Norman.Walsh.nameNorm's musings. Make of them what you will.http://norman.walsh.name/atom/whatsnew.xml2012-02-09T12:15:14.823228ZNorman WalshDocBook XSD!http://norman.walsh.name/2011/12/22/docbookXSD2011-12-22T20:05:22Z2011-12-22T20:05:43.554457ZXMLDocBook

I believe that I've resolved the ambiguity problems evident in the previous release.

DocBook XSD?http://norman.walsh.name/2011/12/19/docbookXSD2011-12-19T16:31:31Z2011-12-19T16:32:03.150208ZXMLDocBook

But is it valid? Not the document, the schema?

DocBook Stylesheets 2.0.3 releasedhttp://norman.walsh.name/2011/12/01/docbook-xslt2-2-0-32011-12-01T13:29:38Z2011-12-01T13:31:14.888359ZDocBook

Another snapshot of the continuing improvements to the XSLT 2.0 stylesheets for DocBook.

DocBook Meetup?http://norman.walsh.name/2011/10/21/docbookMeetup2011-10-21T13:54:19Z2011-10-21T14:03:58.649538ZDocBookXMLPrague2012

If we had a DocBook meetup co-located with XML Prague in February, would you come?

Playing with transclusionhttp://norman.walsh.name/2011/10/03/transclusion2011-10-04T16:12:42Z2011-10-04T16:14:26.104676ZDocBookW3CXML

In my continuing efforts to explore transclusion, some running code.

DocBook Stylesheets 2.0.2 releasedhttp://norman.walsh.name/2011/10/01/docbook-xslt2-2-0-22011-10-01T11:22:10Z2011-10-01T11:22:22.170445ZDocBook

The XSLT 2.0 stylesheets for DocBook are improving.

Using Pygments from XSLThttp://norman.walsh.name/2011/08/31/xsltPygments2011-08-31T20:18:27Z2011-08-31T20:18:53.085762ZDocBookXSLT

Create highlighted source code listings in DocBook directly from XSLT.

DocBook XSLT 2.0 Stylesheets releasedhttp://norman.walsh.name/2011/08/25/docbook-xslt-22011-08-25T19:22:01Z2011-08-25T19:22:30.436772ZDocBookXSLT2

Eventually, you have to ship. Announcing the first release of the DocBook XSLT 2.0 stylesheets for DocBook.

On the changing nature of DocBook standardizationhttp://norman.walsh.name/2011/07/22/docbook2011-07-22T15:18:51Z2011-07-22T15:19:06.902832ZDocBook

The focus of the DocBook Technical Committee recently has been document assembly and transclusion. That's…different.

DocBook Publishers Updateshttp://norman.walsh.name/2011/06/24/publishers2011-06-24T14:41:08Z2011-06-24T14:41:28.342913ZDocBook

Announcing DocBook Publishers V1.1b1 and a special edition of DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide for the Publishers Schema.

DocBook V5.1 Beta 4http://norman.walsh.name/2011/06/24/docbook51b42011-06-24T14:40:57Z2011-06-24T14:41:22.651023ZDocBook

Announcing DocBook V5.1b4, the fourth beta release of what will become DocBook V5.1. Version 5.1 includes significant new features for topic-based authoring as well as a number of bug fixes.

Transclusion in DocBookhttp://norman.walsh.name/2011/04/17/transclusion2011-04-17T19:15:10Z2011-04-17T19:30:57.643942ZDocBook

The requirement to “transclude” documents, to incorporate them by reference rather than copying, is not uncommon in documentation systems.

Restoring the DocBook Wikihttp://norman.walsh.name/2011/03/20/DocBookWiki2011-03-20T21:57:30Z2011-03-20T22:00:05.897752ZDocBook

After several weeks of accidental and frustrating downtime, the DocBook Wiki is (almost) back online.

Transclusionhttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/12/15/transclusion2010-12-15T22:04:30Z2010-12-15T22:07:04.731687ZXMLDocBook

Transclusion comes in many flavors, some more easily supported than others.

XML 2010: What's new in DocBook V5?http://norman.walsh.name/2010/10/20/xml20102010-10-20T15:21:14Z2010-10-20T19:55:49.698091ZXML2010DocBook

I spoke last week at XML 2010. In particular, I spoke about what's new in DocBook V5. Herewith, a few thoughts on XML 2010 and my slides.

