Hello,
I'm the Chair of the OASIS DocBook Technical Committee. The Committee is
in the last stages of getting The DocBook Schema Version 5.2 through the
OASIS approval process. We need to submit three Statements of Use of
the new schema, and I would like to ask if any participants in the
DocBook user community might like to submit one. You need not be a
member of OASIS to submit one. Here are the requirements for making such
a Statement:
* It is a written statement that a party has successfully used or
implemented that specification in accordance with all or some of its
conformance clauses, identifying those clauses that apply, and
stating whether its use included the interoperation of multiple
independent implementations. The conformance clauses for DocBook
5.3 are:
o This specification normatively defines DocBook V5.2 with a RELAX
NG grammar and a set of Schematron assertions. A conformant
DocBook V5.2 document must be valid according to both the
grammar and the assertions.
o The reference documentation describes additional constraints and
processing expectations. A conformant DocBook V5.2 document
should respect those constraints and anticipate those processing
expectations.
o See http://www.relaxng.org/for a list of tools that can validate
an XML document using RELAX NG. Note that not all products are
capable of evaluating the Schematron assertions in the schema.
* The Statement of Use must be made to a specific version of the
Specification and must include the Specification’s approval date.
In this case DocBook Schema Version 5.2 Committee Specification 01,
dated 19 July 2023, available at
https://docs.oasis-open.org/docbook/docbook/v5.2/cs01/docbook-v5.2-cs01.html
* The Statement from a nonmember should be submitted to the comment
facility:
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/comments/form.php?wg_abbrev=docbook
The DocBook TC will evaluate and vote to accept any Statements that are
submitted. Let me know if you have any questions.
Any help you can provide on this issue would be much appreciated. If you
are unable to submit a statement, perhaps you could refer me to other
users whom I could contact.
Bob Stayton
Chair, OASIS DocBook Technical Committee
[email protected]
