FW: "DocBook: The Definitive Guide" from O'Reilly

Brandon Gohsman brandon at squareonedesign.com
Sun Nov 14 19:56:45 CST 1999


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-----Original Message-----
From: Christina Silveira [mailto:cms at oreilly.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 6:35 PM
To: brandon at squareonedesign.com
Subject: "DocBook: The Definitive Guide" from O'Reilly

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  
CONTACT: Christina Silveira
(707)829-0515 ext. 339
cms at oreilly.com
http://www.oreilly.com

November 10, 1999

Request Your Review Copy from Christina
The Official Documentation for the DocBook DTD Released by O'Reilly:
DocBook: The Definitive Guide

SEBASTOPOL, CA-The Organization for the Advancement of Structured
Information Standards (OASIS), which is 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. It 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 will find:

* A brief introduction to SGML and XML
* A guide to creating documents with the DocBook DTD and associated
style sheets
* 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  accompanying CD-ROM contains:

* The complete source text of this book, in both SGML and HTML
* All the examples from the book
* DSSSL style sheets 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

More information about the book, including Table of Contents,
index, author bio, and an online version
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/docbook/

Cover graphic in jpeg format
ftp://ftp.ora.com/pub/graphics/book_covers/hi-res/1565925807.jpg

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DocBook: The Definitive Guide
By Norman Walsh & Leonard Muellner
1-56592-580-7, 652 pages, $36.95 (US$) , Includes CD-ROM




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