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>Table of Contents</B
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><DT
>D.1. <A
HREF="appd.html#AEN149659"
>Latest Versions of DocBook</A
></DT
><DT
>D.2. <A
HREF="appd.html#AEN149667"
>Resources for Resources</A
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>D.3. <A
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>Introductory Material on the Web</A
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>D.4. <A
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>D.5. <A
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>Internet <SPAN
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>RFC</SPAN
>s</A
></DT
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>D.6. <A
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>Books and Printed Resources</A
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><DT
>D.8. <A
HREF="appd.html#AEN149988"
><SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SGML</SPAN
>/<SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
> Tools</A
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><A
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><A
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></A
><P
>The quantity of information about <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SGML</SPAN
> and <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
> is growing
on a daily basis.  This appendix strives to provide both a
complete bibliography of the references mentioned explicitly in
this book, and a sampling of resources for additional
information about DocBook and about <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SGML</SPAN
> and <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
> in general.
Although not all of these resources are focused specifically on
DocBook, they still provide helpful information for DocBook
users.</P
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN149659"
>D.1. Latest Versions of DocBook</A
></H1
><P
>As of July 1998, responsibility for the advancement and maintenance
of the DocBook <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>DTD</SPAN
> has been transferred from the Davenport Group, which originated
it, to the DocBook Technical Committee of <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>OASIS</SPAN
> (Organization for the Advancement
of Structured Information Standards) at <A
HREF="http://www.oasis-open.org/"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.oasis-open.org/</A
>.</P
><P
>The latest releases of DocBook can be obtained from the official DocBook
home page at <A
HREF="http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/</A
>.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN149667"
>D.2. Resources for Resources</A
></H1
><P
>Here's where to find pointers to the subjects you want to find.</P
><P
></P
><DL
><DT
><B
>The Most Recent Version of This Book</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>The most recent online version of this book can be found at
<A
HREF="http://docbook.org/"
TARGET="_top"
>http://docbook.org/</A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><B
>The Most Recent Version of DocBook</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>The most recent version of DocBook, and the most recent information
about the <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>DTD</SPAN
>, can be found at the DocBook home page:
<A
HREF="http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/</A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><B
>Robin Cover's <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SGML</SPAN
>/<SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
> Web page</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>Easily the largest and most up-to-date list of <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SGML</SPAN
>/<SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
> resources; can be found at <A
HREF="http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/</A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><B
><SPAN
CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
>comp.text.sgml</SPAN
>
and <SPAN
CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
>comp.text.xml</SPAN
></B
></DT
><DD
><P
><SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>USENET</SPAN
> newsgroups devoted to <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SGML</SPAN
> and <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
> issues.</P
></DD
><DT
><B
><SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>FAQ</SPAN
>s</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>For pointers to several <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SGML</SPAN
> <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>FAQ</SPAN
>s, see 
<A
HREF="http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/general.html#faq"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/general.html#faq</A
>. 
The <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
> <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>FAQ</SPAN
> is
available at <A
HREF="http://www.ucc.ie/xml"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.ucc.ie/xml</A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><B
><A
HREF="http://www.xml.com/"
TARGET="_top"
><SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
>.com</A
></B
></DT
><DD
><P
><A
HREF="http://www.xml.com/"
TARGET="_top"
><SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
>.com</A
>, run jointly
by Songline Studios and Seybold, is a site devoted to making <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
>
accessible.</P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN149720"
