2 User's Guide DTDs
2.1 The part DTD
The part DTD is intended for a "normal" document, like the User's Guide or Release Notes. First are some paragraphs introducing the main contents. After that follows chapters, written in separate files with the chapter DTD.
Example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE part SYSTEM "part.dtd">
<part>
<header>
<title>The chapter title</title>
<prepared>The author</prepared>
<docno/>
<date/>
<rev/>
</header>
<description>
<p>Some text..</p>
</description>
<include file="file1"></include>
<include file="file2"></include>
</part>
2.2 <part>
The top level tag of a part DTD.
Contains a <header>, an optional <description>, followed by one or more <include>.
2.3 <description>
The introduction after the title and before the bulk of included chapters/manual pages.
Contains any combination and any number of block tags except <image> and <table>.
2.4 <include>
An empty tag. The attribute file specifies a file to include. The .xml file extension should be omitted.
Example:
<include file="notes"></include>
2.5 The chapter DTD
The chapter DTD is intended for a chapter in a User's Guide or similar with text divided into sections, which can be nested.
Example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd">
<chapter>
<header>
<title>Title on first level</title>
<prepared/>
<docno/>
<date/>
<rev/>
</header>
<p>Introduction...</p>
<section>
<title>Title on second level</title>
<p>First paragraph.</p>
<p>Second paragraph etc.</p>
<section>
<title>Title on third level</title>
<p>...</p>
</section>
</section>
...
</chapter>
2.6 <chapter>
The top level tag of a chapter DTD.
Contains a <header>, an optional introduction consisting of any combination of block tags, followed by one or more <section>.
2.7 <section>
Subdivision of a chapter.
Contains an optional <marker>, a <title>, followed by any combination and any number of block tags and <section>.
2.8 <title>
Section title, contains plain text.