[PLUG] docbook at O'Reilly

[Michael Rasmussen]

I forwarded Wil's assertion to one who would know.  Randal has a couple of 
O'Reilly titles on the shelf.  Here's the response.


----- Forwarded message from "Randal L. Schwartz" <merlyn stonehenge.com> -----

To: Michael Rasmussen <mikeraz at patch.com>
Subject: Re: [wcooley at nakedape.cc: [PLUG] Re: DocBook] - published author
From: merlyn stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)

>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Rasmussen forwarded:
>> My understanding is that DocBook is great for technical manauals that will
>> be "published" primarily on the web.
Wil> I don't think so.  O'Reilly sponsored the development of DocBook as an
Wil> open format for their own publications (I'm pretty sure; I cannot find a
Wil> reference on the DocBook site or O'Reilly).  It's fairly straightforward
Wil> to take DocBook sources and generate HTML, PDF, PS and to endlessly
Wil> tweak the resulting formats with style-sheets.

O'Reilly masters *all* books internally in DocBook, except maybe a few
very old legacy books.

O'Reilly has tools to convert all of their interesting formats into
DocBook, like Word, FrameMaker, and even POD.

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