Hi Alex, Successful validation against the DocBook schema is only possible if the instance is well-formed XML. So, if jing says a DocBook instance is valid, it also means the instance does not have any XML parsing errors.
Best Regards, Dick Hamilton ------- XML Press XML for Technical Communicators http://xmlpress.net [email protected] On Jun 3, 2013, at 8:18 PM, Alex Kleider wrote: > As a new comer to DocBook I've bee using the following tool chain: > > jing /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/rng/5.0/docbook.rng docbookDocument.xml > xmlto --skip-validation html bluebook.xml > > It seems to work, but: > > From my reading: > DocBook.xml must first be checked for XML parsing errors before it is > validated against docbook.rng (RelaxNG grammer and Schematron rules.) > Jing is a RelaxNG validator (in Java.) > > Does Jing also check xml parsing errors or should I be using another tool > first? > I can't find clarification of this issue on the Jing site (or anywhere else, > for that matter.) > > I've been using vim as my editor, on a Linux (Ubuntu) platform. > > Any advice/guidance appreciated. > Thanks. > > alex > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
