Re: EBNF for DocBook

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Re: EBNF for DocBook
Yes, I'll try to do this.  The loosey-goosey model in XMLspec has caused  stylesheet writers no end of grief, so maybe I can come up with the  equivalent of the old FuncSynopsis FuncPrototype solution and then slip it  into XMLspec at the next major revision.  BTW, the wide availability of XSLT engines takes the sting out of backwards  incompatibility!  You can always distribute a stylesheet with an  incompatible DTD.  Perhaps we might want to consider easing up on the  DocBook revision schedule requirements.
Eve  At 08:29 PM 3/2/00 -0500, Norman Walsh wrote:
>Eve, >
>At the San Jose DocBook meeting, we briefly discussed adding
>EBNF markup to DocBook. It's not an uncommon request, but no
>proposal has been made. >
>With the growing use of the XML Spec DTD, it would seem a bit
>strange to add something to DocBook that was very different from
>that DTD, but that markup seems a little  loose  and tricky to
>process. >
>Could you easily construct a proposal by starting with the XML
>Spec model and  fixing it ? :-)

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