Hi Lars,
Your assumption about needing to use the XSLT 2.0 stylesheets with DocBook 5 is 
not correct.  8^)
The XSLT 1.0 stylesheets in the docbook-xsl-ns-1.76.1 distribution can be used 
with DocBook 5 (the "ns" stands for namespaced).  That usage is documented here:

http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/ProcesingDb5.html#Db5Xslt

Regarding the HTML output, the html/docbook.xsl stylesheet file in Norm's 2.0 
distro has this to indicate it is xhtml output:

  <xsl:output method="xhtml" encoding="utf-8" indent="no"/>

So the default output is XHTML.

I'll just mention that HTML5 support is coming to the XSLT 1.0 stylesheets as 
well.  I've been working on the EPUB3 output, which requires HTML5.  So the 
next XSLT 1.0 distribution will include XHTML5 and EPUB3 stylesheets.  I expect 
to have them included in a snapshot distribution very soon. 

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
[email protected]


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lars Vogel 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 6:05 AM
  Subject: [docbook-apps] DocBook XSLT 2.0 Stylesheets question with regards to 
XHTML output


  Hello,


  I say a tweet from Norman Walsh that the XSLT 2.0 Stylesheets will convert to 
HTML5 which I like. I assume that if I want to use DocBook5 I have to use the 
new  XSLT 2.0 Stylesheets for conversion. Please correct me if that assumption 
is incorrect.


  As far as I know DocBook XSLT Stylesheets prio to 2.0 that the option to 
convert either to  HTML or XHTML output via different stylesheets. I see the 
DocBook XSLT 2.0 Stylesheets have no "xhtml" subfolder. 


  My question:


  --------------
  Will DocBook XSLT 2.0 Stylesheets per default convert to XHTML?
  --------------


  I would like what but could not find information about that in the "README" 
of Normans Release.


  Best regards, Lars


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  Lars
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