>D.3. Introductory Material on the Web</A
></H1
><P
>These documents provide a good background for a better understanding of
<SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SGML</SPAN
> and <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
>.</P
><P
></P
><DL
><DT
><B
>A Gentle Introduction to <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SGML</SPAN
></B
></DT
><DD
><P
>A useful and simple document available in its original form at <A
HREF="http://www-tei.uic.edu/orgs/tei/sgml/teip3sg/index.html"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www-tei.uic.edu/orgs/tei/sgml/teip3sg/index.html</A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><B
>A Technical Introduction to <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
></B
></DT
><DD
><P
>A close look at the ins-and-outs of <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
> is available at <A
HREF="http://nwalsh.com/docs/articles/xml/"
TARGET="_top"
>http://nwalsh.com/docs/articles/xml/</A
>.</P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN149739"
>D.4. References and Technical Noteson the Web</A
></H1
><P
></P
><DL
><DT
><B
>Entity Management</B
></DT
><DD
><P
><A
HREF="http://www.oasis-open.org/html/a401.htm"
TARGET="_top"
><SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>OASIS</SPAN
> Technical
Resolution 9401:1997 (Amendment 2 to <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>TR</SPAN
> 9401)</A
>.</P
><P
>This document describes <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>OASIS</SPAN
> catalog files.</P
></DD
><DT
><B
>The <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SGML</SPAN
> Declaration</B
></DT
><DD
><P
><A
HREF="http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/wlw11.html"
TARGET="_top"
>The <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SGML</SPAN
> Declaration,</A
> by Wayne Wholer.</P
></DD
><DT
><B
>Table Interoperability: Issues for the <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CALS</SPAN
> Table Model</B
></DT
><DD
><P
><A
HREF="http://www.oasis-open.org/html/a501.htm"
TARGET="_top"
><SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>OASIS</SPAN
>
Technical Research Paper 9501:1995</A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><B
>Exchange Table Model Document Type Definition</B
></DT
><DD
><P
><A
HREF="http://www.oasis-open.org/html/a503.htm"
TARGET="_top"
><SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>OASIS</SPAN
>
Technical Resolution <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>TR</SPAN
> 9503:1995</A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><A
NAME="CALSDTD"
><B
><SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CALS</SPAN
> Table Model Document Type Definition</B
></A
></DT
><DD
><P
><A
HREF="http://www.oasis-open.org/html/a502.htm"
TARGET="_top"
><SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>OASIS</SPAN
>
Technical Memorandum <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>TM</SPAN
> 9502:1995</A
></P
></DD
><DT
><A
NAME="CALSXMLDTD"
><B
>XML Exchange Table Model Document Type Definition</B
></A
></DT
><DD
><P
><A
HREF="http://www.oasis-open-org/html/a901.htm"
TARGET="_top"
>OASIS
Technical Memorandum TM 9901:1999</A
>.</P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN149785"
>D.5. Internet <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>RFC</SPAN
>s</A
></H1
><P
><SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>RFC</SPAN
>s (<SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"Request for Comments"</SPAN
>) are standards documents
produced by the Internet Engineering Task Force (<SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>IETF</SPAN
>).</P
><P
></P
><DL
><DT
><B
><A
HREF="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1630.html"
TARGET="_top"
><SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>RFC</SPAN
> 1630</A
></B
></DT
><DD
><P
>Universal Resource Identifiers in <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>WWW</SPAN
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><B
><A
HREF="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1736.html"
TARGET="_top"
><SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>RFC</SPAN
> 1736</A
></B
></DT
><DD
><P
>Functional recommendations for Internet Resource Locators.</P
></DD
><DT
><B
><A
HREF="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1737.html"
TARGET="_top"
><SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>RFC</SPAN
> 1737</A
></B
></DT
><DD
><P
>Functional requirements for Uniform Resource Names.</P
></DD
><DT
><B
><A
HREF="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1738.html"
TARGET="_top"
><SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>RFC</SPAN
> 1738</A
></B
></DT
><DD
><P
>Uniform Resource Locators (<SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>URL</SPAN
>).</P
></DD
><DT
><B
><A
HREF="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1766.html"
TARGET="_top"
><SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>RFC</SPAN
> 1766</A
></B
></DT
><DD
><P
>Tags for the identification of languages</P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN149825"
>D.6. Specifications</A
></H1
><P
>Here are pointers to the specifications.</P
><P
></P
><DL
><DT
><B
><A
HREF="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml"
TARGET="_top"
>The <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
> Specification</A
></B
></DT
><DD
><P
>The <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>W3C</SPAN
> technical recommendation that defines <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
> 1.0.</P
></DD
><DT
><B
><A
HREF="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/"
TARGET="_top"
