Re: [docbook-apps] Is this valid DocBook ?

[Bob Stayton <bobs at sco dot com>]

On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:48:40PM +0200, Kaiser Christian (RBG - SV C RS CC21) wrote:
> | Did you try an validator like xmllint?
> | 
> | CPH wrote:
> | > Hi,
> | > 	Is the fragment below valid docbook xml ?
> | > <article>
> | > <para>how can i help</para>
> | > <variablelist>
> | > <listitem>
> | > <para>Please read this FAQ first</para>
> | > </listitem>
> | > <listitem>
> | > <para>Send an email to the users@openoffice.org
> | >  list with all relevant info including which operation 
> | system you use, which 
> | > version of that operating system, which version of 
> | OpenOffice you use and any 
> | > other relevant info.</para>
> | > </listitem>
> | > </variablelist>
> | > </article>
> | > 
> | > And what is the best way for me to make sure that this is 
> | valid docbook ?
> | > 
> | > Thanks
> | > CPH
> 
> May be valid,

It isn't.  The variablelist content model uses
varlistentry and term elements.  See the examples in:

http://docbook.org/tdg/en/html/variablelist.html


> as parser you can use xerces (http://apache.org).
> Create a batch or shell script containing the following
> 
> set CLASSPATH=%XMLTOOLS%\xerces\xercesImpl.jar;%CLASSPATH%
> set CLASSPATH=%XMLTOOLS%\xerces\xml-apis.jar;%CLASSPATH%
> set CLASSPATH=%XMLTOOLS%\xerces\xmlParserAPIs.jar;%CLASSPATH%
> set CLASSPATH=%XMLTOOLS%\xerces\xercesSamples.jar;%CLASSPATH%
> java sax.Counter %1
> 
> where XMLTOOLS ist is the environment variable that definnes
> the path to your tools. You might place FOP and XALAN here
> as well.

Actually, you forgot the -v option to turn on validation:

 java sax.Counter -v %1

By default, it doesn't not validate.

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