Re: DocBook Inquiries

Hi Andrew,

I'm not aware of any DocBook video tutorials.  
Perhaps others can chime in on this subject.

 

Since you included me on the To: line of your 
query, I presume you have seen my website and my book "DocBook XSL: The Complete 
Guide", which is available free for browsing at http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/index.html.  
My book covers how to use DocBook XSL to accomplish publishing tasks.  It 
does not cover how to create DocBook markup or which elements to use for each 
purpose.  But it does describe most of the interesting and useful features 
of DocBook, especially in  Part IV "Special DocBook features".  You 
might browse that part, skipping over the implementation details for now, in 
order to get a feel for what you do with DocBook tools.

 

Regarding open-source trial software, I would 
suggest you separate "open-source" and "trial".  The open-source tools such 
as the DocBook XSL stylesheets and the FOP XSL-FO processor are fully 
functioning free products and don't need a trial version.  There are many 
commercial products that support DocBook that are available in trial versions 
that are nearly fully functional during the trial period.  You can get a 
really good feel for what they can do with the trial versions.

 

Here is my list of products you should look at, and 
perhaps others could add to it.

 

XML editors:

 

XMetal

Serna

Oxygen

XMLMind

Arbortext

Altova

 

XSLT processors:

 

Saxon

Xalan

xsltproc

 

XSL-FO processors:

 

FOP

Antenna House

XEP

 

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises


 

 

  
----- Original Message ----- 

  
From: 
  Andrew B. 
  Shipton 

  
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Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 7:47 
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Subject: DocBook Inquiries

  

  

  
Hello,

  
 

  
 

  
My 
  name is Andrew B. Shipton, and I am a Technical Support Engineer for IPexpert, 
  Inc. contacting all of you on behalf of our company.  We are considering 
  the use of DocBook as a new tool in the creation of our technical workbooks 
  and we just had some brief inquiries beforehand.  We hope that this 
  E-Mail is directed to the appropriate individuals, and we do apologize if it 
  has been sent to any wrong parties.  If this message has not reached any 
  intended recipients, then please be so kind as to forward it on to the correct 
  persons.  We did call the Oasis office and were advised to submit this 
  E-Mail as a result in order to obtain more information.

  
 

  
We 
  were wondering if there was a video tutorial of some nature that we could view 
  in order to learn more about DocBook before getting started with it.  We 
  have not been able to locate one online anywhere thus far after reviewing the 
  DB site and other related ones.  We also wanted to ask about any type of 
  open-source trial software that would enable us to become familiar with DB as 
  well.  We want to utilize every tool available in order to get the most 
  out of this schema.  Please let us know of any other similar resources 
  that will help us to achieve this goal as well.  We are excited to 
  implement this technology throughout our organization as it will prove to be 
  effective in many ways.  We have already toured your sites and we are 
  searching for additional resources to compliment what we have learned so 
  far.

  
 

  
We 
  will be grateful for any information that you are able to share about 
  DocBook.  Please let us know if we may be of further assistance in this 
  process, and please do not hesitate to contact us for any reason.  Thank 
  you in advance for your help in regards to this matter.  Take care and 
  have a nice day.

  
 

  
 

  
Regards,

  
 

  
 

  
Andrew 
  B. Shipton - IPexpert, Inc.

  
Technical 
  Support Engineer

  


  
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