Preface
This edition attempts to document a customization of DocBook V5.1b3. It has no normative standing.
DocBook Publishers: The Definitive Guide is essentially a special edition of DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide. It probably doesn't stand entirely on its own very well. We assume, for example, that you're familiar with DocBook and have read the introductory material from the original.
The element reference of this book describes the elements (and content models) of the publishers schema, but the prose of those pages is still largely the same as the prose from the original. Over time, we expect that situation to change and improve.
Acknowledgements
The following individuals have participated in the creation of this specification and are gratefully acknowledged:
- Jim Earley, Flatirons Solutions
- Nic Gibson, Individual
- Dick Hamilton, Individual
- John Hanratty, Reed Elsevier
- Gary Hoffman, Individual
- Dave Pawson, Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB)
- John Pederson, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Norman Walsh, MarkLogic Corporation
- Keith Fahlgren, Threepress Consulting, Inc. (Secretary)
- Scott Hudson, Pelco (Chair, Editor)
The chapters of this book are largely derived from the OASIS committee draft The DocBook Publishers Schema Version 1.0 by Scott Hudson.