DocBook 4 Document Type
DocBook is a very popular set of tags for describing books, articles, and other prose documents, particularly technical documentation. DocBook provides a vast number of semantic element tags, divided into three broad categories: structural, block-level, and inline. DocBook content can then be published in a variety of formats, including HTML, PDF, WebHelp, and EPUB.
File Definition
A file is considered to be a DocBook 4 document when one of the following conditions are true:
- The root element name is
bookorarticle. - The PUBLIC ID of the document contains the string
-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML.
Default Document Templates
There are a variety of default DocBook 4 templates available when creating new documents from templates, including Article, Book, Chapter, Glossary, Section, and more.
The default templates for DocBook 4 documents are located in the [OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR]/frameworks/docbook/templates/Docbook
4 folder.
Default Schema
The default schema that is used if one is not detected in the DocBook 4 file is
docbookxi.dtd and it is stored in [OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR]/frameworks/docbook/4.5/dtd/.
Default CSS
The default CSS files used for rendering DocBook content in Author
mode are stored in [OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR]/frameworks/docbook/css/.
By default, these default CSS files are merged with any that are specified in the document. For more information, see Selecting and Combining Multiple CSS Styles.
Default XML Catalog
The default XML catalog, catalog.xml, is stored in [OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR]/frameworks/docbook/.
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