If you need a reliable tool for technical documentation, this clear and concise reference will help you take advantage of DocBook, the popular XML schema originally developed to document computer and hardware projects. DocBook 5.0 has been expanded and simplified to address documentation needs in other fields, and it's quickly becoming the tool of choice for many content providers.
DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide is the complete, official documentation of DocBook 5.0. You'll find everything you need to know to use DocBook 5.0's features-including its improved content model-whether you're new to DocBook or an experienced user of previous versions.
<ul>
<li>Learn how to write DocBook XML documents</li>
<li>Understand DocBook 5.0's elements and attributes, and how they fit together</li>
<li>Determine whether your documents conform to the DocBook schema</li>
<li>Learn about options for publishing DocBook to various output formats</li>
<li>Customize the DocBook schema to meet your needs</li>
<li>Get additional information about DocBook editing and processing</li>
</ul>

DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide: The Official Documentation for DocBook

Computers & Technology

Walsh, Norman

Richard L. Hamilton

Programming Languages

O'Reilly Media

TeX is a powerful tool for creating professional quality typeset text and is unsurpassed at typesetting mathematical equations, scientific text, and multiple languages. Many books describe how you use TeX to construct sentences, paragraphs, and chapters. Until now, no book has described all the software that actually lets you build, run, and use TeX to best advantage on your platform. Because creating a TeX document requires the use of many tools, this lack of information is a serious problem for TeX users.TeX is increasing in popularity, and the need for information is becoming more critical. Many technical journals now request that articles be submitted in TeX. TeX is also playing an increasing role in the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) environment. TeX's portability and flexibility -- not to mention the fact that it is free -- are also making it the typesetting tool of choice for interchange between hardware and software platforms and for international exchange. Yet, despite this growing interest in TeX, TeX users everywhere are having to "reinvent the wheel" by wrestling with TeX's many tools and files on their own.Making TeX Work guides you through the maze of tools available in the overall TeX system. Beyond the core TeX program there are myriad drivers, macro packages, previewers, printing programs, online documentation facilities, graphics programs, and more. This book describes them all. It covers:
<ul>
<li>How to assemble the software you need to build and install TeX on all common platforms: UNIX, DOS, Macintosh, and VMS.</li>
<li>How to get TeX and its associated tools from public domain and commercial sources (a complete buyer's guide).</li>
<li>How to select and use the tools that let you incorporate graphics into your documents and create bibliographies, indices, and other complex document elements.</li>
<li>How to install and use fonts to best advantage, including PostScript and TrueType fonts and LaTeX's New Font Selection Scheme (NFSS).</li>
</ul>

Making TeX Work

Graphics & Design

DocBook: The Definitive Guide 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 was written by Norman Walsh, the author of the XML implementation of the DocBook DTD; and Leonard Muellner, the manager of O'Reilly &amp; Associates' Production Tools Group.In this book, you'll find:
<ul>
<li>A brief introduction to SGML and XML</li>
<li>A guide to creating documents with the DocBook DTD and associated stylesheets</li>
<li> Information about using SGML and XML tools like Jade and DSSSL</li>
<li>An guide to customizing DocBook</li>
<li>A complete SGML and XML reference, including examples, for every DocBook element</li>
</ul>In addition, the CDROM contains:<ul>
<li>The complete source text of this book, in both SGML and HTML</li>
<li>All the examples from the book</li>
<li>DSSSL Stylesheets that let you convert DocBook documents to RTF, LaTeX, or HTML</li>
<li>The DocBook DTD for SGML, version 3.1</li>
</ul>Oasis, the organization that is the official maintainer of the DocBook DTD, has identified DocBook: the Definitive Guide as the official documentation for the DocBook DTD.

DocBook: The Definitive Guide

Muellner, Leonard

Computer Science

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