5.2. A simple DocBook book

5.2. A simple DocBook book

The following XML section shows a typical structure of a DocBook book.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"../../common/docbook/dtd/docbookx.dtd">
<book lang="de">
 <title>Mein erstes DocBook Buch</title>
 <bookinfo> 
     <author>
       <honorific>Dipl.-Ing</honorific>
       <firstname>Stefan</firstname>
       <surname>Rinke</surname>
     </author>
 </bookinfo>
 <preface> 
     <title>Vorwort</title>
     <para>In einem Vorwort stehen Dinge über das Buch an sich.</para>
 </preface>
 <chapter> 
     <title>Einführung</title>
     <para>Dies ist ein einfacher Artikel
       <indexterm> 
         <primary>Artikel</primary>
         <secondary>DocBook-Artikel</secondary>
       </indexterm>.
     Das ist nur ein Beispielabsatz.</para>
 </chapter>
 <appendix> 
     <title>Anhang 1</title>
     <para>Das ist ein Anhang.</para>
 </appendix>
 <glossary> 
     <glossdiv>
       <title>Ein Glossar</title>
       <glossentry>
         <glossterm id="DocBook">DocBook</glossterm>
         <glosssee>DocBook ist ein Standard zur Erstellung...</glosssee>
       </glossentry>
     </glossdiv>
 </glossary>
 <index/> 
</book>

	The Bookinfo section is optional although you might want to be named as the author.
	The Preface is also optional. But if the book becomes very large, the preface will have about this strucutre.
	Here follow one or several chapters which start with a title <title> and are even more structured by paragraphs <para>.
	With this an index entry is created. The secondary entry is optional.
	Following tihs you will have one or more appendixes.
	If you want to, you can also add a glossary.
	This tag marks the position where the completed index is to be inserted.

To see how such a book might look in HTML^[3], click hier.

Fussnoten

^[3]this depends on the defined style sheets