People keep asking about whether or when we will move to DocBook XML.
So here is my summary on that issue.
First of all, moving to DocBook XML will not do anything in the way of
improving our output processing abilities. Any tool that you can use
on DocBook SGML can also be used on DocBook XM
Possible advantages of using XML:
- Future DocBook development will be XML-only (or at least XML-mainly),
so in the (very) long run we will have to switch anyway because the
tools aren't there anymore.
Well sgml tools is probably a long way from dying as you note with (very) ;)
- XML edi
Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> > - Translation tools may work better with XML sources. (Totally
> > unconfirmed; would need to be in actual use by someone.)
>
> Do you mean language translation or transformation (as in pdf?).
Language translation
> > - More typing: Things like foo and other abbreviati
