Processing DocBook V5.0

  • DocBook XSL stylesheets

    • written in XSLT 1.0 to work with DocBook V3.x and V4.x

    • recent releases support also DocBook V5.0

    • stylesheets strip namespace before processing

    • not all new DocBook V5.0 features are supported (e.g. annotation element)

    • very mature and widely deployed toolchain

  • XSLT 2.0 based reimplementation

    • currently under a development

    • will support all DocBook V5.0 features

    • pure XSLT 2.0 code, no need for external extensions

    • experimental code, not as many features and parameters as XSLT 1.0 based stylesheets