Hi Jose We're just looking into using docbook for both integrated help and the user manual, so a maven docbook plugin would really be appreciated.
-- Rune On 11/24/05, Jeff Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jose, > > Fantastic! "...if there is interest...", yes there is! I will need docbook > from Maven in the near future. > > And your auto olink db generation sounds great! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jose Gonzalez Gomez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 2:38 AM > To: Maven Users List > Subject: Docbook plugin > > Hi there, > > I have a preliminary version of a Docbook plugin for Maven2. Here is my > typical use case: > > I use to write project documentation (at least requirements) using Unified > Process "artifacts" (Software requirements specification, actors > specification, glossary, risk list, use case specifications,...). My main > objective is to have a lot of small, manageable and interlinked documents > that form the whole documentation and that can be easily browsed using an > Internet browser. To achieve this I use Docbook articles with cross > references between documents using olink. In order to transform this > documents into a browsable web, you must supply a olink database to the > Docbook stylesheets to enable external link resolution. > > The plugin scans existing Docbook files and automatically generates the > olink database using the standard stylesheets. Once the database is created, > transforms every document (no chunking nor toc) using the provided database. > The only requirement for this to work is to use a predefined schema to build > the name of referenced documents (very easy). > > I know this is a very focused use case and implementation, so I would like > to know if there is interest in this to publish it as open source, and maybe > add more requirements and flexibility to it... > > Best regards > Jose > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
