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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] DocBook for Test Plans
Hi Mark, I'm not sure... if I were to write my own DTD for what I think a test plan should be, then as a second step, convert it back to a DocBook XML, wouldn't I be better off writing a variant of the DocBook DTD? So that my DTD is also mostly DocBook and provide a set of XSL stylesheets to transform my DocBook DTD variant into whatever format I think a testplan should look like. Say if I were to do that, wouldn't it be better if I don't need to create any new tags and use straight DocBook DTD elements but provide XSL stylesheets to convert the standard DocBook XML into what I want... much like what the javahelp stylesheets are doing? Just wondering if anyone has already tackled this issue and established a solution that everyone else can use. I basically want to write test plans using XML DocBook (standard DTD if possible but am happy to use a variant) and generate HTML or PDFs from them which I can distribute to testers. They probably don't want to have anything to do with DocBook itself. Thanks again. Regards, Hwei ---------- Original Message ----------- From: M Flood <mdflood@starpower.net> To: Hwei Chan <hwei@jsoft.net.nz> Sent: Wed, 19 May 2004 21:34:37 -0400 Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] DocBook for Test Plans > Hwei: > > DocBook is a documentation format, so that's what I'd emphasize: that > is, try writing a small DTD that meets your test plan needs. Then write > a XSLT stylesheet to convert your testplan.xml into a DocBook document > (for example, <testplan:testsuite> ==> <docbook:table>) for > publication/dissemination. Would that work? > > -- Mark > > Hwei Chan wrote: > > >Hi all, > > > >I'm looking at using DocBook to author and generate test plans for software > >UAT testing. > > > >I'm just wondering what the best options are: > > > >1. Use the standard (standard DocBook XSL Stylesheets) Html, FO, etc... XSL > >stylesheets to generate standard corresponding documents and use tags like > >table, etc to author the plans. > >Has anyone had success with this option and do the plans look reasonable like > >professional test plan documents? > > > >I presume that people using this option will probably get different resulting > >test plans as people will probably use different DocBook tags. > > > >2. Has someone created specific XML stylesheets for transforming normal XML > >DocBook documents to test plans? If so are they available for use? > > > >3. Has someone created XML DocBook DTD variants specifically to author test > >plans? > > > >4. If no to both 2 and 3, are there any plans or will it be worthwhile to add > >test plans to the standard DocBook XSL Stylesheet distribution? > > > >Many thanks. > > > >Regards, > >Hwei > > > > > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a post to docbook-apps- unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org, or visit http://www.oasis- open.org/mlmanage/. > > > > > > > > ------- End of Original Message -------
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