Re: Docbook and Context

[Henning Hraban Ramm <hraban@fiee.net>]

Am 15.11.2004 um 15:14 schrieb John Culleton:

> There appear to be two programs dealing with conversion of XML Docbook
> documents to Context, "Docbook in Context" and XSLT.  the former has 
> not
> been updated recently and the latter has documentation dating to 2001. 
> I
> have a potential customer who is XML conversant and wants me to set up 
> his
> document. He will provide it in Docbook format apparently. He has not
> written it yet.
>
> My question: Are either of the existing tools stable, reliable and 
> complete
> enough for me to take on this task?  Which is recommended for a 
> one-time
> project? What do I need from my customer in addition to the base file 
> of
> the document?

I don't know if it helps, but Hans just today pointed to his new 
ThisWay magazine about XML, XSLT etc:

> http://www.pragma-ade.com/show-mag-9.htm
> In this issue I will drop an idea that has been buzzing in my
> mind for a long time: how to comfortably deal with typesetting
> documents coded in \XML, while using the manipulative power of
> \XSLT\ on the one hand and the typesetting capabilities of
> \CONTEXT\ at the other hand, without seeing \TEX\ code.



Grüßlis vom Hraban!
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