Re: [docbook] does HTMLbook have any traction

[Jirka Kosek <jirka@kosek.cz>]

On 25.6.2014 18:06, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> Which leads me to ask: anybody know if HTMLbook is getting any traction
> vis-a-vis DocBook?  And, if so, where are the focal points (e.g. email
> lists and such)?

I don't know about HTMLBook, but some publishers (eg. Hachette) started
using HTML + CSS for producing PDF output.

Regarding HTMLBook -- I don't think it's that simpler then DocBook
because you have to use data-type attribute to specify precise meaning
of element, so where in DocBook you write:

<appendix>

in HTMLBook you have to write:

<section data-type="appendix">

Also for HTMLBook supported output formats are much more limited then
for DocBook, at least for now.

I think that HTMLBook is internally in O'Reilly and it's probably in the
heart of https://atlas.oreilly.com which looks like very interesting
on-line environment for producing books.

				Jirka

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