discuss: Docbook 3.1 and 4.1
Subject:
Re: Docbook 3.1 and 4.1
From:
"Greg Ferguson" ####@####.####
Date:
21 Feb 2002 18:52:23 -0000
Message-Id: <10202211350.ZM12290@hoop.timonium.sgi.com>
> ...difference between Docbook 3.1 and 4.1.
In terms of the DTD, this is in the LDP Author Guide:
"2.4.2. Differences between DocBook 3.x and DocBook 4.x"
http://linuxdoc.org/LDP/LDP-Author-Guide/docbookxml.html#differences3040
- artheader tag changed to articleinfo
- graphic tag is being depricated in DocBook 5.x. To prepare for
this, you should instead use the mediaobject tag.
- file format for imagedata has to be in capital letters.
- added support for PNG (notation in the DTD)
Also, here's Norm's "changes" file:
19 June 2000
Changes from DocBook V3.1 to DocBook V4.1:
Markup:
- RFE 17: Added a common attribute 'Condition' for generic effectivity
- RFE 38: The nav.class elements (ToC|LoT|Index|Glossary|Bibliography)
are
now allowed at the beginning and end of components and sections
- RFE 58: The 'optmult' and 'reqmult' attribute values have been
removed from Group
- RFE 65: Added several class attribute values to Filename and SystemItem
at the request of the Linux community
- RFE 73: Removed BookBiblio and SeriesInfo
- RFE 81: Added SidebarInfo to Sidebar
- RFE 87: Added 'xmlpi' and 'emptytag' as class values of SGMLTag
- RFE 92: Added 'CO' to Synopsis and LiteralLayout
- RFE 99: Added SimpleMsgEntry as an alternative to MsgEntry in order
to provide a simpler MsgSet construct
- RFE 103: Added RevDescription as an alternative to RevRemark in
RevHistory; this allows longer descriptive text in a revision
- RFE 104: Added 'Specification' to the list of document classes on
Article
- RFE 108: Allow admonitions in Answers
- RFE 110: Allow a RevHistory on QandAEntry
- RFE 115: Allow optional Title on OrderedList and ItemizedList
- RFE 116: Added LineNumbering attribute to linespecific environments for
presentation of line numbers
- Added a common attribute 'Security' for effectivity
- Added synopsis markup for modern programming languages (e.g, object
oriented languages like Java, C++, and IDL)
- Renamed DocInfo to PrefaceInfo, ChapterInfo, AppendixInfo, etc.
- Comment was renamed Remark
- InterfaceDefinition was removed
Other:
- RFE 88: Added PEs to include/ignore dbnotn.mod and dbcent.mod
- RFE 102: Fixed some outstanding namecase problems
- RFE 105: Added PNG notation
- RFE 106: Removed some odd *.content PEs that interfered with
customization layers
- RFE 109: Added FPI to content of dbgenent.mod (for consistency)
- RFE 111: Added the Euro symbol
- Fixed bug in cals-tbl.dtd; a model group was used for the element
declaration, but the attlist declaration used "Table" literally.
regards,
--
Greg Ferguson * SGI principal engr / LDP contributor
SGI Tech Pubs * http://techpubs.sgi.com/ | gferg(at)sgi.com
Linux Doc Project* http://www.linuxdoc.org/ | gferg(at)metalab.unc.edu