Re: [docbook-apps] Simpler XHTML output

[Jirka Kosek <jirka at kosek dot cz>]

Rene Hache wrote:

> Please reply, comment make suggestions. I have never written something
> this nature but willing to get the ball rolling.
>
> 1. The XHTML output will comply with the W3C XHTML 1.1 recommendation,

Using XHTML 1.1 is not good idea because:

1) it must be labelled as MIME type text/xml, application/xml or 
application/xhtml+xml per specification

2a) XML parser in IE chokes on XHTML DTD when page is served as text/xml

2b) IE doesn't render page when it is sent as application/*, in this 
case IE offers saving to file

Pragmatical approach is to use XHTML 1.0 that can be labelled as 
text/html when HTML compatibility mode is used.

> 5. The only DIV to be created inside the main content will be for
> admonitions, sidebar and highlights.

Why? That way you will not be able to control rendering of whole section 
or titlepage for example. Current stylesheets wrap these structures 
inside <div class="section"> or <div class="titlepage"> respectively.

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