[docbook-apps] DocBook schemas

["Christopher R. Maden" <crism at maden dot org>]

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Is anyone actually using the DocBook schemas for "real work"?  If so, are 
they doing any customization?

One client of mine has decided that they'd prefer to use schemas over DTDs, 
but it doesn't seem possible to customize the DocBook XSDLs.  If you 
include docbook.xsd, you can't define a different (e.g.) tech.char.class, 
as the name conflicts.  And importation is defined only for different 
namespaces, which a customization isn't.

So it seems that, in order to use non-standard DocBook and XSDL, you must 
either modify the DocBook XSDL files directly, or copy large chunks into 
your production schema.

I understand that the schemas on SourceForge now are experimental, but I 
just want to make sure there isn't something obvious that I'm missing.

Thanks,
Chris
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Christopher R. Maden, Principal Consultant, crism consulting
XML-SGML-HTML-DTDs-schemas-XSL-DSSSL-conversion-training-ebooks-B2B
<URL: http://crism.maden.org/consulting/ >
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