DocBook 4 Document Type

DocBook is a very popular set of tags for describing books, articles, and other prose documents, particularly technical documentation. DocBook provides a vast number of semantic element tags, divided into three broad categories: structural, block-level, and inline. DocBook content can then be published in a variety of formats, including HTML, PDF, WebHelp, and EPUB.

File Definition

A file is considered to be a DocBook 4 document when one of the following conditions are true:

  • The root element name is book or article.
  • The PUBLIC ID of the document contains the string -//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML.

Default Document Templates

There are a variety of default DocBook 4 templates available when creating new documents from templates, including Article, Book, Chapter, Glossary, Section, and more.

The default templates for DocBook 4 documents are located in the [OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR]/frameworks/docbook/templates/Docbook 4 folder.

Default Schema

The default schema that is used if one is not detected in the DocBook 4 file is docbookxi.dtd and it is stored in [OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR]/frameworks/docbook/4.5/dtd/.

Default XML Catalog

The default XML catalog, catalog.xml, is stored in [OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR]/frameworks/docbook/.

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