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Paperback: 588 pages
Publisher: Sagehill Enterprises; 4 edition (1 Sep 2007)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0974152137
ISBN-13: 978-0974152134
Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 19 x 3.1 cm

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DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide (Fourth Edition) by Bob Stayton is the definitive guide to using the DocBook XSL stylesheets. It provides the missing documentation to realize the full potential of DocBook publishing. It covers all aspects of DocBook publishing tools, including installing, using, and customizing the stylesheets and processing tools. With this book, you can: (a) select the DocBook components that are appropriate for your needs and budget, (b) set up and configure the tools for efficient processing of your documents, (c) generate HTML and print output from the same DocBook files, (d) customize your HTML and print output (e) discover and use advanced features of the DocBook stylesheets. The book is suitable for new users just getting started, as well as more advanced users needing a complete reference. It is thoroughly indexed and cross referenced so you can quickly find what you need. The Fourth Edition updates the content to the latest stylesheets and DocBook version 5.

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4.0 out of 5 stars XSLT for DocBook, 22 Jun 2010

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This review is from: DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide (4th Edition) (Paperback)

This is a monster book, full of high-powered XSLT and XSLT2, with a strong emphasis on DocBook 5. If you are a Docbook fan, this is the work to get. My grasp of XSLT, XML, catalogs and schemas went up like a rocket as I read my way in. Only one quibble; creating a german-language website with DocBook 5 and XSLT on an ordinary qwerty keyboard requires a way of handling umlauts and the like. Stayton is downright opaque on this subject. I had to trawl the web for help.

Otherwise, highly recommended.

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5.0 out of 5 stars At last, a dead tree copy, 10 Oct 2003

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Bob knows his subject, from the inside out.

As a developer of the stylesheets, he's got the knowledge.
As a supporter of the stylesheets, he has the patience to
answer newbies questions.
Not only clearly, but with that additional something that
provides the reader with confidence.

An excellent read, insightful, aware of the user needs in
may areas which overlap.

A worthy addition to your bookshelf.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable, 31 Oct 2003

By Michael L. Smith - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: DocBook Xsl: The Complete Guide (Paperback)

With this book and "DocBook: The Definitive Guide" in-hand, I
really can't imagine any other DocBook guide you'll ever need.

The book thoroughly covers just about every possible aspect of
DocBook publishing (that is, generating HTML, PDF, HTML Help, man
pages, etc. from your DocBook XML source) -- from general tool
setup down to the level of stuff like fine-tuning content of
headers and footers, title pages, cross-references, indexes, etc.

I have reviewed and used it a lot, and tried hard to come up with
suggestions for Bob for topics that should be added to it. But I
rarely manage to find anything that it doesn't already cover. When
I have a DocBook publishing question, I can almost always find the
answer in this book.

And if you're not familiar with the author, here are some details:
in the DocBook world, Bob is basically "The DocBook Answer Man" --
he is the most active contributor to discussions on the
docbook-apps mailing list (where DocBook publishing and tools
discussion takes place) -- patiently answering "How do I..."
questions posted by new users and following up on DocBook XSLT
stylesheet bug reports.

He's also a member of the DocBook Technical Committee, responsible
for overseeing refinements to the DocBook vocabulary, and he's a
major contributor to development of the actual DocBook XSL
stylesheets themselves.

Which is all a roundabout way of saying that this guy knows his
stuff, and in buying and using this book, you'll be benefitting
from a wealth of knowledge and experience with DocBook that you'll
not find anywhere else.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have for all serious docbook users, 1 Jun 2004

By peraldus - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: DocBook Xsl: The Complete Guide (Paperback)

I purchased that book as soon as it came out: I just knew I'd need it some day. That day came three weeks ago and I got into the book with a vengeance. I needed to utterly customize the docbooks stylesheets and produce 12'000 different pdf's in four languages out of a huge documentation DB. With the book next to me it was a breeze. Extremely well written, knowledgeable, accurate, just verbose enough to get the point across and and and.

Beware: this is a book for people who are already very well versed in docbook in general, and in XSL in particular.

One does wish the author would have offered ant versions of his scripts as well as Make versions. But that's a matter of taste.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A DocBook Implementer's Best Friend, 14 Oct 2003

By Karen Koldyk - Published on Amazon.com

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This book needs to be beside the computer (and I do mean RIGHT beside) anyone who is attempting to support or modify docbook applications for the first time. Do that, and you may just be able to put away the extra strength excedrin. Without it, you might have a few problems......

Here's why:

Last year, I had the pleasure of implementing docbook for a large company down in Oklahoma. However, I didn't know much about XSL at the time or for that matter docbook; other than how to markup documents and make changes to the DTD. In other words I was a rookie. I had two tools at my disposal; the definative guide and docbook documentation. Any developer would understand what a rookie who is trying to muddle through docbook documentation is trying to go through..... I had a bit of consulting from Arbortext but other than that I was on my own. The definitive guide has very little information on publishing XML information and barely even mentions XSL. Thus, my modifications consisted of looking at existing code and attempting a patch job. Even with the training I'd had on XSLT it did not help me to find files that I didn't know existed. This book solves that problem and gets you off the ground running.

While the book is NOT a tututorial on XSL is does give a brief overview on the subject. This book talks about implementing XSL in a docbook environment as there are plenty of books in the market that teach you how to code XSL. An understanding of XML is expected and knowledge of docbook is certainly helpful. Topics covered include how to find docbooks XSL stylesheets (or obtain them for free, if you don't already have them)and tells you how to set them up, customize them for your environment, use special stylesheet output features and work with docbook options.

In short, if you need to learn how to implement XSL in a docbook environment; get this book in your hands and don't let it go. It's too valuable a commodity!

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