Extending XSL stylesheets to match extended DTD

[Cameron Kerr <ckerr@cs.otago.ac.nz>]

Hello, I'm trying to work out precisely what would be required in extending the DocBook DTD in order to produce a significant amount of coursework.

As part of this, I want to mark up a curriculum/schedule. This would be comprised largely of block elements, such as the following structure indicates.

schedule

week*

lecture*

title

presenter?

topics?

topic+

para etc.

themes?

theme+

para etc.

laboratory*

title

marks?

topics?

topic+

para etc.

tutorial*

title

marks?

readings?

reading+

para etc. (needs work to profile book editions)

I have a rough idea of what I need to do to create a customisation layer for the DTD, but none of the books I've consulted (including Docbook XSL) mention anything (that I could find at least) about the correct way to make a stylesheet extension.

Any tips? Or have I managed to miss something completely obvious?

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