Re: [docbook-apps] Non translatable content in Docbook 4.x

[Jirka Kosek <jirka@kosek.cz>]

On 13.1.2015 20:50, Jan Tosovsky wrote:
> I'd like to mark some text as non translatable. I could add a common
> attribute to all elements in original DTDs, but I like the idea of utilizing
> ITS standard for this purpose, which seems to be supported in CAT tools.
> 
> I've found this explanatory article, but I'd like to use it in old 4.x DTD.
> http://xmlguru.cz/2013/05/docbook-and-its2

You should definitively use DocBook 5.x. There are already schemas for
DocBook 5.0+ITS and in DocBook V5.1 schemas will support ITS out-of-the box.

> Is there any way? Some extension like for xi:includes ?

You can customize DTD yourself, but it's painful compared to RELAX NG
based customization of DocBook 5:

http://docbook.org/tdg/en/html/ch05.html

You can crate your own DTD, something like:

<!ENTITY % local.common.attrib "
  its:translate (yes|no) #IMPLIED
  xmlns:its CDATA #FIXED 'http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its'
">
<!ENTITY % DocBookDTD PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd";>
%DocBookDTD;

> Btw, there is no ROI to switch to Docbook 5.

It's usually pretty straightforward to switch to V5.

				Jirka

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