Re: EBNF for DocBook

Eve L. Maler  wrote: >
> 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.  That'd be goodness indeed.  >
> 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.  That's only applicable in a pure XML environment

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I would recommend strongly against this until we're at version 5.0  Eduardo  >
>
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 ? :-) >  > --
> Eve Maler
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> elm @ east.sun.com
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