A quick introduction to SGML, DocBook and Jade for those who just want to use it

by Michael Hope

Quick intro to DocBook

This document is designed for people like me who have heard about SGML and DocBook and about all the great things it can do but who don't want to wade through the language specification to understand how to write a simple document. I'm only a SGML newbie, so this is by no means complete or reliable but hopefully someone will find it usefull. It assumes only a knowledge of HTML and tags and builds from there by providing a link to the required software, a template to fill in and some pointers to more advanced texts.

Table of Contents
Preface
1. Required programs
Introduction
DocBook 3.0
Jade 1.1.1
DocBook Style Sheets
2. A simple template
3. Commonly used tags and their HTML equivalents
Beginning a document - the <book> tag
Paragraphs
Sections
Links
Lists
Formatting tags
4. Compiling your SGML document and some examples
Compiling
Examples

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