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<h1>Re: FHS PROPOSAL: SGML &amp; XML</h1>
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<li><em>To</em>: George Kraft/Austin/IBM &lt;<A HREF="mailto:gk4@us.ibm.com">gk4@us.ibm.com</A>&gt;</li>
<li><em>Subject</em>: Re: FHS PROPOSAL: SGML &amp; XML</li>
<li><em>From</em>: Dan Scott &lt;<A HREF="mailto:dan.scott@acm.org">dan.scott@acm.org</A>&gt;</li>
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George:
I'm willing to mark up and support the chapter. When do you need a draft?
Dan
On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, George Kraft/Austin/IBM wrote:
&gt; A while back there was a set of proposals brought forward to the Linux
&gt; Standard Base regarding: SGML Directory layout, DocBook Directory layout,
&gt; Open Catalog usage for SGML, Open Catalog usage for DocBook, Configuration
&gt; files, Iso-entities, and Packages. I would like the Linux Documentation
&gt; Project to (1) review the proposals, and (2) if acceptable, endorse these
&gt; proposals.
&gt;
&gt; <A HREF="http://lists.debian.org/lsb-spec-0008/msg00012.html">http://lists.debian.org/lsb-spec-0008/msg00012.html</A>
&gt; <A HREF="http://lists.debian.org/lsb-spec-0008/msg00013.html">http://lists.debian.org/lsb-spec-0008/msg00013.html</A>
&gt;
&gt; Would someone within the LDP be interested in DocBook formatting and
&gt; supporting this chapter of the LSB?
&gt;
&gt; George Kraft IV
&gt; gk4@us.ibm.com
&gt; LSB Written Spec Program Manager
&gt;
&gt;
&gt; George Kraft
&gt; 08/31/2000 11:14 AM
&gt;
&gt; To: FHS Discuss
&gt; cc: eric@caldera.de, docbook-tools@bazar.conectiva.com.br,
&gt; rosalia@lanl.gov, rf@caldera.de, rw@caldera.de, johannes@caldera.de
&gt; From: George Kraft/Austin/IBM@IBMUS
&gt; Subject: FHS PROPOSAL: SGML &amp; XML
&gt;
&gt;
&gt; Enclosed is a proposal, submitted by Eric Bischoff, for the FHS regarding
&gt; SGML &amp; XML. The more detailed second part of this proposal has been
&gt; submitted to the Linux Standard Base to be adopted as an addendum to the
&gt; LSB written specification. See the LSB's lsb-discuss email archive for
&gt; more details regarding that proposal <A HREF="http://www.linuxbase.org/lists.html">http://www.linuxbase.org/lists.html</A>
&gt; It is proposed that the FHS adopted the enclosed and integrated it into the
&gt; specification.
&gt;
&gt; Introduction
&gt; ------------
&gt;
&gt; In a normalisation effort, about thirty people, including packagers
&gt; of some Linux distributions, and developers of SGML related tools such
&gt; as the SGML-Tools and DocBook Tools project, discussed informally and
&gt; agreed on a series of recommendations that will be submitted as a draft
&gt; to the Linux Standard Base project. A reference implementation will also
&gt; be done as part of the DocBook-tools project.
&gt;
&gt; This document addresses the FHS part of the project.
&gt;
&gt; This document makes several references to &quot;catalogs&quot;: these files
&gt; represent the dorsal spine of a SGML or XML system. They are mainly used
&gt; to map things (that are called &quot;entities&quot; in SGML or XML terminology)
&gt; into real file names. A catalog can reference other catalogs through
&gt; pointer directives (CATALOG, DELEGATE). For more information, see the
&gt; Open Catalogs standard at <A HREF="http://www.oasis-open.org">http://www.oasis-open.org</A>.
&gt;
&gt; /etc/sgml/
&gt; ----------
&gt;
&gt; In /etc/sgml one can find configuration files that describe the installed
&gt; components of a SGML or XML system.
&gt;
&gt; Files found there include:
&gt;
&gt; *.conf: generic configuration files
&gt; *.cat: DTD-specific centralized catalogs
&gt; catalog: the super catalog
&gt;
&gt; The generic configuration files define high-level parameters of the SGML
&gt; or XML system.
&gt;
&gt; The &quot;centralized catalogs&quot; are catalogs that reference through pointers
&gt; all the other catalogs that are needed to use a given DTD. The referenced
&gt; files include the DTD's catalog, style sheets catalogs, character entities
&gt; sets catalogs, etc. All the files that are referenced reside somewhere
&gt; under /usr/share/sgml.
&gt;
&gt; The &quot;super catalog&quot; references through pointers all the centralized
&gt; catalogs. Unlike the centralized catalogs, it does not guarantee the
&gt; absence of definition conflicts between referenced catalogs.
&gt;
&gt; At least for the present, all XML documents are also SGML documents,
&gt; so it seems unnecessary to create /etc/xml.
&gt;
&gt; /usr/share/sgml/
&gt; ----------------
&gt;
&gt; In /usr/share/sgml reside architecture-independent files used by SGML
&gt; or XML applications: ordinary catalogs (not the centralized ones), DTDs,
&gt; entities, style sheets, and other declarative files, if any.
&gt;
&gt; It is organized at top-level into DTD-specific subdirectories, when
&gt; applicable:
&gt; docbook/
&gt; tei/
&gt; html/
&gt; mathml/
&gt; ...
&gt;
&gt; Other files that are not specific to a given DTD may reside in their own
&gt; directory. When we say &quot;specific to a DTD&quot;, it does not mean that those
&gt; files describe a DTD, but only that they are to be used with this DTD.
&gt;
&gt; At least for the present, all XML documents are also SGML documents,
&gt; so it seems unnecessary to create /usr/share/xml.
&gt;
&gt;
&gt; George Kraft IV
&gt; gk4@us.ibm.com
&gt;
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