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At last, a dsssl book in print!
"Note from Javier :
As any human product, it may be better. While
reading the book as finally printed I have already detected some errata
that will be corrected for future editions.
I also think I can do better when explaining groves, and I will soon
be working on extending this
chapter for future editions. I ask any reader to contact me at
farreres@lsi.upc.es for any question, suggestion for enhancing the book
explanations, errors or errata detected in any place of the book."
Publishers announce below
The DSSSL Book
An XML/SGML Programming Language
Pub. Date: 10/03 Pages: 346 ISBN: 1-4020-7592-8 List Price:
USD 115.00
EUR 104.00
GBP 71.00
Javier Farreres
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
DSSSL defines a programming language derived from Scheme, a standard
functional programming language. This language is a comprehensive,
standardized approach to querying the content of a document, transforming
the structure of documents, and providing style to documents. DSSSL support
is also incorporated into most open source Linux via the OpenJade tool.
The DSSSL Book: An XML/SGML Programming Language provides comprehensive
coverage of the language. Its approach is practical with numerous examples
and graphics explaining DSSSL concepts. The book covers the structure of a
DSSSL document, its programming language, the groves data model, the query
language, the transformation language and the style language.
Professionals rendering high-quality industrial-strength XML/SGML documents
and Linux developers and documentation writers will find this book a prized
reference source. Individuals maintaining DSSSL stylesheets, and technical
managers in all types of publishing will find in this book a way to give
their documents a professional aspect, and a way to automate document
processing in a modern way. Readers of the book will learn the necessary
concepts to understand the DocBook DSSSL stylesheets and will learn the
concepts on how to customize stylesheets. It is assumed that readers will
be familiar with SGML.
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CONTENTS:
1. Introduction.
2. The DSSSL Specification.
2.1. Architectural Forms.
2.2. The DSSSL Architectural Form.
2.3. Features.
2.4. Character Repertoires.
2.5. SGML Grove Plan.
2.6. External Specification.
2.7. Stylesheet Partitioning.
3. The Programming Language.
3.1. Introduction.
3.2. Expressions.
3.3. Data Types.
3.4. Repetitive Processing.
3.5. Standard Procedures.
3.6. Core Expression Language.
4. The Process of Grove Construction.
4.1. Introduction.
4.2. Property Sets.
4.3. Intrinsic Data Types.
4.4. Intrinsic Properties.
4.5. Grove Plans.
4.6. The SGML Property Set.
4.7. The Grove.
4.8. Classes of the SGML Propset.
5. The Standard Document Query Language (SDQL).
5.1. Introduction.
5.2. Query Language Datatypes.
5.3. Node Procedures.
5.4. Property Procedures.
5.5. Exercises.
6. The Transformation Process.
6.1. Introduction.
6.2. Processing Model Overview.
6.3. The Transformer.
6.4. The Transformation Language.
6.5. Transformation Expressions.
7. The Style Process.
7.1 Introduction.
7.2. Tutorial of the Style Language.
7.3. Detailed Explanation of the Flow Object Classes.
7.4. Additional Classes.
7.5. Basic Example.
7.6. Catalog of Flow Object Classes.
A. Tools Supporting DSSSL.
A.1. dssslPrint.
A.2. OpenJade.
Bibliography.
Index.
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