Request Info on DocBook

[Gary Schnabl]

Garnier Garnier wrote:
> Hello Listers,
>  
> I am about to explore DocBook. I am sure some of the listers must be using it or have used it in the past. Could you please share your experience? Went through some of the details over the net and it seems a good tool to switch to but involves a very deep learning curve. Is there any plug-in available to make things easier? I need to know this as some of the writers are not keen to learn XML and would rather click buttons that would take care of what they want to generate. The company will definitely not invest in training nor am I aware of any institute/entity in India that imparts training in DocBook.
>  
> When I start exploring I will definitely join the DocBook user forum. Am writing to this list as I need some firsthand information about the tool.
>  
> Any kind of related information is welcome.
>  
> TIA
> B/R
> Garnier
>   

Two or three years ago, I created huge EDDs for DocBook 4.12, 4.5, and 
5. Of the three DB 5 is a little incomplete because a few items were 
missing in the DTD file that the DocBook people assembled. Still, a 
helluva lot could be done with the almost-intact DB 5. [I read somewhere 
in the minutes of a meeting several months ago that the editor involved 
with DB 5 might complete that DTD...]

But with the advent of DB 5, the DTD version is nonnormative.

Gary