) place to go for information on the customizations you'll need is Bob Stayton's book, DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide. Here is a link to the relevant section in  the online version of his book: 

http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/CustomXrefs.html

BTW, if you do much customization, I'd suggest buying a print copy of his book.

Dick Hamilton
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On Jun 6, 2011, at 1:14 PM, Jason Zech wrote:

> Hi all,
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> I’m working with a book split across 11 parts. I’ve broken the 11 parts into separate files, pulling them together with xinclude. Works great.
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> However, in the bibliography for this book, which I’ve also built as a separate file, I’d like to start each entry with a reference to the page number relevant to the entry. Example:
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> Page 12 – Smith, John. My Very Awesome Book. Chicago: Big Publisher Inc., 2007.
>  
> I’m using <bibliomixed> for the bibliography entries but I can’t figure out how to create a cross reference that will generate the page number or a even a just a live, working link within the <bibliomixed> tag. I believe that <olink> is my only option for this, since I’m working across documents. But <olink> doesn’t seem to work in my outputs (to HTML or to PDF) when placed within <bibliomixed><abbrev> or <titleabbrev>.
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> Am I just better off combining my book into 1 giant document, or is there an elegant way to accomplish this?
>  
> Thanks,
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