From: Norman W. <nw...@us...> - 2005-10-16 22:16:05
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Update of /cvsroot/docbook/docbook/relaxng/docbook/spec In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv4901 Modified Files: docbook.xml Log Message: Updates from Dick Hamilton Index: docbook.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/docbook/docbook/relaxng/docbook/spec/docbook.xml,v retrieving revision 1.4 retrieving revision 1.5 diff -u -U2 -r1.4 -r1.5 --- docbook.xml 1 Jul 2005 19:28:59 -0000 1.4 +++ docbook.xml 16 Oct 2005 22:15:56 -0000 1.5 @@ -44,5 +44,5 @@ <abstract><title>Abstract</title> -<para>DocBook is general purpose <xref linkend="xml-rec"/> schema +<para>DocBook is a general purpose <xref linkend="xml-rec"/> schema particularly well suited to books and papers about computer hardware and software (though it is by no means limited to these applications). @@ -98,5 +98,6 @@ Technical Committee</ulink> maintains the DocBook schema. Starting with V5.0, DocBook is normatively available as a <xref -linkend="relaxng"/> Schema. W3C XML Schema and Document Type +linkend="relaxng"/> Schema (with some additional Schematron assertions). +W3C XML Schema and Document Type Definition (DTD) versions are also available. </para> @@ -383,5 +384,5 @@ names: customizers might very well want to adjust the content models of info elements at different levels. For example, a copyright -statement might be required at the book level, or an an author +statement might be required at the book level, or an author forbidden at the sub-section level. In DTDs, thereâs only one content model allowed per element name, so in order to support independent @@ -450,5 +451,5 @@ <section> -<title>Datatypes</title> +<title>Data Types</title> <para>DocBook V5.0 adds a few simple data types. For example, the @@ -517,5 +518,5 @@ automatically and authors never have to produce markup for them by hand, this simplified content model should make it easier for authors -to generate when necessary. One possible application of hand-authored +to generate them when necessary. One possible application of hand-authored <sgmltag>toc</sgmltag> markup is to generate custom hierarchies which can be assembled on-the-fly from a library of topics marked up in @@ -548,7 +549,8 @@ subsets of extensions of DocBook.</para> -<para>For users familiar with the intricacies of XML DTD syntax and -the rather complex and highly stylized patterns of parameter entity -usage in DocBook, this is possible in DocBook V4.x.</para> +<para>Customization is possible in DocBook V4.x, but because of the +intricacies of XML DTD syntax and the complex and highly stylized +patterns of parameter entitiy usage in DocBook, it's not as easy as we +would like it to be.</para> <para>In DocBook V5.0, we hope to take advantage of RELAX NGs more @@ -891,5 +893,5 @@ <title>Intellectual Property Rights</title> -<para>For information on wether any patents have been disclosed that may be +<para>For information on whether any patents have been disclosed that may be essential to implementing this specification, and any offers of patent licensing terms, please refer to the Intellectual Property Rights section |