Re: [docbook-apps] Re: [docbook] Bibliographic references and more

Giannis,

I will give test with your test documents (if nobody else does
first) and then let you know what I get.

In the mean time, please post output from running "xmllint --version"
in your environment.

Giannis Georgalis <> writes:

> Hello Bob,
> 
> On Sunday 05 December 2004 20:30, Bob Stayton wrote:
> > [I'm  moving this over to the docbook-apps mailing list, which is where
> > such topics should be discussed.  The docbook list is for DTD questions.]
> 
> I am sorry.
> 
> > I can't duplicate this error when validating your file with xmllint.  I
> > don't have xmlto, so perhaps someone who is using xmlto could provide more
> > help.
> 
> Actually "xmlto" uses xmllint. For me xmllint produces the same error as 
> mentioned in the previous e-mail.
> 
> I've put the minimum number of files (that represent the organization of my 
> document) with minimum file-contents that produces the error (I hope I can 
> attach a 4KB file). Just unpack it and run "make" to validate it.
> 
> Note: I've included my entities.xml file intact, in case someone finds it 
> useful.
> 
> Thank you,
> Giannis
> 
> previous e-mail for quick reference:
> 
> > > I'm a new user of docbook (and xml in general).
> > >
> > > I use the "xsltproc" (from debian unstable) toolchain and specifically
> > > the "xmlto" (from debian unstable xmlto package) command to compile my
> >
> > document
> >
> > > in html format.
> > >
> > > I have the following questions:
> > >
> > > 1) How can I make a validating document that references a bibliographic
> > > reference that resides at the end of the document (the very last page
> > > actually) ?
> > >
> > > My root xml document looks like this:
> > >
> > > ##################################################
> > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> > >
> > > <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
> > >    "/usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
> > >
> > > <!-- source in the article content and other entities -->
> > > <!ENTITY % entities SYSTEM "common/entities.xml">
> > > %entities;
> > > <!ENTITY % contents SYSTEM "contents.xml">
> > > %contents;
> > > ]>
> > >
> > > <article>
> > >   <articleinfo>
> > >  ...
> > >  <abstract>
> > >         <para>
> > >    <xref linkend="foo"/> ...
> > >         </para>
> > >      </abstract>
> > >   </articleinfo>
> > >
> > >   &section01;
> > >   &section02;
> > >   &section03;
> > >
> > >   &references;
> > > </article>
> > > ##################################################
> > >
> > > where id "foo" is defined in the file referenced by the "references"
> >
> > entity
> >
> > > which looks like this:
> > >
> > > ##################################################
> > > <bibliography> <title>References</title>
> > >      <biblioentry id="foo">
> > >    ...
> > >     </biblioentry>
> > >            ....
> > > </bibliography>
> > > ##################################################
> > >
> > > The problem is that when I try to compile the xml with the command:
> > > "xmlto html-nochunks report.xml", I get the error:
> > >
> > > element xref: validity error : IDREF attribute linkend references an
> >
> > unknown
> >
> > > ID "foo"
> > >
> > > If I, however, shut down the validation and thus run the command: "xmlto
> > > --skip-validation html-nochunks report.xml", everything works fine.