DocBook and Simplified DocBook are for technical documentation, and in particular for documenting software. Not just books, but also articles, "white papers" etc. Open eBook, as far as I understand it (I'm not really familiar with it), is for books, and not for technical books in particular, let alone books about software.
BTW, I've written two software manuals in SDBk (which is well-documented on the web), so for me personally it would be easier to write than using the Cocoon documentation DTDs. But so long as the Cocoon DTDs are themselves well-documented I don't really care. In fact, for such a collaborative situation, I'm sure it's better to have a small set of very simple DTDs so that anyone can quickly write a "recipe" for the community. But then the meta-documentation (how to write a "recipe") is also essential if people are going to write docs for Cocoon: otherwise the Cocoon doc formats will just hold people back from writing! ;-) Con > -----Original Message----- > From: Ivelin Ivanov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:26 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: DocBook vs Open eBook > > > > So do you have preferences between Open eBook and simplified DocBook? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Conal Tuohy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 1:01 AM > Subject: RE: DocBook vs Open eBook > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Bernhard Huber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Monday, 3 June 2002 04:18 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: DocBook vs Open eBook > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > I think the reason for using Apache DTD is more historic, > as at the > > > beginning > > > the DocBook was not that much mature. > > > Moreover think about that the Docbook DTD is more complicate, and > > > it may take a bit longer to start using it. > > > Neither of these arguments stops from switching to the > Docbook DTD. > > > bye bernhard > > > > DocBook IS very complicated (hundreds of elements). But > there is a doctype > > called "Simplified DocBook" which is a subset of the full > DocBook. I've > used > > it myself; It's not very complicated at all, but I think it > is probably > rich > > enough. > > > > http://www.docbook.org/xml/simple/index.html > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
