http://norman.walsh.name/2004/10/18/frangelico 7 185 2004-10-18T07:46:20-04:00 $Date: 2005-09-11 10:27:02 -0400 (Sun, 11 Sep 2005) $ Norman Walsh 2004 Norman Walsh This release uses xml:id and XLink, including some support for extended links, and fixes a couple of bugs. I thought it made sense to get another release out before XML 2004. This is the sixth release of DocBook NG. With XML 2004 coming up, I thought I’d get another release out so the DocBook crowd has something to argue about in the bar. To that end, I’m sure what we need is a little controversy, so I’ve switched to using XLink. And to make it a more interesting, I’ve added an extended link element. This, for example, is one of my test cases: <article xmlns="http://docbook.org/docbook-ng" xmlns:xl="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="frangelico"> <info> <title>XLink Test</title> <extendedlink> <locator xl:label="person" xl:href="#xperson"/> <locator xl:label="website" xl:href="http://www.example.com/"/> <locator xl:label="otherwebsite" xl:href="http://www.example.org/"/> <arc xl:from="person" xl:to="website" xl:title="To Website"/> <arc xl:from="person" xl:to="otherwebsite" xl:title="To Other Website"/> </extendedlink> </info> <para xml:id='p4'>This is an <phrase xl:href="http://www.example.com/">inline link</phrase>. </para> <para xml:id='p5'>This is an <phrase xml:id="xperson">out-of-line link</phrase>. </para> </article> I have a not-yet-published stylesheet that does “the right thing”. Sort of. Here’s a summary of all the user-visible changes in the “Frangelico” release: Use xml:id . Use XLink. A link is required on biblioref (not optional). The numeration attribute on orderedlist is an enumeration (not text). plug role='shameless'And if all this DocBook stuff is just too confusing, there’s probably still time to sign up for my tutorial. plug