From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/17065 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Henning Hraban Ramm Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Docbook and Context Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:43:48 +0100 Message-ID: References: <200411150914.49892.john@wexfordpress.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1100540653 13771 80.91.229.6 (15 Nov 2004 17:44:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 17:44:13 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Nov 15 18:43:56 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CTktP-00076b-00 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:43:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90309127B4; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:43:55 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 08308-03; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:43:52 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A985C127AD; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:43:52 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5687A127AD for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:43:51 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 08421-03 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:43:50 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (unknown [212.227.126.177]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92E491279B for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:43:50 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [212.227.126.155] (helo=mrelayng.kundenserver.de) by moutng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1CTktK-0007bm-00 for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:43:50 +0100 Original-Received: from [83.76.83.224] (helo=[192.168.1.3]) by mrelayng.kundenserver.de with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1CTktJ-0005VQ-00 for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:43:50 +0100 In-Reply-To: <200411150914.49892.john@wexfordpress.com> Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de auth:033f42bdb3cd4a3c9b0966e414a370c7 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:17065 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:17065 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=20= > not > been updated recently and the latter has documentation dating to 2001.=20= > I > have a potential customer who is XML conversant and wants me to set up=20= > 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=20 > complete > enough for me to take on this task? Which is recommended for a=20 > one-time > project? What do I need from my customer in addition to the base file=20= > of > the document? I don't know if it helps, but Hans just today pointed to his new=20 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. Gr=FC=DFlis vom Hraban! --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/=