Re: [docbook] Polymorphic Modular DocBook

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Hi all,

thanks a lot for your input, it's all been very useful.

Camille.

Bob Stayton a 嶰rit :
> [I'm moving this thread over to the docbook-apps list where such
> applications should be discussed]
> 
> Yes, it is possible to do this with the right XInclude processor. This
> example in my book:
> 
> http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/DuplicateIDs.html
> 
> shows how to include the content of a section without including its
> section wrapper, in this case to avoid a duplicate id, but you could use
> the same xpointer() syntax with a chapter.
> 
> <appendix>
>  <xi:include href="modules/chapter1.xml"
> xpointer="xpointer(/chapter/node())"
> xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
> </appendix>
> 
> I replaced "*" with "node()" here to preserve processing instructions,
> comments, and text.  This method works with xsltproc, but the Xerces
> XInclude processor does not handle the xpointer() scheme.  If you are
> using a Java XSLT processor, you could use xmllint --xinclude as a
> preprocessor step to resolve XIncludes before feeding the result to Saxon.
> 
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> DocBook Consulting
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Camille B嶲nis" <>
> To: "docbooklist" <>
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 5:15 AM
> Subject: [docbook] Polymorphic Modular DocBook
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I used big words in the subject, but it's a simple issue: When doing
> modular DocBook, it sometimes happen that a "chapter" module wants to be
> reused as an "appendix" for example...
> 
> Is the only solution to use tinier modules by chunking at the "section"
> level, or is there something more intelligent?
> 
> Or should we consider DocBook is not meant to be extremely modular,
> other grammars like DITA are more suited?
> 
> Interested in hearing your experience.
> 
> Camille.
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