DocBook 5 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 5 document when the namespace is http://docbook.org/ns/docbook.

Default Document Templates

There are a variety of default DocBook 5 templates available when creating new documents from templates, including Article, Book, Chapter, Glossary, Section, and more.

The default templates for DocBook 5 documents are located in the [OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR]/frameworks/docbook/templates/Docbook 5 folder.
Note: Default templates for experimental DocBook 5.1 documents are also available in the [OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR]/frameworks/docbook/templates/Docbook 5.1 (Experimental)/ directory.

Default Schema

The default schema that is used if one is not detected in the DocBook 5 file is docbookxi.rng and it is stored in [OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR]/frameworks/docbook/5.0/rng/. Other types of schemas are also located in various folders inside the [OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR]/frameworks/docbook/5.0/ directory (for example, XML Schema files are located in the xsd folder).

Default XML Catalog

The default XML catalog, catalog.xml, is stored in [OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR]/frameworks/docbook/5.0/.

Note: A default XML catalog and schema files for experimental DocBook 5.1 documents are also available in the [OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR]/frameworks/docbook/5.1/ directory.

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