Re: [docbook-apps] survey of DocBook 5.0 validation tools

[Thomas Schraitle <tom_schr@web.de>]

Hi,

On Montag, 15. Dezember 2008, Bob Stayton wrote:
> I'm doing an informal survey for the DocBook Technical Committee
> [...]
> 1.  Which schema type are you using (RelaxNG, DTD, XML Schema) and why.

RELAX NG because of its explanation of elements which are shown as a tool 
tip in some XML editors (for example, in oXygen) and for its ease of use.

I don't use the other schema types as the are a) not official, and b) are 
limited in their expressive power (especially the DTD).


> 2.  What editing tools are you using, and why.

Depends:

- Emacs + nXML for the one and only(?) open source editor for
  editing with RELAX NG schema
- oXygen for its different editing modes (like the author mode as a
  kind of WYSYWYG), XSLT debugging and lots of other good features


> 3.  What validation tools you are using, and why.

Normally I use xmllint to validate my DocBook4 documents. However, it 
seems it has some problems with the RELAX NG schema of DocBook5. So I use 
it mainly to resolve XIncludes (rarely XPointers) and validate it through 
jing or msv.



Tom

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Thomas Schraitle