http://norman.walsh.name/2009/10/19/docbook50 12 37 2009-10-19T15:02:35-04:00 Norman Walsh 2009 Norman Walsh DocBook V5.0 is ready to become an OASIS Standard! It's been a long, and sometimes winding, path from DocBook V4.5 to DocBook V5.0, but we're finally approaching the finish line to make it official. The OASIS Call for Votes went out on Friday! The ballot is open now through 31 October, 2009. If you belong to an OASIS Member organization, please encourage your representative to vote “Yes”. (The full list of eligible voting members is included on the ballot). DocBook V5.0 is a significant milestone in the evolution of the standard. Based on RELAX NG and designed with extensibility and flexibility in mind, making DocBook V5.0 an OASIS Standard will provide the solid foundation that we need to continue improving The Source for Documentation™. (We really do have some cool stuff coming down the pipe, so as they say in Chicago, vote early and vote often!)