>Namespaces
in <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
></A
></B
></DT
><DD
><P
>The <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>W3C</SPAN
> technical recommendation that defines <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
> namespaces.</P
></DD
><DT
><B
><A
HREF="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-MathML/"
TARGET="_top"
>Mathematical
Markup Language (MathML) 1.0 Specification</A
></B
></DT
><DD
><P
>The <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>W3C</SPAN
> technical recommendation that defines MathML, an <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
>
representation of mathematical equations.</P
></DD
><DT
><B
><A
HREF="http://www.unicode.org/unicode/uni2book/u2.html"
TARGET="_top"
>The Unicode Standard, Version 2.0</A
></B
></DT
><DD
><P
>The Unicode standard.</P
></DD
><DT
><B
><A
HREF="http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr8.html"
TARGET="_top"
>Unicode Technical Report #8</A
></B
></DT
><DD
><P
>Version 2.1 of the Unicode standard.</P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN149862"
>D.7. Books and Printed Resources</A
></H1
><P
>There are also a number of books worth checking out:</P
><A
NAME="AEN149865"
></A
><DIV
CLASS="BIBLIOENTRY"
><A
NAME="MALER96"
></A
><P
><I
>Developing <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SGML</SPAN
> <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>DTD</SPAN
>s</I
><I
>: </I
><I
>From Text to Model to Markup</I
>, <SPAN
CLASS="AUTHOR"
>Eve Maler </SPAN
><SPAN
CLASS="AUTHOR"
>and Jeanne El Andaloussi</SPAN
>, 0-13-309881-8, Prentice-Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River, 1996.</P
><DIV
CLASS="BIBLIOENTRYBLOCK"
STYLE="margin-left=0.5in"
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="BIBLIOENTRY"
><A
NAME="AEN149885"
></A
><P
><I
>Practical <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SGML</SPAN
></I
>, <SPAN
CLASS="AUTHOR"
>Erik van Herwijnen</SPAN
>, 2, 0-7923-9434-8, Kluwer Academic Press, 1994.</P
><DIV
CLASS="BIBLIOENTRYBLOCK"
STYLE="margin-left=0.5in"
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="BIBLIOENTRY"
><A
NAME="AEN149898"
></A
><P
><I
>The <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SGML</SPAN
> Handbook</I
>, <SPAN
CLASS="AUTHOR"
>Charles Goldfarb </SPAN
><SPAN
CLASS="AUTHOR"
>and Yuri Rubinksy</SPAN
>, 0-7923-9434-8, 1991, Oxford University Press.</P
><DIV
CLASS="BIBLIOENTRYBLOCK"
STYLE="margin-left=0.5in"
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="BIBLIOENTRY"
><A
NAME="AEN149915"
></A
><P
><I
>SGML: an author's guide to the Standard Generalized Markup Language</I
>, <SPAN
CLASS="AUTHOR"
>Martin Bryan</SPAN
>, 0-201-17535-5, 1988, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.</P
><DIV
CLASS="BIBLIOENTRYBLOCK"
STYLE="margin-left=0.5in"
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="BIBLIOENTRY"
><A
NAME="AEN149925"
></A
><P
><I
>$GML: The Billion Dollar Secret</I
>, <SPAN
CLASS="AUTHOR"
>Chet Ensign</SPAN
>, 0-13-226705-5, 1998, Prentice Hall.</P
><DIV
CLASS="BIBLIOENTRYBLOCK"
STYLE="margin-left=0.5in"
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="BIBLIOENTRY"
><A
NAME="AEN149937"
></A
><P
><I
>Creating Documents with <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
></I
>, <SPAN
CLASS="AUTHOR"
>Chris Maden</SPAN
>, 1-56592-518-1, 1999, O'Reilly &amp; Associates.</P
><DIV
CLASS="BIBLIOENTRYBLOCK"
STYLE="margin-left=0.5in"
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="BIBLIOENTRY"
><A
NAME="AEN149950"
></A
><P
><I
><SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
>: A Primer</I
>, <SPAN
CLASS="AUTHOR"
>Simon St. Laurent</SPAN
>, 1-5582-8592-X, 1998, MIS:Press/IDG Books Worldwide.</P
><DIV
CLASS="BIBLIOENTRYBLOCK"
STYLE="margin-left=0.5in"
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="BIBLIOENTRY"
><A
NAME="AEN149963"
></A
><P
><I
>Understanding SGML and XML Tools</I
>, <SPAN
CLASS="AUTHOR"
>Peter Flynn</SPAN
>, 0-7923-8169-6, 1998, Kluwer Academic Publishers.</P
><DIV
CLASS="BIBLIOENTRYBLOCK"
STYLE="margin-left=0.5in"
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="BIBLIOENTRY"
><A
NAME="AEN149974"
></A
><P
><I
>The LaTeX Web Companion</I
><I
>: </I
><I
>Integrating TeX, HTML, and XML</I
>, <SPAN
CLASS="AUTHOR"
>Michel Goosens </SPAN
><SPAN
CLASS="AUTHOR"
>and Sebastian Rahtz</SPAN
>, 0-201-43311-7, 1999, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.</P
><DIV
CLASS="BIBLIOENTRYBLOCK"
STYLE="margin-left=0.5in"
></DIV
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN149988"
>D.8. <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SGML</SPAN
>/<SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
> Tools</A
></H1
><P
>An attempt to provide a detailed description of all of the <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SGML</SPAN
>/<SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
>
tools available is outside the scope of this book.</P
><P
>For a list of recent
of <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SGML</SPAN
> tools, check out Robin Cover's <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SGML</SPAN
>/<SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
> page at <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>OASIS</SPAN
>: <A
HREF="http://www.oasis-open.org/cover"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.oasis-open.org/cover</A
>.</P
><P
>For a list of <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
> tools,
check out <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>XML</SPAN
>.com: <A
HREF="http://www.xml.com/"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.xml.com/</A
>.</P
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