[Bf-docboard] software tools 'XML'?

[Joseph]

Martin Middleton wrote:

> Actually, XML is a markup language, just like HTML, XHTML, and SGML.
>
> DocBook is general purpose XML and SGML document type particularly 
> well suited to books and papers about computer hardware and software 
> (though it is by no means limited to these applications).
>
> If you want to learn all about DocBook (the method used by the Blender 
> docboard to generate the manual), take a look at "The Definitive Guide 
> to DocBook" located here:
>
> http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/documentation/reference/html/docbook.html 
>
>
> At 04:39 PM 3/20/2004, you wrote:
>
>> Hi, I'm new to this list, and I'm only redoing screenshots of 
>> tutorials.  W
>>
>> What everyone is saying is kindof confusing.  As far as I know, XML 
>> isn't any specific language, it's a specification.  XML is simply a 
>> set of rules to follow when creating a markup language.  For example, 
>> an office program (non-Microsoft of course) might save its files in 
>> an XML file format.  A new version of HTML, XHTML, is currently being 
>> widely implemented.  So, what's this "XML" you are all talking 
>> about?  DocBook?
>>
>> joeedh
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But. . .XHTML is based off of XML.  XML is a markup language used to 
define other markup languages.  Right?

joeedh