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RE: [docbook-apps] Modularization technique
- From: Jeff Beal <jeff dot beal at ansys dot com>
- To: 'Taro Ikai' <tikai at ABINITIO dot COM>, docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Cc: Bob Stayton <bobs at sco dot com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:44:48 -0400
- Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] Modularization technique
Good XML editors have their own mechanisms for dealing with this problem.
(In fact, I don't consider an editor to be good unless it has such a
mechanism.) Epic wraps the DOCTYPE declarations with XML comments.
Emacs/PSGML uses local buffer variables to point to the parent document.
XMetal uses a processing instruction to point to the DTD. WordPerfect has a
catalog that maps the root element to the DTD. I've never used FrameMaker,
so I don't know if it passes my "good XML editor" test, but I would expect
it to have some sort of workaround.
Jeff Beal
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Taro Ikai [mailto:tikai@ABINITIO.COM]
> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 2:32 PM
> To: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
> Cc: Bob Stayton
> Subject: [docbook-apps] Modularization technique
>
>
> I am now facing a problem in breaking down a book into sub-documents.
> Bob Stayton described the problem once:
>
>
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook/200002/msg00200.html (*)
>
> Bob talks about the use of <xi:include> and <olink> as a
> solution for this
> problem at his web site:
>
> http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/ModularDoc.html
>
> I am concerned that once I switch to using <olink>, it will be nearly
> impossible to reimport the document into FrameMaker.
>
> I want to edit my sub-documents with a validating editor
> (Emacs w/ psgml),
>
> so I'm tempted to go with Option B cited in Bob's original post(*).
>
> Is my concern about mapping the <olink>'ed DocBook documents to
> FrameMaker files unwarranted?
>
> Are there grave concerns with using the Option B?
>
> What
>
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