Douglas Gregor wrote:
You mentioned that DocBook 5 is meant to be more extensible... might it possible for our C++ markup to be introduced into DocBook 5 as some kind of custom vocabulary? I'd love to minimize the distance between BoostBook and DocBook, but the need for Boost- and C++-specific features pushed them apart further than one would like. Perhaps with a more extensible DocBook 5, and Matias et. al.'s new work on the BoostBook/Quickbook toolchain, we can simplify things and move back closer to DocBook. But make no mistake: DocBook alone is insufficient for Boost, and standards are only useful when they solve your problems.
The reason I'm saying extensions will be easier to generate is that docbook 5 is specified by means of RelaxNG, not DTD. I have no idea about how hard / sensible it is to attempt to either make such changes get approval of the docbook technical commitee, or to keep it in a separate profile. Such questions are best asked on the docbook list (docbook@lists.oasis-open.org). Regards, Stefan -- ...ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin...