Re: [docbook-apps] Word-->DocBook (any existing solutions + an ideafor a new solution)

Hi James,

FYI, the xmerge filters are based on Simplified Docbook, not full 
Docbook, and I do not think they are complete...

Best regards,

--Scott

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James Brundage wrote:

>Actually I spent a good hour futzing with that exact webpage.  Have
>downloaded and installed the filters as directed, and still when I
>output as XML it looks NOTHING like DTD.
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>James
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Charles Plessy [mailto:] 
>Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 4:39 AM
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>Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Word-->DocBook (any existing solutions + an
>idea for a new solution)
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>>1) Read Word document into OpenOffice.
>>2) Save file (as OpenOffice document).
>>3) Decompress the file to XML
>>4) Run an XSLT transform against it to turn it into Docbook.
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>>The snag is, first someone will have to write the XSLT transform.
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>I think it is being done :
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>http://xml.openoffice.org/xmerge/docbook/
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