The Official Documentation for the DocBook DTD Released

The Official Documentation for the DocBook DTD Released by O'Reilly: DocBook: the Definitive Guide

SEBASTOPOL, California. November 09, 1999.

The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS), the organization responsible for the continued maintenance of the DocBook DTD, has designated O'Reilly's latest release, DocBook: the Definitive Guide, as the official documentation of the DocBook DTD.

DocBook: the Definitive Guide was written by Leonard Muellner and Norman Walsh, who is the creator of the DocBook XML implementation. This important new book is the complete and official documentation of the DocBook Document Type Definition (DTD) and many of its associated tools.

DocBook is a system for writing structured documents using SGML and XML. DocBook, provides all the elements you'll need for technical documents of all kinds. A number of computer companies use DocBook for their documentation, as do several Open Source documentation groups, including the Linux Documentation Project (LDP). With the consistent use of DocBook, these groups can readily share and exchange information. With an XML-enabled browser, DocBook documents are as accessible on the Web as in print.

DocBook: the Definitive Guide will be at your local bookstore, and in its entirety, online at the following URLs:

O'Reilly: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/docbook/chapter/book/docbook.html

OASIS: http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/documentation/reference/index.html

The DocBook site: http://www.docbook.org/tdg/html

In this book, you'll find:

A brief introduction to SGML and XML
A guide to creating documents with the DocBook DTD and associated stylesheets
Information about using SGML and XML tools like Jade and DSSSL
A guide to customizing DocBook
A complete SGML and XML reference, including examples, for every DocBook element

In addition, the CD-ROM contains:

The complete source text of this book, in both SGML and HTML
All the examples from the book
DSSSLStylesheets that let you convert DocBook documents to RTF, LaTeX, or HTML
The DocBook DTD for SGML, version 3.1
The DocBk DTD for XML, version 3.1.5

OASIS, the organization that is the official maintainer of the DocBook DTD, has identified DocBook: the Definitive Guide as the official documentation for the DocBook DTD.

For more information about the book, including Table of Contents, index, author bio, and online book, see: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/docbook/

For a cover graphic in jpeg format, go to: ftp://ftp.ora.com/pub/graphics/book_covers/hi-res/1565925807.jpg.

DocBook: the Definitive Guide
By Norman Walsh & Leonard Muellner
1-56592-580-7, 652 pages, $36.95 (US$) , Includes CD-ROM
order@oreilly.com
1-800-998-9938
http://www.oreilly.com

For more information, a review copy, cover art, or interview with the authors, contact: Lisa Mann (707) 829-0515 ext 230 or lisam@oreilly.com

CONTACT:
O'Reilly & Associates
Lisa Mann
707/829-0515 ext 230
lisam@oreilly.com

Prepared by Robin Cover for the The SGML/XML Web Page archive.

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