Re: [docbook-apps] xhtml output

[Bob Stayton <bobs@sco.com>]

It is quite possible that you aren't getting the
Xalan you think you are.  Sun bundled
a version of Xalan with Java 1.4.  See this reference
for making sure you are actually using a recent Xalan:

http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/InstallingAProcessor.html#InstallXalan


Bob Stayton                                 400 Encinal Street
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On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 03:19:26PM -0700, Marius Scurtescu wrote:
> Sorry for not mentioning the xslt processor, you
> are right, the problem is there.
> 
> I was using Xalan version 2.5.x under Win2K. I 
> don't know the exact version since it came with 
> the XML editor I am using (oXygen).
> 
> As soon as I switched to Saxon both problems went
> away (empty xmlns attributes and broken a tags).
> 
> I will try to find out the exact version of Xalan
> and use a newer one if available. I thought that
> Xalan is rock solid, but now it feels quite
> flaky :-(
> 
> Thanks,
> Marius
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bob Stayton [mailto:bobs@sco.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 12:57 PM
> > To: Marius Scurtescu
> > Cc: Docbook-Apps
> > Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] xhtml output
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 10:52:48AM -0700, Marius Scurtescu wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I am converting DocBook documents to XHTML using the
> > > xhtml stylesheets from the XSL package version 1.62.0
> > > and 1.62.4.
> > > 
> > > In both cases the generated XHTML is invalid. 
> > > 
> > > The major problem is the generation of empty 'xmlns' 
> > > attributes on many of the output tags (meta, div and p).
> > > 
> > > Is there a way to prevent this and generate valid XHTML?
> > 
> > As Daniel pointed out, this is coming from an older
> > version of xsltproc, not the stylesheet.  
> > 
> > Generally, the stylesheets output valid Transitional
> > XHTML 1.0.   
> >  
> > > Are the XHTML stylesheets considered stable or just
> > > work in progress?
> > 
> > Stable, but always with room for improvement.  8^)
> >  
> > > Another issue with the XHTML stylesheet is the conversion
> > > of the ulink DocBook tag. It gets converted into a broken
> > > a tag like: <a ="" target="_top">...</a>
> > 
> > Ulink usually works.  Do you have a 'url' attribute
> > in the ulink (it's required by the DTD)?
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> > Bob Stayton                                 400 Encinal Street
> > Publications Architect                      Santa Cruz, CA  95060
> > Technical Publications                      voice: (831) 427-7796
> > The SCO Group                               fax:   (831) 429-1887
> >                                             email: bobs@sco.com
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Bob Stayton                                 400 Encinal Street
Publications Architect                      Santa Cruz, CA  95060
Technical Publications                      voice: (831) 427-7796
The SCO Group                               fax:   (831) 429-1887
                                            email: bobs@sco.com