Afaik, only one mediaobject is recognized in the title page spec file. What i cant figure out is how to actually write the template. This includes a title, chapters, glossaries, appendices, and so on. The constant features are the title, author name, and publisher. What specifically is listed on the title page will depend on the type of book written and if its a part of a series. General customizations custom section numbering label punctuation tables of contents toc which components have a toc levels in book and chapter tocs customized toc levels set toc turning on section tocs keeping selected titles out of the toc. In contrast, the book document type permits multiple level0 section titles.
The definitive guide is the official documentation for docbook. For example, to change the font size of all section 1 titles in pdf output, you would specify an attribute set for section. When i generate the fo file from this book, the chapter title has vanished from the page where the chapter starts. My document is an, and in print format i want it to start out with a single front title page, including the title, subtitle, a couple of png images, and a date. While on the subject of introductory pages, the page of a book like the title page, is an individual design and i cannot think that a generic 1 iamcurrentlyatherries dot press at earthlink dot net.
Creating a dtd that is a strict subset of docbook means that all of your instances are still completely valid docbook instances, which may be important to your tools and stylesheets, and to other people with whom you share documents. A book is a single deliverable documentation artifact with chapters that correspond to logical sections within your end document. Titled collection of one or more books or articless, can be nested with other sets. It is particularly well suited to books and papers about computer hardware and software though it is by no means limited to these applications. Relax ng offers many powerful constructs that make customization much easier than it would be using a dtd. Docbook is a schema available in several languages including relax ng, sgml and xml dtds, and w3c xml schema maintained by the docbook technical committee of oasis. Thats why mapping to an enterprise documentation format like docbook. To access these options, access the dashboard editor, select the widget as described in reconfiguring a widget, and use the options in the chart and pivot section.
To create a title page using a title page template proceed as follows. This tutorial explains the epub format in detail, demonstrates epub validation using java technology, and. If you write a custom element or if you want to change the default rendering of an element or if you simply want to customize the output a bit such as changing the default font, youll have to define a custom stylesheet. Docbook is a powerful way to represent a document once created in many different views. Title pages for other elements are handled in a similar manner.
See the section template sequence for book title pages for a description of the sequence of templates executed for a books title. Title page processing in docbook xsl involves a large number of templates and many opportunities for intervention for customization purposes. Compared to html, docbook s tags are selfdescribing. Use a title page spec file to generate a customized title page stylesheet file. Docbook sometimes has a reputation for being hard to learn. Sep 21, 2012 the book is an excellent manual for the docbook xsl stylesheets. Approximately 60,000 books displayed in our storefront with another 50,000 in an available storage facility. I managed to change paper size and body font, but not chapter titles, etc. Likely im still too new to xslfo and docbook customization. Relax ng offers many powerful constructs that make customization much easier than it would be using a dtd see. However, because docbook has been around for quite some time, many stylesheets already exist for generating different types of documentation.
See the section template sequence for book title pages for a description of the sequence of templates executed for a books title pages. Docbook provides a wide range of metadata elements that can be entered in info elements such as bookinfo or chapterinfo. Any subsequent declarations of the same element or entity are ignored. A gem in the heart of rosemont, we believe in personal service to the customer. Docbooks structural tags include, but are not limited to. According to this the following should work my custom stylesheet. It is a general, out of print, and antiquarian book store.
The following submenus affect the appearance of a chart. I assume you want to customize the title page in the pdf output. I am trying to create a title page for fo processing with two images. Im using a slightly complex title page for a book right now. In an earlier post about the parts of a book, i briefly discussed the title page title pageannounces the title, subtitle, author and publisher of the book. Compared to html, docbooks tags are selfdescribing. Title page processing in docbook xsl involves a large number of templates and. In support of docbook users everywhere, this book and its source xml are available online.
In fact, when i try to change font size of chapter titles using the manual entries i find on the web, the chapter title is suddenly absent from the document. Designing a title page recipies for docbook xsl developers. I have found that more often its not docbook, but the unique tool chains people build around it, that have the steep learning curve. When you customize a docbook dtd, the rules of xml and sgml dictate that the first of any duplicate declarations wins.
