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<title>Introduction to DocBook</title><biblioid class="uri">http://norman.walsh.name/2005/10/19/introToDocBook</biblioid>
<volumenum>8</volumenum>
<issuenum>135</issuenum>
<pubdate>2005-10-19T17:42:13-04:00</pubdate>
<date>$Date: 2005-10-19 19:30:04 -0400 (Wed, 19 Oct 2005) $</date>
<author>
      <personname>
<firstname>Norman</firstname>
	<surname>Walsh</surname>
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<copyright>
      <year>2005</year>
      <holder>Norman Walsh</holder>
    </copyright>
<abstract>
<para>I recently gave an introductory DocBook presentation at the
documentation and training conference in the Boston area. The slides
from that talk are now available, if you're interested.</para>
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<dc:subject rdf:resource="http://norman.walsh.name/knows/taxonomy#XML2005"/>
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<para xml:id="p1">I'm never sure how useful slides are independent of
the presentation that goes with them. Let me clarify, I'm never sure
how useful <emphasis>my slides</emphasis> are independently. I know
some folks manage to make slides that stand alone, and some folks
don't.</para>

<para>In any event, yesterday I presented an <citetitle>Introduction
to DocBook</citetitle> at the 6<superscript>th</superscript> annual
<link xlink:href="http://www.doctrain.com/">Documentation and Training</link>
conference.</para>

<para>If you'd like to see the slides, they're
<link xlink:href="http://nwalsh.com/docs/presentations/doctrain2005/">online</link>.
<code>&lt;plug role="shameless"&gt;</code>If
you'd like to participate in a substantially longer version of that talk,
there's still time to sign up for <link xlink:href="http://2005.xmlconference.org/tutorials/mondayam">my
tutorial</link> on the same theme at <link xlink:href="http://www.xmlconference.org/">XML
2005</link><code>&lt;/plug&gt;</code>.</para>

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