[docbook-tc] Re: olink update

[Bob Stayton <bobs@caldera.com>]

Hi Norm,
I'm sure you are still getting caught up after your trip,
but I want to make sure the olink stylesheet changes are somewhere on
your list.  I've gotten positive feedback from another
volunteer (Brad Thacker) who has put it to good use.
for implementing modular doc and cross document links.
But you need to look at it before I'll feel comfortable
checking the changes in.  

bobs


On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 09:10:29PM -0800, Bob Stayton wrote:
> Now that the DocBook TC has approved the two new
> olink attributes for inclusion in the 4.2 DTD,
> I'd like to forge ahead with getting the XSL
> stylesheets updated to handle my new olink scheme.
> 
> Before checking in any changes to the stylesheets, I'd like
> to invite you to try it out and make comments if you are so
> inclined.  I've attached a new olink demonstration kit (tar
> file) that includes the stylesheet customizations, sample
> files, and a Makefile.  There's a README to get started and a
> longer HTML doc piece.  If you have xsltproc installed,
> you should just be able to run "make html" to see it
> in action.   
> 
> If you haven't been following the story, I've
> been developing a new implementation of olinks
> for cross referencing between XML documents,
> and for enabling modular doc files.
> The basic idea is to use the DocBook XSL stylesheets
> in an extraction mode to pull all the cross reference
> information for elements out into a database, which
> on a second pass can be used to resolve olinks
> among documents.  A background whitepaper is available
> at http://www.sagehill.net/OlinkExtended.html.  
> 
> I would like to integrate the extraction mode into the
> stylesheets, so that any changes and customizations are
> also used during that extraction.  This means I had to
> modify the root templates in docbook.xsl and chunk.xsl, in
> a manner similar to what Jirka did in the collect.tex.math
> mode.  If olinks aren't being used, then there should be no
> burden on the processing.
> 
> Please let me know if you try it out and have any
> comments or suggestions.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Bob Stayton                                 400 Encinal Street
> Publications Architect                      Santa Cruz, CA  95060
> Technical Publications                      voice: (831) 427-7796
> Caldera International, Inc.                 fax:   (831) 429-1887
>                                             email: bobs@caldera.com



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Bob Stayton                                 400 Encinal Street
Publications Architect                      Santa Cruz, CA  95060
Technical Publications                      voice: (831) 427-7796
Caldera International, Inc.                 fax:   (831) 429-1887
                                            email: bobs@caldera.com