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Re: [docbook-tc] [Mary McRae] RE: Status of Naming and Design Rules

  • 1.  Re: [docbook-tc] [Mary McRae] RE: Status of Naming and Design Rules

    Posted 04-05-2005 20:19
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    Subject: Re: [docbook-tc] [Mary McRae] RE: Status of Naming and Design Rules


    I think this would also affect the folks over at OxygenXML, which also 
    provides some DocBook-specific features as well as RelaxNG support...
    
    Best regards,
    
    --Scott
    
    Jirka Kosek wrote:
    
    > Norman Walsh wrote:
    >
    >> Per my action to get a copy of the OASIS Naming and Design Rules
    >> document for our review, I've been told that it's undergoing a
    >> major rewrite and will be available for member comment as soon
    >> as the editor is finished.
    >
    >
    > Then the question is whether we want to wait for this rewrite. I would 
    > like to get concensus about DocBook namespace name as soon as 
    > possible. I think that this is important for providers of DocBook 
    > tools. They will not like changes of namespace URI in the middle of 
    > their tools development.
    >
    > For example XML Mind XML Editor which is at this time probably only 
    > one editor that provides WYSIWYG XML editing guided with RELAX NG has 
    > free personal version. However this free version can edit only 
    > documents in no-namespace or in XHTML namespace. Authors of editor 
    > promised me that they will unlock DocBook namespace in this free 
    > version so there will be free-of-charge visual DocBook editor that 
    > will be driven by RELAX NG schema. I think that it will be very cool 
    > if there will be such editor available when we will announce DocBook 
    > 5.0, but we should give some time to XXE developers to hardwire 
    > DocBook namespace into their product.
    >
    >                     Jirka
    >
    
    
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