On 21 May 2018 at 16:27, N. Raghavendra <> wrote:
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> Regarding a DTD for my extended schema, I have a few queries:
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> 1. How difficult is it to start with a DocBook XML DTD, and extend it by
> adding the elements I had mentioned, to get a new XML DTD?
Can be done... I have not used a DTD for ... 10 years?
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> 2. Is it possible to get a DTD for 5.1? The spec of DocBook 5.1 at
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> http://docs.oasis-open.org/docbook/docbook/v5.1/os/docbook-v5.1-os.html
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> says, "The Technical Committee provides the DocBook 5.1 schema in other
> schema languages, including W3C XML Schema and an XML DTD, but the RELAX
> NG Schema is the normative schema." The distribution at
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> https://docbook.org/xml/5.1/
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> does not seem to have an XML DTD.
DTD is yesterdays tool?
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> 3. Is it important to use an editor that understands RELAX NG?
I think so. YMMV?
Sorry, many of us moved to RNG/C a long time ago, as a much better
tool for more complex schemas?
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