Re: SGML, Jade, Docbook -- HELP!!!
On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 11:27:24AM +0200, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> > Is there anywhere some documentation that enables someone to
> > understand SGML, DSSSL and so on from scratch?
>
> There is very little, really. Try to search for "tutorial" and "docbook" in
> the web. Or for "tutorial" and "sgml". You'll not find very much (if you do,
> let me know!).
>
> This whole sgml stuff is very complicated, my girl friend ahs to learn it
> now for her studies. She studies linguistics, and she has to learn Java,
> SGML, DSSSL and all this stuff, it's amazing :)
>
> You can come to Ruhr-uni-Bochum every thursday 8-10 am, we have a sgml
> course here :)
You can also email Norm Walsh (ndw@nwalsh.com). He's an author with
O'Reilly, and he's currently working on a book about the Docbook DTD
IIRC. He might be able to point you to some resources. And docbook
is where LinuxDoc is headed. (The linuxdoc DTD will become a thing
of the past.) The obvious answer to your question is www.sil.org/sgml.
There is LOTS to read there. And many of the authors there will be
glad to point you to further resources. Fortunately, XML will probably
become popular enough to subplant much of SGML's native complexity.
Jim Clark's Jade package already has XML support in it. Have you
checked his pages? He has a pretty good DSSSL page (www.jclark.com/dsssl/
if memory serves).
If it were still in print, you could read my book, Special Edition,
Using SGML from QUE. But, there are still other good books around.
DSSSL was only ratified in late 1995, so it's still relatively new.
But for Linux, I would become as familiar as possible with Jade and
PSGML mode.
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