DocBook 5 is the “Ebook Deal of the Day”!http://norman.walsh.name/2010/10/14/ebookdeal2010-10-14T12:54:59Z2010-10-14T13:19:29.993642ZDocBookXML2010

News flash! From the shameless commerce department, we get this breaking story…

Reconsidering specialization, part the secondhttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/10/13/specialization2010-10-13T20:30:01Z2010-10-14T01:24:40.221298ZDocBookDITA

Most customizations aren't really amenable to “blind interchange” anyway, or are they?

Reconsidering specialization, part the firsthttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/08/30/specialization2010-08-30T17:19:19Z2010-10-08T18:44:06.382235ZBalisage2010DITADocBook

It's been a few years since I first considered DITA specialization. I wonder if I missed the point? I think that might depend on the assumptions that I brought to the table.

DocBook V5.1 Beta 2http://norman.walsh.name/2010/07/27/docbook51b22010-07-27T19:30:11Z2010-10-08T18:43:59.514612ZDocBook

Announcing DocBook V5.1b2, the second beta release of (what will become) DocBook V5.1. Version 5.1 includes significant new features for topic-based authoring as well as a number of bug fixes.

Creating a DocBook V5.0 DTDhttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/03/18/rng2dtd2010-03-18T19:38:13Z2010-10-08T18:43:00.635037ZDocBookW3CXMLSchemaXMLXProc

Taking another stab at the long-standing problem of producing DTD (and XSD) versions of the DocBook V5.0 family of schemas.

XML Prague 2010http://norman.walsh.name/2010/01/24/xmlprague2010-01-24T18:27:40Z2010-10-08T18:42:34.818746ZDocBookXMLPrague2010XProc

See you at XML Prague! And a chance to plug some really excellent training.

DocBook V5.0http://norman.walsh.name/2009/11/04/docbook502009-11-04T18:55:29Z2010-10-08T18:41:27.488257ZDocBookOASIS

DocBook V5.0 is an OASIS Standard!

Call for Vote - DocBook V5.0http://norman.walsh.name/2009/10/19/docbook502009-10-19T19:02:35Z2010-10-08T18:41:21.282721ZDocBookOASIS

DocBook V5.0 is ready to become an OASIS Standard!

RDFa for DocBook?http://norman.walsh.name/2009/09/22/RDFaForDocBook2009-09-22T13:20:39Z2010-10-08T18:40:53.786955ZDocBookRDFXMLSummerSchool2009

Adding RDFa to DocBook would make it possible to add a class of semantic annotations to DocBook without changing the schema. But is that a good idea?

OASIS Public Review of DocBook V5.0http://norman.walsh.name/2008/04/28/docbook2008-04-28T20:17:57Z2010-10-08T18:36:20.785832ZDocBookOASIS

The DocBook Technical Committee is advancing DocBook V5.0 to Committee Specification.

DocBook 5.0: The Definitive Guide Updateshttp://norman.walsh.name/2008/03/04/tdg52008-03-04T11:54:45Z2010-10-08T18:35:41.19533ZDocBook

Better content, better presentation.

DocBook V5.0http://norman.walsh.name/2008/02/06/docbook502008-02-06T16:50:04Z2010-10-08T18:35:12.525224ZDocBook

DocBook V5.0 is done.

Formatting online bookshttp://norman.walsh.name/2008/02/01/formattingBooks2008-02-01T12:39:19Z2010-10-08T18:35:06.046373ZDocBookHTMLLazyweb

I can push markup around all day. Design, now that's a different story.

Stylesheet organizationhttp://norman.walsh.name/2008/01/01/docbookStylesheets2008-01-01T18:58:21Z2010-10-08T18:34:13.051964ZDocBookXSLT2

The XSLT 2.0 stylesheets for DocBook are broken. They have been for a while, but I think maybe I've figured out how to fix them.

DocBookers dinnerhttp://norman.walsh.name/2007/11/30/DocBookDinner2007-11-30T21:54:35Z2010-10-08T18:32:45.462085ZDocBookXML2007

Coming to Boston for XML 2007? Interested in DocBook? Eat? Let's have dinner!