RE: [docbook] customize xslt or customize the schema?

["Rowland, Larry" <larry.rowland@hp.com>]

Hello Tim,

You could also try mapping it to something other than a figure.  While the screen and screenshot elements are not formal objects with titles and numbering, they are valid children of example and may map semantically to what "Output" did in the original.  You would need to populate the xreflabel with the value of whatever provided the title of the original "Output" element, but it would provide a valid document without modifying the schema.  This may not be the most appropriate mapping, but you might want to look at whether mapping to other elements that are valid children of an example would work before hacking the schema.

Just a thought.

Best Regards,
Larry 

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Arnold [mailto:Tim.Arnold@sas.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 11:02 AM
To: docbook@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: RE: [docbook] customize xslt or customize the schema?

Hi Dick,
I'd rather customize the stylesheet too, but now that I'm actually trying to validate, I get this from the oNVDL validator:

error: assertion failed:
  figure must not occur in the descendants of example

So I guess I'm going to *have* to customize the schema since my 'Output' always occurs in examples.

rats.

thanks,
--Tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dick Hamilton [mailto:rlhamilton@frii.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 5:41 PM
> To: Tim Arnold; docbook@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: [docbook] customize xslt or customize the schema?
> 
> Tim,
> 
> To the extent that I understand what you are trying
> to do, I think I'd go with customizing the stylesheet.
> I prefer not to mess with the schema unless I have to.
> 
> Dick Hamilton
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tim Arnold [mailto:Tim.Arnold@sas.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 11:36 AM
> > To: docbook@lists.oasis-open.org
> > Subject: [docbook] customize xslt or customize the schema?
> >
> >
> > Hi, I'm trying to decide how best to solve a problem I have
> > with some tech documentation.
> > The doc is originally in LaTeX and I'm converting to DocBook
> > 5 (using plasTeX). The doc contains both Figure and 'Output'
> > elements.
> > When rendered, a Figure is numbered as chapter.figure
> >
> > The 'Output' element is like a  Figure, but appears only in
> > Examples, and is numbered as chapter.example.output
> >
> > There are of course references to both Figures and Outputs.
> >
> > Which way should I go for this situation--add a new element
> > by customizing the schema or customize the xsl stylesheets to
> > use different numbering and gentext? I can differentiate
> > between the two with xpath. (something like this:
> > chapter//figure versus chapter/example/figure@remap=Output)
> >
> > thanks for any insights.
> > --Tim Arnold
> >
> >
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