DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide 1.0

By Norman Walsh
Published by O`Reilly Media (http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596805012)

Complete Documentation of DocBook 5

If you need a reliable tool for technical documentation, this book helps you take advantage of DocBook -- the popular XML schema originally developed to document computer and hardware projects. DocBook 5.0 has been expanded and simplified to address documentation needs in other fields, and it’s quickly becoming the tool of choice for many content providers. This book has everything you need to know about DocBook 5.0 -- it’s the official documentation of this schema.

* Learn how to write DocBook XML documents
* Understand DocBook 5.0’s elements and attributes, and how they fit together
* Determine whether your documents conform to the DocBook schema
* Learn about options for publishing DocBook to various output formats
* Customize the DocBook schema to meet your needs
* Get additional information about DocBook editing and processing

About the Authors
Norm Walsh, a principal technologist at Mark Logic Corporation, is chair of the DocBook Technical Committee at OASIS. At the W3C, he is chair of the XML Processing Model Working Group and co-chair of the XML Core Working Group.

Richard L. Hamilton is founder and owner of XML Press, a publishing imprint dedicated to technical communicators, managers, and marketers. He has more than 10 years experience leading documentation tools and writing teams at AT&T, Novell, and Hewlett-Packard.

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