Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: SGML vs XML

From
Dave Brooks, BCS Systems <>
Date
2002-07-03T10:45:06+00:00
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Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: SGML vs XML
At 09:57 3/07/2002 +0100, fyl2xp1 wrote:

For SGML
I would use openjade for the HTML, RTF and 

pseudo-TeX, then the JadeTeX macro pack for the
pseudo-tex 

to pdf or dvi, then dvi to ps, and maybe
pstopdf.

 

For XML I would use xsltproc for the HTML and
FO output

FOP for FO to PDF, MIF, PCL or plain text. JFOR
for FO to

RTF. Or passiveTeX to create PDF output from FO
then pdf2ps to

create PS?

For XML you have the choice of DSSSL stylesheets and the same toolset as
for SGML, or of XSL stylesheets and a toolset such as you've
indicated.

It is possible to use DSSL with XML markup for print output and XSL for
HTML - my experience is that the DSSL approach is more complicated with a
steeper learning curve when it comes to customising the stylesheets
(unless you already speak Lisp).

Best regards,

Dave