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Schematron: A Language for Validating XML

By Richard Hamilton, on October 17th, 2022

Erik Siegel’s new book, Schematron: A Language for Validating XML, is now available from Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, and many other online retailers.

Schematron is a validation language that checks XML documents against business rules. It extends the validation provided by languages such as Document Type Definitions (DTD), W3C XML Schema, and RELAX NG, […]

New from XML Press: XProc 3.0 Programmer Reference

By Richard Hamilton, on April 21st, 2020

The latest book in our series of XML-related publications, XProc 3.0 Programmer Reference by Erik Siegel, is now generally available in ebook and print form through online book sellers worldwide.

XProc 3.0 Programmer Reference introduces XProc 3.0, which is a programming language for processing XML, JSON, and other documents. XProc chains conversions and other […]

Orange County California STC Chapter Meeting

By Richard Hamilton, on October 13th, 2016

Next Tuesday, October 18, 6:00pm to 8:30pm, I will be presenting a talk on XML at the Orange County STC Chapter Meeting at the Doubletree Club Hotel—Orange County Airport.

The talk will cover topics ranging from basic XML syntax and structure to XML schemas for technical communicators. There will be plenty of time for questions, […]

DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide published today

By Richard Hamilton, on May 27th, 2010

DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide was published by O’Reilly Media today. The book, authored by Norman Walsh, Chair of the DocBook Technical Committee of OASIS, is the official reference for the standard and includes information about all of the elements and attributes, along with many examples.

One of the most widely used XML […]

A DITA Adventure: Beyond Testing

By Richard Hamilton, on May 19th, 2009

This is the third installment in A DITA Adventure. The first two installments covered downloading and installing the DITA Open Toolkit and installing the DITA Open Toolkit on Linux. This installment is my first attempt to build content outside the demo package, and it has been a less than happy experience.

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DITA Information Needs Survey

By Richard Hamilton, on April 10th, 2009

XML Press is planning several new publications related to DITA. Our DITA Information Needs Survey collected data about what information about DITA you need.

The survey is now closed, and we will post a summary shortly.

If you participated in the survey, we will send you the full results. Thanks to everyone who participated.

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