| 9 | | * !DocBook Guide: http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/ |
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| 10 | | * Guide to !DocBook: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-docbk.html |
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| 11 | | * DocBookFaq: Frequently asked questions that we have collected the answers to. |
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| 12 | | * !DocBook XSL Documentation: http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/doc/ |
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| 13 | | * !DocBook XSL reference -- http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/doc/reference.html |
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| | 13 | == Tools to Edit !DocBook == |
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| | 14 | * !LyX: http://www.lyx.org/ |
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| | 15 | * Conglomerate: http://www.conglomerate.org/ |
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| | 16 | * Abiword: http://www.gnome.org/gnome-office/abiword.shtml |
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| | 17 | * XmlEditorWithDocBookSupport: XML editors that support !DocBook in some way. |
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| | 18 | * XsltProcessors: The !DocBook XSL stylesheets must be processed by an XSLT processor to convert to HTML, XML-FO, etc. |
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| | 19 | * XmlFoEngines: Once !DocBook is converted to XML-FO, you still have to use one of these to generate the final view. |
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| | 20 | * CustomizingXslFo: Tips and links for customizing XSL-FO stylesheets |
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| 17 | | * !LyX: http://www.lyx.org/ |
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| 18 | | * Conglomerate: http://www.conglomerate.org/ |
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| 19 | | * Abiword: http://www.gnome.org/gnome-office/abiword.shtml |
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| 20 | | * XmlEditorWithDocBookSupport: XML editors that support !DocBook in some way. |
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| 21 | | * XsltProcessors: The !DocBook XSL stylesheets must be processed by an XSLT processor to convert to HTML, XML-FO, etc. |
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| 22 | | * XmlFoEngines: Once !DocBook is converted to XML-FO, you still have to use one of these to generate the final view. |
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| 23 | | * CustomizingXslFo: Tips and links for customizing XSL-FO stylesheets |
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| | 26 | == Tools to Generate PDF == |
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| | 27 | * XEP: Generates gorgeous PDFs, costs $5000 |
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| | 28 | * [[FOP]]: Generates nearly adequate PDFs, free |
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| | 29 | * !PassiveTeX: Requires [http://www.tug.org/texlive.html TeXLive], does not work reliably |
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| | 30 | * Jade with !JadeTeX: Uses DSSSL (deprecated) but does a good job |
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| 25 | | === Open issues with !LyX/DocBook === |
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| | 32 | == Tools to Edit XSL, XSTL, XSL:FO == |
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| | 33 | * [http://www.xmlsoftware.com/xsleditors/ List at xmlsoftware.com] |
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| | 34 | * [http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/xsleditor IBM's XSL Editor]: Written in Java, but apparently only works inside a Windows-only app. ??? |
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| | 35 | * [http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/xfc?open&l=766,t=grx,p=xfc IBM's XSL Formatting Objects Composer]: Free, Java |
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| | 36 | * Tool for tracing XSL conversions: http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/aw.nsf/reqs/xsltrace |
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| 27 | | * LyxDocBookSupport: What do we find currently lacking in lyx? |
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| 28 | | * 5 minute review by someone else about the same thing: http://www.teledyn.com/help/XML/lyx2db/t1.html |
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| 29 | | |
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| 30 | | == Tools to Generate PDF == |
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| 31 | | |
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| 32 | | * XEP: Generates gorgeous PDFs, costs $5000 |
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| 33 | | * [[FOP]]: Generates nearly adequate PDFs, free |
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| 34 | | * !PassiveTeX: Requires [http://www.tug.org/texlive.html TeXLive], does not work reliably |
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| 35 | | * Jade with !JadeTeX: Uses DSSSL (deprecated) but does a good job |
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| 36 | | |
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| 37 | | == Tools to Edit XSL, XSTL, XSL:FO == |
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| 38 | | |
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| 39 | | * [http://www.xmlsoftware.com/xsleditors/ List at xmlsoftware.com] |
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| 40 | | * [http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/xsleditor IBM's XSL Editor]: Written in Java, but apparently only works inside a Windows-only app. ??? |
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| 41 | | * [http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/xfc?open&l=766,t=grx,p=xfc IBM's XSL Formatting Objects Composer]: Free, Java |
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| 42 | | * Tool for tracing XSL conversions: http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/aw.nsf/reqs/xsltrace |
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| 43 | | |
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| 44 | | == Converters to !DocBook == |
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| 45 | | |
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| 46 | | * [http://www.logictran.com/ Logictran] will convert RTF to XML !DocBook and other formats (HTML, XHTML, etc.). doc2net will convert directly from DOC to XML on the command line. |
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| 47 | | * [http://freshmeat.net/projects/html2db/ html2db] will convert HTML files to !DocBook SGML |
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| 48 | | * Read about my harrowing experience of UsingHtml2DB |
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| | 38 | == Converters to !DocBook == |
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| | 39 | * [http://www.logictran.com/ Logictran] will convert RTF to XML !DocBook and other formats (HTML, XHTML, etc.). doc2net will convert directly from DOC to XML on the command line. |
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| | 40 | * [http://freshmeat.net/projects/html2db/ html2db] will convert HTML files to !DocBook SGML |
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| | 41 | * Read about my harrowing experience of UsingHtml2DB |
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