README
1README for the Simplified DocBook XML V4.1.2.4 DTD
2
3This is a simplified version of the DocBook XML V4.1.2 DTD. This
4DTD is my attempt to make a small subset of DocBook. I tried to
5achieve the following goals:
6
7 * Documents written in the subset must be 100% legal DocBook XML
8 documents.
9
10 * This is for small documents, articles and the like, so
11 there's no need for 'book's or 'set's, just 'article's.
12
13 * The markup should be the smallest practical subset, if you
14 need richly structured markup, use DocBook or DocBook XML.
15
16 * The result is roughly "HTML-level markup in DocBook", but I
17 didn't set out explicitly to produce that result.
18
19 * The DTD must work in IE5 (it's XML not SGML). It should be
20 small enough to download more-or-less painlessly.
21
22 * There should be a CSS stylesheet for it (mine's pretty lame).
23
24 * There should be an XSL stylesheet for it. Since I'm in the
25 somewhat privileged position of knowing how many changes are
26 coming, I'm going to wait until after the next draft ;-).
27
28Instead of DocBook's 350+ elements, this DTD has just over 100.
29
30Manifest
31--------
32
33README - This readme file
34VERSION - The version number
35COPYRIGHT - Copyright statement
36ChangeLog - Changelog
37sdbcent.mod - Character entities
38sdbhier.mod - Hierarchy overrides
39sdbpool.mod - Information pool overrides
40sdocbook-custom.dtd - The DTD
41sdocbook.css - CSS stylesheet
42sdocbook.dtd - A flattened version of the DTD (mechanically generated)
43sinclist.mod - A set of 'ignore' parameter entities
44sdocbookref-custom.dtd - A version of Simplified DocBook for RefEntrys
45sdocbookref.dtd - A flattened version of sdocbookref-custom (mech. generated)
46test.xml - A test document
47testcss.xml - A test document for the CSS stylesheet
48testcust.xml - A test document for the raw customization layer
49testrefcust.xml - A test document for the raw RefEntry customization layer
50ent/ - The ISO character entity files used by sdocbook.dtd
51
52Installation
53------------
54
55Place the files in this distribution somewhere on your machine. Adjust
56your catalog(s) if appropriate (XML tools frequently do not support
57catalogs, so this may be irrelevant for you).
58
59Please use the following formal public identifier to identify this DTD:
60
61 "-//Norman Walsh//DTD Simplified DocBook XML V4.1.2.4//EN"
62
63For example, if your document's top-level element is <article>, and
64you are using this DTD directly, use the FPI in the DOCTYPE
65declaration:
66
67<!DOCTYPE article
68 PUBLIC "-//Norman Walsh//DTD Simplified DocBook XML V4.1.2.4//EN"
69 "http://nwalsh.com/docbook/simple/4.1.2.4/sdocbook.dtd" [
70...
71]>
72
73
74Note: if you are using the customization layer directly (sdocbook-custom.dtd),
75you may have to adjust the system identifier that points to the DocBook XML
76DTD. You may also have to install the DocBook XML V4.1.2.4 DTD somewhere on
77your system.
78
79
80Copyright
81---------
82
83Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 Norman Walsh
84
85See COPYRIGHT for more information
86
87
88Warranty
89--------
90
91THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
92EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
93OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
94NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL NORMAN WALSH OR ANY OTHER
95CONTRIBUTOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
96WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
97FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
98OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
99
100
101Contacting the Author
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103
104This DTD is maintained by Norman Walsh, <ndw@nwalsh.com>.
105
106The best way to reach norm is by email. You will find additional
107contact information at http://nwalsh.com/docbook/simple/
108