Tim, To the extent that I understand what you are trying to do, I think I'd go with customizing the stylesheet. I prefer not to mess with the schema unless I have to.
Dick Hamilton --------------------------------- XML Press XML for Technical Communicators http://xmlpress.net (970) 231-3624 > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Arnold [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 11:36 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [docbook] customize xslt or customize the schema? > > > Hi, I'm trying to decide how best to solve a problem I have > with some tech documentation. > The doc is originally in LaTeX and I'm converting to DocBook > 5 (using plasTeX). The doc contains both Figure and 'Output' > elements. > When rendered, a Figure is numbered as chapter.figure > > The 'Output' element is like a Figure, but appears only in > Examples, and is numbered as chapter.example.output > > There are of course references to both Figures and Outputs. > > Which way should I go for this situation--add a new element > by customizing the schema or customize the xsl stylesheets to > use different numbering and gentext? I can differentiate > between the two with xpath. (something like this: > chapter//figure versus chapter/example/fig...@remap=output) > > thanks for any insights. > --Tim Arnold > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
