Just in case Simplified DocBook is of any interest, here is what I
got from their email list:
Hi JC,
I can certainly bring this up at the next TC meeting.
Norm has created some DocBook NG versions of Simplified in the past
(see http://docbook.org/docbook-ng/simple/), so it should be fairly
straightforward to create the next version based on the official
DocBook v5.
The transition guide (http://www.docbook.org/docs/howto/) should
apply for Simplified docs, too.
I would imagine that the 1.2 release would be based on NG (5.0)
rather than 4.5 at this point.
Best regards,
--Scott
Jean-Christophe Helary wrote:
On Aug 16, 2007, at 11:42 AM, Scott Hudson wrote:
Hi Jean,
the current official release is 1.1. There is also a 1.2CR1,
based on DocBook 4.5, but we have not taken it further.
I would anticipate providing a newer version based on DocBook
v5.0, once it is officially released.
Thank you Scott. I saw that info on the page but I asked since
nothing new seemed to be happening on that front.
So, we'd have a new CR based on DB 5.0 in the near future ?
How compatible would that one be with the 1.1 version ? And would
the 1.2 version still be released in the end ?
JC
On Aug 14, 2007, at 9:22 PM, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote:
On Aug 14, 2007, at 9:16 PM, Frank Peters wrote:
So since Docbook is so profuse, using OOo for this XML DTD would
be an ultimate challenge. If you can restrict usage to a limited
subset that would make things easier.
What about using "Simplified DocBook" ? I am talking about
authoring OOo documentation, not about DocBook authoring in OOo in
general, of course.
Simplified DocBook is based on DocBook 4.5 and is "suited to
articles about computer hardware and software (though it is by no
means limited to these applications)."
http://www.docbook.org/specs/sdocbook-1.2CR1-spec-wd-01.html
The previous version was based on DocBook 4.3
http://www.docbook.org/specs/cs-docbook-simple-1.1.html
Jean-Christophe
