Sgml

DocBook XML Publishing (With CD-ROM) (Linux)

Format: Paperback
Author: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier
ReleaseDate: 19 April, 2001
Publisher: Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade
Rating:

Fluff and Errors

This book does not contain a single useful detail on how to install and configure the software used to render documents, so make sure you're using a distribution of Linux which includes the tools. Save your money and spend your time on the Linux Documentation Project web site. Windows users are out of luck.
None of the Chapter 5 example links work on the CD-ROM. The examples in the book and on the CD-ROM are not very complete or useful. The book and CD seem slapped together without organization or quality control. I'm sorry I bought it.

Once over lightly
Of course, it's the details that are hard to discover and get right. For a complete beginner, this book is OK, otherwise I think people are going to find it light on the details.

Also, space was devoted to topics that are not really germane, like CVS, Emacs and vi. Of course one has to edit DocBook files, but devoting 3 chapters (out of 12 total) seems like padding.