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Everything about DocBook
Markup language for documentation
DocBook is a semantic markup language for technical documentation. It was originally intended for writing technical documents related to computer hardware and software, but it can be used for any other sort of documentation. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: DocBookA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: The Man in the Cat-Hair SuitThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: DocBook - The Definitive Guide, by Norman Walsh and Leonard MuellnerCited 0 times
- Go sideways: Oxygen XML EditorA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Standard Generalized Markup LanguageA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
The Man in the Cat-Hair SuitWilliam R. Greene · 2011- 📕Beispiel einer komplexen DTDAndreas Witt · 2016
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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