Re: [docbook-apps] Epic editor and docbook customization layer

["Bruce Covell" <bcovell at mcn dot org>]

Thanks, Jirka. I'll give it a try.

Bruce

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jirka Kosek" <jirka@kosek.cz>
To: "Bruce Covell" <bcovell@mcn.org>
Cc: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Epic editor and docbook customization layer


Bruce Covell wrote:

> Arbortext's Epic Editor has a problem with the customization layer we've
> added for DocBook 4.2. We've followed Bob Stayton's recommendations for
> xinclude by using entities in the doctype declaration of our xml files
> rather than by editing the DTD. We've also used the same method to add a
> small number of custom elements.
...
> Does anyone out there have experience with this?

In your situation I would recommend creation of customized version of
DTD. This will be very small file that will include standard DocBook DTD
via parameter entities and will contain declarations of your additional
elements which you have in internal subset now. Having single DTD is
easier to manage than copying internal subset from document to document.
With this arrangement you should not have problems with Epic.

Jirka

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