DocBook: XML/SGML vocabulary particularly well suited to books and papers about computer hardware and software (though it is by no means limited to these applications).
Organization: OASIS. More
information: DocBook
page on the OASIS Web site (new window).
XML Book Industry Transaction Standards (XBITS):
XML specification to facilitate bi-directional electronic data exchanges between publishers, printers, paper mills, and component vendors. The end result will be a set of electronic documents that facilitate the flow of information among supply chain partners in the publishing/print industry. The effort supports efficient business-to-business (B2B) communication, improves the reach and richness of communication throughout the supply chain, and increases efficiencies in transaction activities while supporting interoperability among trading partners. Organization:
IDEAlliance. More
information: XBITS page on the
xmlbits.org Web site (new window).
Syncro Soft Announces New Release of Oxygen XML Editor What They Think, KY - May 11, 2008 These include the DITA Open Toolkit (1.4.2.1), the DocBook XML framework (schema version 5.0 and stylesheets version 1.73.2) and the Saxon B XSLT processor ...
Day Software to Present at Henry Stewart DAM Show FOXBusiness - May 10, 2008 As former COO and co-founder of Mindquarry, Trieloff is a recognized authority for collaboration software and published author in the area of DocBook-XML. ...
Amalto Technologies Announces the Release of the b2een Solution Earthtimes (press release), UK - May 1, 2008 ... transformation of CSV invoices into PIDX format and in the publishing industry allowing transformation of XBITS documents into Ariba cXML format. ...
DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide (4th Edition) by Bob Stayton Average Customer Review: based on 4 reviews. Customer Review: With this book and "DocBook: The Definitive Guide" in-hand, I really can't imagine any other DocBook guide you'll ever need. The book thoroughly covers just about every possible aspect of DocBook publishing (that is, generating HTML, PDF, HTML Help, man pages, etc. from your DocBook XML source) -- from general tool setup down to the ...
DocBook: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly XML) by Norman Walsh, Leonard Muellner Average Customer Review: based on 6 reviews. Customer Review: I recommend this book to anyone starting on the road to DocBook. Not only is it useful for the new user, like I was, it has a comprehensive reference section for all the elements of the DocBook SGML.
DocBook XML Publishing (With CD-ROM) (Linux) by Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier, Kara Pritchard Average Customer Review: based on 2 reviews. Customer Review: For a complete beginner, this book is OK, otherwise I think people are going to find it light on the details. Of course, it's the details that are hard to discover and get right. Also, space was devoted to topics that are not really germane, like CVS, Emacs and vi. Of course one has to edit DocBook files, but devoting 3 chapters (out...
DocBook-XML. by Thomas Schraitle Publisher: Millin Verlag GmbH Publication Date: January 2004
DocBook-XML/ mit CD-ROM by Lars Trieloff Publisher: mitp-Verlag Publication Date: February 2005