From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 15 08:47:13 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 544DF16A4BF for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 08:47:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org (bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org [198.22.63.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D9AD43F3F for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 08:47:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mwlucas@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org) Received: from bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org (mwlucas@localhost.blackhelicopters.org [127.0.0.1])h8FFsKLw071734; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:54:20 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mwlucas@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org) Received: (from mwlucas@localhost)h8FFsKnk071733; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:54:20 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mwlucas) Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:54:20 -0400 From: "Michael W. Lucas" To: Oliver Fischer Message-ID: <20030915155420.GB71615@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> References: <20030911235020.GA2098@daemon.li> <20030912000052.GA44177@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <3F65C07A.5090300@snafu.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F65C07A.5090300@snafu.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.0 required=4.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: freebsd-docs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: author's email adress X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 15:47:13 -0000 Just because the example says we can, doesn't mean that we have to, however. DocBook supports a lot of things that we don't do. So, it's no requirement, but it can be done. ==ml On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 03:36:58PM +0200, Oliver Fischer wrote: > Did you read this? > > http://www.es.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/sgml-markup-docbook.html#AEN1464 > > Look at the articleinfo element. In this example it contains the > author's mail address. > > MfG > > Oliver Fischer > > Michael W. Lucas wrote: > >Hi, > > > >Frequently, the "original author" would not recognize the document as > >it exists in the doc repository. Many documents have been rewritten > >over the years. > > > >Also, just because someone wrote a document doesn't mean that they > >want to answer questions about it. That's what mailing lists are for. > >:-) > > > >==ml > > > >On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 01:50:20AM +0200, Josef El-Rayes wrote: > > > >>hi! > >> > >>i was wondering why there is no email adress of the author of articles > >>available. i think adding something like: > >> > >> > >> Joe > >> Randmon > >> jr@freebsd.org > >> > >> > >>would be quite useful for people that have questions after reading the > >>article as specific questions might be best answered by the author > >>himself. status-quo makes it very hard to find out how to contact the > >>author directly. > >> > >>tell me what you think of it. > >> > >>-josef > >>-- > >>www: http://www.daemon.li > >>nic-hdl: JER1080312-NICAT > >>BSD in AT: www.bsdcode.at > >>"Make World - Not War!" > >>_______________________________________________ > >>freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org Today's chance of throwing it all away to start a goat farm: 41.8% http://www.BlackHelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ Absolute OpenBSD: http://www.AbsoluteOpenBSD.com/