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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: How can I publish XML DocBook Docs with the Exeter XML Server?
> From: Alessandro Bottoni <Alessandro.Bottoni@think3.com> > > Hi all, > I'm trying to use Norman Walsh's XML DocBook DTD (and XSL) with the XMLS > Exeter XML Server ( http://www.xmls.com ). As I expected from a first > attempt, I'm not able to get any readable HTML document from the test XML > documents. > > As long as I can see, the XSL files by Norman are different from what Exeter > is expecting (and this seems to be perfectly reasonable). > > How can I publish XML DocBook documents using the Exeter XML Server? > Does anybody know where I can get the right set of XSL files? > Any other suggestion? I also failed to get Exeter to work with Norm's DocBook XSL stylesheets. When it fails, you just get a blank page in your browser, but View Source shows the server did manage to send a <!DOCTYPE HTML ...> declaration. The server log files show no error messages. I then tried some of my own simpler stylesheets, and some worked and some failed. One of them started working after I removed the <xsl:strip-space ...> element from my stylesheet. This element works in XT, so I suspect the problem lies in the XSL processor in exeter not supporting all of the latest XSL specification. I think Norm's style sheets exercise quite a lot of the XSL spec. When it fails to process the stylesheet, it just fails to generate any HTML output or error message. The Exeter server is based on Apache Cocoon technology, and perhaps it isn't keeping up to date with XSL (the download filename includes "19991102", which is 6 months ago). I suggest you do what the INSTALL file says: "If you have questions about or problems with Exeter XML Server, please send an e-mail to Exeter support at mailto:support@xmls.com." Ask them if there is a way to get XSL processing errors reported somewhere so we can see where it is breaking. bobs Bob Stayton 400 Encinal Street Publications Architect Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Technical Publications voice: (831) 427-7796 The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. fax: (831) 429-1887 email: bobs@sco.com
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