Subject: Re: Switching to XML
From: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>
To: David Blewett <david@dawninglight.net>
Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
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Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 07:39:54 -0800
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On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 09:09 -0500, David Blewett wrote:
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> Hi All:
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> I read a thread from July explaining the current status of moving to XML
> [1].

To add to this, it would take minutes to transform XML versus the days
it takes the SGML.

Joshua D. Drake

> 
> Peter, you mention that if someone has a clear need you would be open to
> switching. Let me explain the problems I've encountered with SGML.
> 
> A few months ago, I split up the 8.1 pdf into 2 volumes so that I could
> get a hardbound copy from Lulu. You can get those here [2-3] (I'm not
> making any money, it's the pure cost of production). For 8.2, I wanted
> to go deeper and be able to distribute the final version to bookstores.
> In order to do that, each volume needs to be under 700 pages.
> 
> I started work on modifying the SGML to use a set of 3 volumes, split at
> roughly 500 page intervals. I wanted to generate individual ToC's and
> indexes for each volume. I started to modify the SGML to include a
> "role" attribute for each indexterm, to tell what volume it was part of.
> This was done with a simple sed script. When I went to generate the
> actual indexes, I hit a brick wall. Apparently, the SGML toolchain
> cannot handle typed indexes as described here [4]. Only the XML
> toolchain currently handles them.
> 
> I am working with Joshua Drake on creating a Lulu account for the
> fundraising group. We would then move the volumes I did for 8.1 to their
> account, and raise the price so that any profit went to them. The
> ability to order the 8.2 manual from bookstores could increase the
> visibility of the project as a whole.
> 
> David Blewett
> 
> 1.
> http://groups.google.com/group/pgsql.docs/browse_thread/thread/37ff3a011bb705d7
> 2. http://www.lulu.com/content/455020
> 3. http://www.lulu.com/content/464949
> 4. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/07/14/dbndx.html?page=3
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