I brought up a lot of these same issues in this thread: http://markmail.org/thread/4t3c35hm7o2ugv6s I understand Norman Walsh has an action item to think about how best to clean up the websites.
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 8:20 AM, wolfgang haefelinger < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello Jirka, > > > It depends on what you mean but current? The latest version in 5.0, but > > it doesn't mean that can't successfully use 4.5 or even older versions. > > Then I rephrase "current" as: > > 1. What is the latest version of DocBook? > 2. What is the status of version 5.0? > 3. Which version is recommended to be used? > > >> Therefore I conclude that the official version of DocBook is version > >> 4.5 and 5.0 is still about to be released ... > > > > You shouldn't apply pure logic to information spread over web on several > > and sometimes un-updated web pages. > > That's my point after all. If docbook.org is the "primary resource" > about Docbook, then I expect to get well informed by this source. But > perhaps I do not understand who actually maintains this site. > > >> Wouldn't it be wise to make www.docbook.org the official DocBook page? > > > > It depends on what you mean by official? docbook.org is the primary > > resource about DocBook, but institutionally development is done inside > > OASIS -- but as OASIS doesn't provide the most flexible environment for > > managing web content. > > With "official" I mean the primary resource, especially for regular > users. However, my focus was not on "official" but rather what > docbook.org is all about. The page itself states that it is the home > page for a book which confuses me. Shouldn't that be changed to make > it the primary resource for Docbook? > > > > If you want to get overview of versions, go to > > > > http://www.docbook.org/specs/ > > > > there is missing recent important change that DocBook 5.0 was approved > > as an OASIS Standard. > > Needs then to be updated. > > >> Wouldn't it be wise further to state there the role of > >> other"official" sites like FAQ, TC etc, the current version and the > >> role of > >> older versions (supported, update) ?? > > > > In general this is good idea, but such information would anyway one time > > became out-of-date. > > So does any information published :-) > > Seriously, don't understand your point here .. > > -- > Wolfgang Häfelinger > häfelinger IT - Applied Software Architecture > http://www.haefelinger.it > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
