Re: [docbook-apps] Simpler XHTML output

[Larry Garfield <larry@garfieldtech.com>]

Hi, Bob.

Is there currently any sort of specification for the current output to 
compare against to make sure we're not missing anything?  Even just a 
source document that used every feature would be sufficient, as then 
that could be used to generate an output file that contained "every" 
piece of output.  That would make it much easier to know what needed to 
be cleaned up.  (This is what I was referring to in my previous post. 
There's a LOT of code in there, and I don't know all of the places to 
even look to find stuff that would need to be cleaned up.)

When you say the spec would need to include a template for the CSS, do 
you mean a "recommended CSS" file that is provided on the side, or 
something that would be included automatically, such as in a <style> tag 
in the header?

Bob Stayton wrote:
> Hi Rene,
> I welcome this suggestion.  I too have wanted a cleaner version of XHTML so
> that CSS can be given full control.  If someone were to write a
> specification for what the XHTML should look like, I would be willing to
> help implement it in XSLT.
> 
> Since this XHTML would be dependent on CSS for styling, I think the spec
> would have to include a template for the CSS.
> 
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> DocBook Consulting
> bobs@sagehill.net
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rene Hache" <rene.hache@gmail.com>
> To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 7:01 PM
> Subject: [docbook-apps] Simpler XHTML output
> 
> 
> To whom it may concern,
> 
> I was wondering if anyone has done extensive work to create a simpler
> XHTML output from the XSL stylesheets?
> 
> It is with great hesitancy that I send this email, because I
> understand the hard work that goes into these stylesheets -- so please
> don't take this as critisism. But I do believe that the XHTML outputs
> could be significantly simpler in terms of the code it outputs and
> achieve the same functionality. In fact, simpler XHTML outputs would
> make it significantly easier to manipulate the look via a css
> stylesheet. There is also a lot of redundant code that could easily be
> handled with a css stylesheet.
> 
> If no one has ever attempted this but is interested, I don't mind
> assisting. I am by no means a XSL/XSLT programmer, but having a web
> standards web designer involved in this process might be useful.
> 
> Thanks,
> Rene

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