RE: DOCBOOK: Technical DTDs vs. non-technical

[Laurie Mann <laurie dot mann at ansys dot com>]

I agree with Alvaro; while DocBook can be "stretched" a little
to go beyond "just" technical documentation, the implication that
it can be meaningfully used for plays and the like isn't realistic.
It's also something of a misuse of XML, because the entities
are no longer semantically associated with the meaning enbedded
in the document.

For example, the idea of a "character" (not in the ASCII sense) is
central to a play.  So is the idea of a "setting".  The only way
to tag this using DocBook is to use attributes.  But that's not
the best way.  You can always look at Jon Bosak's DTD for
plays for examples.

http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/bosakShakespeare200.html