1.8. Abbreviations

(Standard Generalized Markup Language) The superset of all the markup languages, SGML is a generalized schema for tagging structure data in an application-independent way.

(eXtensible Markup Language) XML is an SGML for tagging structured data according to an accompanying DTD which defines the collection of tags and the rules for ordering and nesting them. This allows for labelling domain-specific data in a consistent way which allow s new applications to match the input file with the DTD to parse, validate and manipulate the data stream.

(Document Style Specifications and Semantics Language) A scheme-based language for rendering SGML documents, DSSSL code will specify the placements and font manipulations for each tag in the specified DTD. While many shops prefer the XSL method of doing the same formatting function, DSSSL is the most common method in the DocBook and OpenJade world.

(eXtensible Style Language) A text format specification language which is itself an XML; many sites prefer XSL to DSSSL because the same editing tools used for the document can also be used on the stylesheet.

A document definition markup language which defines a set of SGML tags for the specific purpose of producing technical documentation. DocBook is used with a DSSSL or XSL to create document source files which will be portable across different display methods, for example, one document which renders in Postscript, Windows and Java Help, PDF, RTF, ASCII and HTML.