Re: [docbook] docbook5 and adding elements (long)

["Chris Chiasson" <chris@chiasson.name>]

>   * How do you use the resulting RelaxNG XML file in a real-world XML
> document?

The RNG files (or DTD files, if that's what you want to use) don't go
in the XML file you are authoring. They are used by your editor to
prevent you from entering invalid data and/or by your validator to
identify documents that aren't conformant (and would likely not
transform correctly once the stylesheets are applied).

On 3/17/07, Kells Kearney <keruzu@gmail.com> wrote:
>    I have to apologize to both Dave and Bob, but they've given me far
> too much credit for understanding. :)   I'm hoping that I can impose
> on your patience for just a little longer.
>
> On 3/17/07, Dave Pawson <davep@dpawson.co.uk> wrote:
> > Bob Stayton wrote:
> > >  >   Do you know of a good step-by-step example of customizing Docbook5
> > > with RelaxNG?
> > >
> > > Have you seen the DocBook 5.0 Transition Guide?  It has examples:
> > >
> > > http://www.docbook.org/docs/howto/
>
>    I had read this before, but it doesn't actually show the basic
> mechanics so that I can just use it.  For instance,
>
>   * What programs are used to convert between the compact syntax and
> XML syntax? Thanks to the links from Dick Hamilton I understand that
> James Clark's 'trang' is most often used, but I'd never know that from
> the Transition Guide.
>
>   * How do you use the resulting RelaxNG XML file in a real-world XML
> document? I gather from Bob Stayton's reply that I should convert the
> RNG files (my customizations + the Docbook5 RNG) to a DTD.  I guess
> that means that I should just put a <!DOCTYPE book SYSTEM "mynew.DTD">
> in the front of the document.  Does that mean that I then throw out
> the namespaces?
>
>    I think that the previous example of asmbook (extending Docbook5
> with register and instruction elements) is really close, so with
> perhaps just a little bit of corrections and gap filling I'll have a
> good foundation to build up and test my understanding.  Would it be
> possible for someone to post the (hopefully small) corrections to that
> example?
>
>   Thanks to everyone so far for their kindness!
>
> >
> > A very good read IMHO.
> >
> > If you search through the archives of this mailing list, I posted a
> > 'mini' docbook, simple or some such title, which is a reduction
> > to a tiny subset.
> >
> > It really is well designed for customisation. A dream compared
> > to the entity method.
> >
> > http://www.dpawson.co.uk/nodesets/entries/051130.html
> >
> > and
> > http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook-apps/200511/msg00107.html
> >
> > hth
> >
> > regards
> >
> > --
> > Dave Pawson
> > XSLT XSL-FO FAQ.
> > http://www.dpawson.co.uk
> >
>
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