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Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] Re: Describing module interfaces


This probably will not completely meet your need, but I can tell you what we do.  We publish technical manuals on industrial robots.

For fancier GUI things, it is hard to beat a <graphic>.  For other things, we either use <screen> or <programlisting>.  We are using axDocBook from ArborText Epic, but I am pretty sure that they are in DocBook.  I have also heard of something called a <screenshot>, but I don't know very much about its usage.

Hope that helps.

-----Original Message-----
From: news [mailto:news@sea.gmane.org]On Behalf Of Steinar Bang
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 6:42 AM
To: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [docbook-apps] Re: Describing module interfaces


>>>>> Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no>:

> I need to describe and enumerate, and classify all interfaces of some
> software modules in a big software system.  Is there any good markup
> for that?  <interface> isn't it.  Neither is <interfacename> (the
> object oriented stuff could _possibly_ be used when detailing some
> parts of some interfaces that are APIs in object oriented languages.
> But it's no good for the high level approach).

> So far I've just used <section>.

That is "just used <section> and free form text.  One <section> for
each interface I'm describing".

But I would prefer real semantic markup of these interfaces.

By "interface" I mean something like eg.:
 - A command line interface
 - A GUI
 - An API
 - A protocol
 - A temporary file

Ie. everything a particular software module use to exchange
information with other modules or a user.


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