My Bad - I should have mentioned the errors I am getting. Below ch03.xml is the chapter, and ch03a.xml is the introduction. ch03b.xml, ... ch03e.xml wraps everything in a customary <section></section> and validates fine.
$ xsltproc -V Using libxml 20706, libxslt 10126 and libexslt 815 xsltproc was compiled against libxml 20706, libxslt 10126 and libexslt 815 libxslt 10126 was compiled against libxml 20706 libexslt 815 was compiled against libxml 20706 $ uname -a Linux studio 2.6.32-38-generic #83-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 4 11:12:07 UTC 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux Jeff $ ./make-book.sh ch03.xml:4: element chapter: validity error : Element chapter content does not follow the DTD, expecting (beginpage? , chapterinfo? , (title , subtitle? , titleabbrev?) , (toc | lot | index | glossary | bibliography)* , tocchap? , (((calloutlist | glosslist | bibliolist | itemizedlist | orderedlist | segmentedlist | simplelist | variablelist | caution | important | note | tip | warning | literallayout | programlisting | programlistingco | screen | screenco | screenshot | synopsis | cmdsynopsis | funcsynopsis | classsynopsis | fieldsynopsis | constructorsynopsis | destructorsynopsis | methodsynopsis | formalpara | para | simpara | address | blockquote | graphic | graphicco | mediaobject | mediaobjectco | informalequation | informalexample | informalfigure | informaltable | equation | example | figure | table | msgset | procedure | sidebar | qandaset | task | anchor | bridgehead | remark | highlights | abstract | authorblurb | epigraph | indexterm | beginpage)+ , (sect1* | refentry* | simplesect* | section*)) | sect1+ | refentry+ | simplesect+ | section+) , (toc | lot | index | glossary | bibliography)*), got (title simplesect section section section section ) ch03a.xml:4: element simplesect: validity error : Element simplesect content does not follow the DTD, expecting ((title , subtitle? , titleabbrev?) , (calloutlist | glosslist | bibliolist | itemizedlist | orderedlist | segmentedlist | simplelist | variablelist | caution | important | note | tip | warning | literallayout | programlisting | programlistingco | screen | screenco | screenshot | synopsis | cmdsynopsis | funcsynopsis | classsynopsis | fieldsynopsis | constructorsynopsis | destructorsynopsis | methodsynopsis | formalpara | para | simpara | address | blockquote | graphic | graphicco | mediaobject | mediaobjectco | informalequation | informalexample | informalfigure | informaltable | equation | example | figure | table | msgset | procedure | sidebar | qandaset | task | anchor | bridgehead | remark | highlights | abstract | authorblurb | epigraph | indexterm | beginpage)+), got (simplesect para para para indexterm indexterm note ) ch03a.xml:5: element simplesect: validity error : Element simplesect content does not follow the DTD, expecting ((title , subtitle? , titleabbrev?) , (calloutlist | glosslist | bibliolist | itemizedlist | orderedlist | segmentedlist | simplelist | variablelist | caution | important | note | tip | warning | literallayout | programlisting | programlistingco | screen | screenco | screenshot | synopsis | cmdsynopsis | funcsynopsis | classsynopsis | fieldsynopsis | constructorsynopsis | destructorsynopsis | methodsynopsis | formalpara | para | simpara | address | blockquote | graphic | graphicco | mediaobject | mediaobjectco | informalequation | informalexample | informalfigure | informaltable | equation | example | figure | table | msgset | procedure | sidebar | qandaset | task | anchor | bridgehead | remark | highlights | abstract | authorblurb | epigraph | indexterm | beginpage)+), got (indexterm indexterm indexterm indexterm indexterm ) Document book.xml does not validate On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a *really* long chapter. I thought I would break it down so > that the chapter had a bunch of xinclude's with the following > structure: > > $ cat test.xml > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?> > <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" > "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"> > > <book> > <chapter id="ch_test"> > <title>Chapter Test</title> > <xi:include href="test-intro.xml" > xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> > <xi:include href="test-section.xml" > xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> > .... > </chapter> > </book> > > $ cat test-intro.xml > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?> > <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" > "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"> > <simplesect> > <indexterm> > <primary>Foo</primary> > </indexterm> > > <para>Foo is mildly discussed in this introduction.</para> > </simplesect> > > The problem I am having is: (1) the introduction is *not* a section - > it starts of with <indexterm> and then <para>; and (2) it won't > validate. I also tried wrapping the introduction in <simplesect>, but > no joy. I've attached a simple test case (xmllint-test.zip). > > How does on xinclude free form text which is part of <para> (but has > no corresponding <section>)? > > My apologies if the attachment is not appropriate. > http://www.docbook.org/guidelines did not appear to ban simple test > cases. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-unsubscr...@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-h...@lists.oasis-open.org