Re: (dsssl) DSSSL Documentation Project

[Trent Shipley <tcshipley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I know there are issues with publishing ISO standards gratis.  However, 
Goldfarb's book annotating the SGML standard sells for much less than the 
standard itself.  

This implies price flexibility when it  comes to value added products.

What is the level of feasibility for hyperlinking the handbook to the 
standard (and the on-line standard to the handbook) so that we get an 
annotated standard at no additional cost in labor?

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(Would it be desirable to de-certify DSSSL as an ISO standard and either move 
it to W3C or make it a stand-alone ad-hoc standard?)

On Sunday 27 January 2002 12:42, you wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to take some first steps toward reviving the DSSSL
> documentation project.  I propose to:
>
>     1. Upgrade all source documents to DocBook 4.1.
>     2. Consolidate the existing pieces into one document so that appearance
> and navigation is consistent throughout.  I will follow the proposed
> outline for the DSSSL Handbook.
>     3. Merge material from Flow Object Class Reference with that of Flow
> Object Gallery; also combine Procedure Library and Cookbook.
>
> What I want to produce at this stage is a fully navigable DSSSL Handbook
> that incorporates all the current material plus any contributions that come
> in along the way.  (Brandon, how about your TL tutorial?)  There will still
> be a lot of blank pages.
>
> As for where the documentation lives, I wouldn't like to see it bundled too
> closely with openjade.  If Mulberry can keep it that's fine, or if someone
> acquires a dsssl domain name that would be best.
>
> Later,
> --Paul
>
> Paul Tyson, Principal Consultant                   Precision Documents
> paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx              http://precisiondocuments.com
>      "The art and science of document engineering."
>
>
>
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