Re: [docbook-apps] Content Management solutions that support DocBook 5.x?

I have very little exposure to it, but SilverStripe
    (http://www.silverstripe.com/) might merit some investigation.

    

    On 2/5/2012 2:34 PM, Jeff Powanda wrote:
    
      
      
      
      
      
There are three
            main reasons I'm interested in adopting a CM solution:

      
 

      
1. Our small technical
            publications department has started to translate 20+
            manuals, 3 Eclipse help systems, and several HTML documents
            into non-English languages (such as French) and I'm finding
            it difficult to manage all the content for handoffs. This
            year the number of languages we'll be translating
            will potentially triple, so I would like to be able to
            generate reports on where the linked content, entities
            files, graphics files, and graphics source files reside for
            each document, and also keep track of files that have been
            handed off to the translation agencies. (Right now it's a
            bit of a mess.)

      
 

      
2. Ideally, a CM
            solution would keep all of the components of the DocBook
            toolchain (Saxon, FOP, etc.) updated, and I could simply
            maintain the custom stylesheets we use. Unfortunately, I
            don't have time to continously update the toolchain
            components.

      
 

      
3. Our company is
            growing, so we'll be hiring additional writers this year.
            Although our DocBook implementation works fine for me, it's
            unwieldly and difficult to train new writers. Ideally, a CM
            solution integrates with a user friendly, WYSIWYG authoring
            tool (rather than the Eclipse editor that I use). The
            authoring tool doesn't need to be part of the CM solution,
            and it could be third party tool such as the Oxygen editor.

      
 

      
We already use
            Perforce to control DocBook XML source, so I don't need a CM
            solution for checkin/checkout. If the CM solution provided a
            central database repository for source control, I'd consider
            switching to that instead if the other CM benefits are
            compelling.

      
 

      
Regards,

      
Jeff Powanda

      
Vocera Communications,
            Inc.

      
 

      
 

      

      

        
        From: Bob Stayton
          [mailto:] 

          Sent: 2012-02-03 06:58

          To: Jeff Powanda; 

          Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Content Management
          solutions that support DocBook 5.x?

        

      

      
Hi Jeff,

      
There is a pretty wide range of
          content management systems out there.  All of them would
          support checking in DocBook files, since those are just text
          files.  It would help if you could post some more detailed
          requirements.  What are you looking for the system to do?  How
          will it be used, and by how many people, etc.

      
 

      
Bob Stayton

          Sagehill Enterprises

          

      
 

      
 

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

        
From: Jeff Powanda 

        
To: 
        

        
Sent: Friday, February 03,
          2012 1:29 PM

        
Subject: [docbook-apps]
          Content Management solutions that support DocBook 5.x?

        

        

        
          
 

          
I'm looking for a content management
              solution that supports DocBook. I would consider both
              commercial and open source solutions. I would appreciate
              any recommendations, warnings, or tips that anyone has to
              offer.

          
 

          
I'm also considering upgrading from
              DocBook 4.5 to DocBook 5.x, so would be interested to hear
              of CM solutions that support DocBook 5.x.

          
 

          
Regards,

          
Jeff Powanda

          
Vocera Communications, Inc.