DocBook XML Schema

Norman Walsh, Staff Engineer
Sun Microsystems, XML Technology Center

Copyright © 2000 by Sun Microsystems, Inc. Schema derived from DocBook DTD Copyright 1992-2000 HaL Computer Systems, Inc., O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., ArborText, Inc., Fujitsu Software Corporation, and the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS).


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This is the README for the DocBook XML Schema.

The DocBook XML Schema V4.1.2.1 attempts to be an accurate translation of the DocBook XML V4.1.2 DTD.

In this version, the parameterization of the schema is roughly identical to the parameterization of the DTD. This may change as I begin to experiment with the construction of derivative schemas.

Alpha Release

DocBook XML Schema V4.1.2.1 is an experimental release. It validates with XSV version 1.166/1.77 of 2000/09/28 15:54:50 on my system.

I welcome reports of success or failure with other XML Schema validation tools.

The namespace names (URIs) used in this schema are purely imaginary. They have no official status, nor do they foreshadow the future existence of any similar official URIs. I had to use something.

The DocBook XML Schema is known to differ from the DocBook DTD in the following ways:

With the exception of tables, which will definitely require some markup changes in the instances, documents that are valid against the DTD should be valid against this schema.


The Author: Norman Walsh, a Staff Engineer in Sun's XML Technology Center, is chair of the OASIS DocBook Technical Committee and serves on a number of W3C Working Groups, including the XML Core, XSL, and XML Schema WGs.