X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [64.117.224.193]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8958D30EF7D for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 22:28:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([64.117.224.193]) by localhost (svr1.postgresql.org [64.117.224.193]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 67912-04 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 19:28:14 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mwinf0504.wanadoo.fr (smtp4.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.26]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F397630DE85 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 19:28:13 -0300 (ADT) Received: from gina (unknown [80.11.132.194]) by mwinf0504.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 4DDE310003F6; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:28:13 +0200 (CEST) From: Guillaume LELARGE Organization: traduc.org To: Peter Eisentraut Subject: Re: DocBook V4.2 Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:37:12 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: In-Reply-To: Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200306170037.12269.gleu@wanadoo.fr> X-Archive-Number: 200306/37 X-Sequence-Number: 1823 Le Lundi 16 Juin 2003 14:51, vous avez =E9crit : > We have planned several times to move to a new DocBook version, but always > postponed it. I'd like to get it done this time. > > We are now beginning to run into trouble with the established toolchain > (particularly for print output), and there isn't much new development > happening, so I'd like to start trying out XML-based toolchains. To do > that, we need to move to a DocBook version that is available as both SGML > (processed by OpenJade) and XML, which is the case for 4.x. We can > convert SGML to XML automatically, so there are no syntax implications. > > Comments? I think it would be great news. XML Docbook is much easier to "read" and=20 understand. For example, it is of great value to a translator. I've=20 translated many howtos from the LDP and some guides. SGML Docbook is a good= =20 wey to format a document, but XML is a much better one. And it allows anyon= e=20 to apply really simple xslt stylesheets with xsltproc (or saboltron or=20 something else). Doing it with DSSSL stylesheets is really hard. I'm in the process to create a french translation team and would be really= =20 interested if all documents could be move to an XML docbook format. And I= =20 could help you, if you need, to speed up the move. By the way, if any french people here are interested in translating postgre= sql=20 documents (manuals, faqs and techdocs) in french, please get in touch with= =20 me. Thanks. --=20 Guillaume .