Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Docbook xsl stylesheets and accessibilityrequirements?

[Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@pinkjuice.com>]

Steve.Nunez@bluewave.com wrote:

> I believe that a summary of the difficulties encountered with docbook-xsl
> would be very helpful, both for myself and perhaps for the developers (say,
> are any of the developers here? Comments?). This would let folks more
> easily decide whether they should write their own stylesheet as you did or
> work to improve the existing one.


1. This Thread

I won't reply to any more posts; if anyone has any question, please 
contact me offlist. This part of the thread is not necessary, and not 
helpful. You could get back to simply collecting what the subject says: 
accessibility requirements (general, or for the docbook.sf.net XHTML XSLTs).

2. Summary

You have your specific set of requirements. Nothing will save you 
playing with the docbook.sourceforge.net if you want to find out if they 
meet your needs.

It's not about quality of output. It's about your idea of how the XHTML 
output should look. There is no single "correct" way, but endless 
different ways how to write out and structure XHTML.

As for potential misunderstandings:
Norm mostly was extremely open and responsive about my feedback; don't 
misunderstand me. The reason for my decision was: No package can ever 
meet all requirements of everyone. My decision doesn't say much about 
the docbook.sf.net XHTML XSLTs, but says a lot more about my 
requirements. I have very specific ideas of the XHTML I want (lots of 
general and specific stuff, not just validity), so I'm better off 
implementing that instead of asking others to implement it for me, or 
trying to warp one project to do what I want. Norm and I get along 
extremely well, and I won't let deliberate misinterpretations come 
between that.

Tobi


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