Customizing a docbook xsl stylesheet is the opposite of customizing a docbook dtd. Epub is an open specification for digital books based on familiar technologies like xml, css, and xhtml, and epub files can be read on portable eink devices, mobile phones, and desktop computers. I try to create a pdf based on a docbook source with a custom format. Organization wide uniformity of document appearance title pages, headers, footers, typography, old documents can be easily regenerated to reflect changes in the stylesheet. The next stylesheet release will probably use public identifiers to locate the stylesheets, which will simplify this problem a.
Nov 25, 2008 need to distribute documentation, create an ebook, or just archive your favorite blog posts. Edit this file using an xml or text editor and add one or more xslt elements after the xsl. Make sure that you specify, in the system identifier, the full path to the docbook. Learn how to use docbook xml and the eclipse ide together to create reusable technical documentation that you can easily distribute in most. Customizing docbook 5 xsl docbook 5 customization details annotations customization chapter 10. Use the utf8 encoding instead of default iso88591 when converting a docbook document to single page html 6. Automatic generation of global and local table of contents. Note that some docbook xsl parameters are complex and cannot be specified with the element. Any of these templates can be replaced by a custom template written in any template. Docbook xml is a library of standard xml tags you can use to write stylesheets for generating almost any output. By default, all of the title page elements appear on the title page. If no custom page is given, a default title page is used. Given the number and type of parameters that need to be set, a customization layer.
I assume the second title page is the backside of the title page of a real book, which printed double sided. Bobs book demonstrates many methods to customize the title page but none of them worked for me. Docbook is general purpose xml and sgml document type particularly well suited to books and papers about computer hardware and software though it is by no means limited to these applications. The docbook technical committee maintains the docbook schema. Grimm personalized blank book, custom stamped gift book, 4 78 x 7 x 1 12, 4172 green. The book element, for example, specifies that its child elements represent the parts of a book. While there are many different layouts that publishers use for the title page of a book, below is a simple book title page example. Assembling a book division rather than referencing an external file. One of the things that id like to address is the clumsy way title pages are. Jun, 2012 so theres an option now to upload a title page image in book information. Other information that may be found on the title page can include the publishers location, the year of publication, or descriptive text about the book. To customize cross references, you add new gentext templates to your customization layer that override the stock templates.
At some point you may want to better understand the inner workings. Then a second page containing the revision history, and finally a third page with the table of contents. I am not sure why the designers of these stylesheets decided that because that repeats the information including the cover image. Each source html page is expected to deal with a single topic. As specified in this book you should follow the steps described here. Docbook s structural tags include, but are not limited to. Jun, 2005 bobs book demonstrates many methods to customize the title page but none of them worked for me. Customizing the xslt style sheets used in the convert.
The next stylesheet release will probably use public identifiers to locate the stylesheets, which will simplify this problem a bit at the cost, naturally, of a little more. Title fonts and sizes book titles chapter titles other component titles section titles figure, table, and other titles print title pages title page attributesets title page spec file title page element templates custom title page layout template sequence for book title pages additional front or back matter book covers custom page design. I have a docbook document and when i create a pdf i want it to display the chapter title without the word chapter in front of it. You may want to customize both the content and the format of your book, article, chapter, or section title pages. The system provides a rich set of options that you can use to customize the appearance of a chart widget.
Feb 24, 2020 once the docbook is generated, links will be made available on the special page to download the docbook. An extension adds new structures, or changes the dtd in a way that is not compatible with docbook. Docbook is officially available as a document type definition dtd for both xml and sgml. The title page format files are also be kept in the srcstyleshtml and srcstylespdf subdirectories of your documentation project. In the properties pane, in the include on title page list, select an element to exclude. This article will cover a number of topics, but its main point is to show you how to get up an running with producing documentation using the docbook help processor, and then creating customizations for producing plain html file for use on the web or offline, or in making a single microsoft html help file. You can of course use ebookc to create books having a simple structure like novels, but this tool also has all the features needed to create large, complex, reference manuals builds on topicoriented structuring like dita or docbook 5. You can use customization layers to extend docbook or subset it. Similar to the style sheet customizations, the docbook framework can use custom title pages when rendering pdf and html output. I try to create a pdf based on a docbook source with a custom format i.
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