Re: Linking collections (was: RE: I'm trying to set up docbook-tools. ..)

Re: Linking collections (was: RE: I'm trying to set up docbook-tools. ..)

[Norman Walsh]

/ Gregory Leblanc <GLeblanc@cu-portland.edu> was heard to say:
| > -----Original Message-----
| > From: Norman Walsh [ mailto:ndw@nwalsh.com ]
| > SGML doesn't really have a good cross-document linking 
| > solution (though
| > you can cobble one together, see my tutorials about olink on 
| > nwalsh.com).

http://nwalsh.com/docbook/dsssl/doc/olinksemantics.html

| it, but I'd appreciate a pointer if you read this before I find it.  There
| really needs to be a good way to link between separate documents for a lot
| of things.  That's one of the biggest problems that the LDP has right now.
| It's very hard to reference other documents because all you can do is say
| "read document named X", and not do a very good job linking to that
| document, or even better, to a specific section of that document.

It's one of the biggest problems XML has right now, IMHO. It should
be/will/is possible to build a solution with XPointer and XLink, but I
don't know of an out-of-the-box one available now.

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

-- 
Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> | All our foes are mortal.--Val\'ery
http://nwalsh.com/            | 

Re: Linking collections (was: RE: I'm trying to set up docbook-tools. ..)

[Norman Walsh]

/ Gregory Leblanc <GLeblanc@cu-portland.edu> was heard to say:
| > -----Original Message-----
| > From: Norman Walsh [ mailto:ndw@nwalsh.com ]
| > SGML doesn't really have a good cross-document linking 
| > solution (though
| > you can cobble one together, see my tutorials about olink on 
| > nwalsh.com).

http://nwalsh.com/docbook/dsssl/doc/olinksemantics.html

| it, but I'd appreciate a pointer if you read this before I find it.  There
| really needs to be a good way to link between separate documents for a lot
| of things.  That's one of the biggest problems that the LDP has right now.
| It's very hard to reference other documents because all you can do is say
| "read document named X", and not do a very good job linking to that
| document, or even better, to a specific section of that document.

It's one of the biggest problems XML has right now, IMHO. It should
be/will/is possible to build a solution with XPointer and XLink, but I
don't know of an out-of-the-box one available now.

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

-- 
Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> | All our foes are mortal.--Val\'ery
http://nwalsh.com/            | 

Linking collections (was: RE: I'm trying to set up docbook-tools...)

[Gregory Leblanc]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Norman Walsh [ mailto:ndw@nwalsh.com ]
> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 6:59 AM
> To: docbook-tools-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject: Re: I'm trying to set up docbook-tools...
> 
> |   More details on linking documents, I've got 6 docs that 
> I'm writing in
> | parallel and would really like to link between them. I gave up.
> 
> These are six separate documents, or six parts of the same document?
> SGML doesn't really have a good cross-document linking 
> solution (though
> you can cobble one together, see my tutorials about olink on 
> nwalsh.com).
> XPointer and XLink should do better, but there are still some problems
> given that you don't typically publish the source.

From looking under Documents, DocBook, and XML, I don't see this on your
site.  I'll keep poking around, a bit more and holler with a URL if I find
it, but I'd appreciate a pointer if you read this before I find it.  There
really needs to be a good way to link between separate documents for a lot
of things.  That's one of the biggest problems that the LDP has right now.
It's very hard to reference other documents because all you can do is say
"read document named X", and not do a very good job linking to that
document, or even better, to a specific section of that document.  Thanks,
	Grego