DocBook Service Technology
The DeltaXML DocBook service can produce a number of different output formats. Depending upon the format selected a toolchain is used to process the data which may consist of a number of components. The toolchain components are:
- DeltaXML Core DocBook pipeline. This is a processing pipeline for DocBook data which comprises the DeltaXML Core comparison engines and DocBook-specific filters. For further details, please see: How to Compare DocBook
- DocBook XSL. These XSLT filters are used to produce either XSL-FO or html formats. In the case of XSL-FO the service makes use of a customization layer we have developed and made available, please see: How to Compare DocBook
- An XSL-FO to PDF renderer. Currently we use RenderX XEP version 4.9 with the RenderX 'Connectivity Kit'.
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Output Format |
Core DocBook pipeline |
DocBook XSL |
PDF renderer |
|---|---|---|---|
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DocBook XML, with revision flags |
✔ |
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XSL-FO 1.0 |
✔ |
✔ |
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XSL-FO 1.0, with RenderX changebars |
✔ |
✔ |
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PDF (using RenderX XEP) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
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HTML 4.01 |
✔ |
✔ |
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The service is delivered using the NetKernel microkernel/RESTful application server from 1060 Research. This is used to orchestrate the pipeline control and interaction.
XML parsing is through Apache Xerces-J and XSLT processing uses Saxon-B, part of the Saxon XSLT and XQuery Processor from Saxonica Limited. This service is provided in conjunction with RenderX who have provided a server license for the use of the XEP renderer, note that each page includes a RenderX specific footer. We would like to thank all these projects/companies for providing these components used to provide this demonstration service.