Hi Kasun, Our company developed a single source publishing core for the Confluence wiki - one of its implementations supports docbook export but also docbook import. The idea is that people leverage the collaborative and social features when writing their technical documentation or e.g. books (@sarahmaddox recently published a book at xmlpress using this approach - http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/ - Richard could tell you more about it)
Of course the core can export to PDF, EPUB, Microsoft Word 2007/2010, EclipseHelp and others also providing a kind of customization layer (called templates) to reflect your layout. But docbook itself was still very important for us because people should be able to leverage their existing publication chain. Cheers, Tobias -- Tobias Anstett, CTO Email: [email protected] | Mob. +49 (163) 1630 970 | Tel. +49 (711) 935 935-36 K15t Software GmbH, Senefelderstr. 17a, 70176 Stuttgart, GERMANY Tel. +49 (711) 935 935-30 | Fax. +49 (711) 935 935-39 Registration: Stuttgart HRB 729752, VAT ID: DE264753756 Geschaeftsfuehrer (CEO): Stefan Kleineikenscheidt http://www.k15t.com Single Source your Wiki. | Tools for wiki-based documentation. On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 7:58 AM, Kasun Gajasinghe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Richard Hamilton > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Kasun, >> >> I have done neither, so far. If you know of any organizations that we >> should speak with, let me know and I'll approach them. >> >> > I'll think about it. MoinMoin comes to my mind. Especially since we > already have an idea related to MoinMoin (Improve DocBook integration of > MoinMoin). > > >> Regarding the application page, my plan was to save a copy of the current >> page and start a new page using the new application. >> >> If you've got a little time and could start a new page with the >> application, that would be a big help because I'm in the middle of a very >> busy period for the next day or two. >> > > Sure. I'll move the current application page content to a new page > application2011, and make the current application page the 2012 one. That > way, the links to application won't be broken. We can do this again in > 2013, by moving this application to application2012 and so on... > > Thanks, > --KasunG > > >> Also, thanks for volunteering to be a mentor. I really appreciate it. >> >> Richard >> On Feb 29, 2012, at 9:53 PM, Kasun Gajasinghe wrote: >> >> > Hi Richard, >> > >> > Have you or any other asked from other organizations to vouch for >> DocBook? >> > Further, can I know your plan to update the application page? Some >> mandatory questions by Google [1] are not yet included in the application >> page. So, I was wondering whether you are keeping a draft of the >> application page in your local machine to get it to a certain standard >> before releasing! >> > >> > [1] >> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs#mentoring_application >> > >> > Thanks, >> > --Kasun >> > >> > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 2:37 AM, Richard Hamilton <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Google Summer of Code is beginning to ramp up again for 2012. >> > >> > I just updated the DocBook GSoC wiki (http://docbook.xmlpress.net) for >> 2012, and it is now open for ideas, mentor sign-ups, and other input. >> > >> > Stefan Seefeld has volunteered to be co-administrator again (thanks >> Stefan), and XML Press is glad to be administrative contact. >> > >> > If you're interested in participating, check out the wiki, add some >> ideas, and sign up as a mentor. >> > >> > Right now, the ideas page and the application page are copied from >> 2011, so feel free to update/remove information as appropriate. As soon as >> I get a few minutes, I'll update the application page with any changes for >> 2012. >> > >> > Our ability to make a credible application that gets accepted by GSoC >> depends almost entirely on the level of interest and participation from the >> community, so if you're interested, speak up. >> > >> > The requirements on mentors are not that large, and it's a great chance >> to work with smart, dedicated students. Some of the students from 2010 have >> become active members of the DocBook community, so we know the program >> helps grow our base. >> > >> > The application period opens up on Feb 27 and extends to March 9. You >> can see more of the schedule, and pointers to Google's pages about the >> program, at http://docbook.xmlpress.net. >> > >> > Best Regards, >> > Dick Hamilton >> > ------- >> > XML Press >> > XML for Technical Communicators >> > http://xmlpress.net >> > [email protected] >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > ~~~*******'''''''''''''*******~~~ >> > Kasun Gajasinghe >> > Software Engineer; WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.com, >> > linked-in: http://lk.linkedin.com/in/gajasinghe >> > blog: http://blog.kasunbg.org >> > twitter: http://twitter.com/kasunbg >> > >> >> > > > -- > ~~~*******'''''''''''''*******~~~ > *Kasun Gajasinghe* > Software Engineer; WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.com, > *linked-in: *http://lk.linkedin.com/in/gajasinghe* > * > *blog: **http://blog.kasunbg.org* <http://blog.kasunbg.org/> > > * > twitter: **http://twitter.com/kasunbg* <http://twitter.com/kasunbg> > >
