docbook-xml -- DocBook XML
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DocBook is pretty much the standard for software documentation.  It is
managed by a committee formed at OASIS, the Organization for the
Advancement of Structured Information Standards
<URL:http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/>.  More information on
DocBook, including the user support community for it, can be found at
<URL:http://www.docbook.org/>.

This package contains the XML versions of the DTDs.  The 'docbook'
package contains the SGML DTDs.  A number of customization packages
are also available, generally used to mark up specialized subsets or
special applications of DocBook XML.  Rather than list them here,
please do 'apt-cache search docbook-xml'.

If you wish to format DocBook documents, you'll want to apply a
stylesheet to the document, in conjunction with a processor which
applies the style.  The available stylesheets for DocBook are the
'docbook-dsssl' and 'docbook-xsl' packages, for DSSSL and XSL
stylesheets, respectively.  Instructions on operating those
stylesheets and DSSSL or XSL processors is beyond the scope of this
README, but there is a Debian SGML/XML HOWTO at
<URL:http://www.debian.org/doc/misc-manuals#sgml-howto> which should
give some guidance.

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Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>