On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Mauritz Jeanson <[email protected]> wrote: > | -----Original Message----- > | From: Bob Stayton > | > | I have had a long standing goal to modernize the HTML output > | from the > | DocBook XSL stylesheets. We have too many instances of > | hardcoded styles like > | <b> and other transgressions of modern HTML practice. > > > One important point is to ensure that 100% valid and conformant output can > be generated (both HTML and XHTML). Sometimes that is harder than it should > be.
I don't think that generating valid HTML needs to be a short-term goal. My suggestion would be to focus first on clean & valid XHTML output, then decide how much more work (if any) it would take to create valid HTML. > And perhaps someone has an opinion on the claim that the current (X)HTML > output suffers from "div-itis" (excessive use of <div> elements). See > http://backtobase.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/docbook-is-not-making-my-life-eas > ier/. I don't find this a very concerning opinion at this time. Keith --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
