Has anyone had a chance to try out the stylesheets? It is really easy since one of
the stylesheets will convert a single-file DocBook document into modular files with an
assembly document.
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
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From: "Bob Stayton" <>
To: "DocBook Technical Committee" <>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 9:58 PM
Subject: assembly stylesheet now available
> Hi,
> I've created a new version of the assembly stylesheet kit and posted it to DocBook
> SourceForge. Look under Files, then Assembly, and select the zip file named
> assembly-xsl-2011-08-21.zip. The README in the zip file contains the initial doc,
> which I will be expanding over time.
>
> The kit includes a stylesheet to disassemble a DocBook 5 document into modular topic
> files and generate a matching assembly element. You can use that to easily convert
> an existing book into modular topic files. Then you can apply the assemble.xsl
> stylesheet to put it back together, effectively roundtripping the document. Or you
> can edit the assembly to try out various features and generate different output
> documents.
>
> I have included in the zip file the latest schema files (5.1b4), which include the
> assembly elements.
>
> I'm initially only informing the TC about this kit, so please give it a try. Once I
> get some feedback that it is working reasonably well I'll announce it to
> docbook-apps for more people to play with.
>
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
>
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