Re: [docbook-apps] GSoC 2011 project idea: DocBook Slides 5.0

[Stefan Seefeld <seefeld@sympatico.ca>]

Gabor, Jan,

that is an interesting discussion !

I think it's important that the slides vocabulary is a super-set of the 
existing DocBook, to allow users to incorporate existing document chunks 
into their slides.

However, I also recognize that this medium has particular requirements 
that run somewhat against the main philosophy of DB: a clear separation 
between content and style. Arguably, for presentations, style *is* content.

Thus, I think one area where an updated slides vocabulary may grow some 
new elements is support for styling. In the simplest case that could 
mean additional hooks that styling info may be attached to (via CSS, 
javascript, or whatever else is used to apply styles to the final slides).

A couple of years ago I wrote stylesheets that would target S5 
(http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/). To be able to take advantage of 
the features that provides (for example, slide transitions, animations, 
etc.), I had to add some custom markup.

Following last year's work on a new "API documentation profile", I 
believe the best way forward is to turn the existing slides extension 
into a proper DB5 extension profile, where such additions can more 
easily be supported.

Thus, a good starting point would be to collect ideas about what 
limitations DB slides users perceive and what additional markup might be 
needed to support them.

     Stefan

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