From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 19 19:47:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D3CE16A4CE for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 19:47:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (law12-f6.law12.hotmail.com [64.4.19.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A0C643D4C for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 19:47:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from haldoggie@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 19:47:21 -0800 Received: from 65.32.128.43 by lw12fd.law12.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 03:47:20 GMT X-Originating-IP: [65.32.128.43] X-Originating-Email: [haldoggie@hotmail.com] X-Sender: haldoggie@hotmail.com From: "Al Johnson" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 22:47:20 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Jan 2004 03:47:21.0083 (UTC) FILETIME=[1B8354B0:01C3DF08] Subject: FreeBSD Documentation and DocBook SGML X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 03:47:24 -0000 I'm learning about the FreeBSD documentation, and have read the primer at: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/ and have a question. http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/sgml.html states: "The Documentation Project is trying to use SGML as the standard method of representing the documentation." DocBook has been defined using both SGML and XML (a subset of SGML). My question is: Why does the FreeBSD Documentation Project prefer SGML to XML? _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE online virus check for your PC here, from McAfee. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963