Hi, On Tuesday 10 October 2006 08:53, Sean Wheller wrote: > On Tuesday 10 October 2006 08:29, Thomas Schraitle wrote: > > On Monday 09 October 2006 09:08, Sean Wheller wrote: > > > [...] > > > > > > > In which format will LSL be written? > > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > In DocBook xml (or novdoc, which is a subset of DocBook). > > > > > > No, novdoc is not a standard. Docbook is a standard. So is > > > DITA. > > > > You misinterpreted that, he didn't claim that Novdoc is a > > standard. :) It's an exchange format intentionally with the same > > elements and structure like DocBook. Not more not less. > > Oh I see. > > So what is the advantage of using Novdoc in the community?
Well, just to make it clearer: The elements and structure are the same but as Frank wrote it is a bit more restricted than DocBook. Think of a kind of Simple DocBook DTD. At the moment it is an exchange format between Novell and SUSE only. For the communitiy it's a matter of taste: Some prefer more restricted DTDs others need the freedom to express their thoughts in a more verbose markup. > I mean isn't it just better to use the full docbook dtd and xsl's, > perhaps with a customization layer from the onset? Of course. :) For the LfL project I would recommend DocBook anyway as it is not as restricted than Novdoc. Tom -- Thomas Schraitle ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH >o) Tel: +49-(0)911-740 53 131 Maxfeldstrasse 5 /\\ Documentation Specialist 90409 Nuernberg, Germany _\_v http://www.suse.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
