Petter Reinholdtsen: Best way to create a docbook book?

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diff --git a/blog/data/2012-07-31-docbook-help.txt b/blog/data/2012-07-31-docbook-help.txt index 5fa82debd2..03e7b3850c 100644 --- a/blog/data/2012-07-31-docbook-help.txt +++ b/blog/data/2012-07-31-docbook-help.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Title: Best way to create a docbook book? Tags: english -Date: 2012-07-31 21:50 +Date: 2012-07-31 22:00

I tried to send this text to the docbook-apps diff --git a/blog/index.html b/blog/index.html index 2b753995e2..1366e41a16 100644 --- a/blog/index.html +++ b/blog/index.html @@ -19,6 +19,80 @@ +

Best way to create a docbook book?

31st July 2012

I tried to send this text to the +docbook-apps +mailing list at lists.oasis-open.org, but it only accept messages +from subscribers and rejected my post, and I completely lack the +bandwidth required to subscribe to another mailing list, so instead I +try to post my message here and hope my blog readers can help me +out.

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I am quite new to docbook processing, and am climbing a steep +learning curve at the moment.

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To give you some background, I am working on a Norwegian +translation of the book Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig, and I use +docbook to handle the process. The files to build the book are +available from +github. +The book got around 400 pages with parts, images, footnotes, tables, +index entries etc, which has proven to be a challenge for the free +software docbook processors. My build platform is Debian GNU/Linux +Squeeze.

+ +

I want to build PDF, EPUB and HTML version of the book, and have +tried different tool chains to do the conversion from docbook to these +formats. I am currently focusing on the PDF version, and have a few +problems.

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Using dblatex, the <part> handling is not the way I want to, + as </part> do not really end the <part>. (See + BTS report #683166), the + xetex backend (needed to process UTF-8) give incorrect hyphens in + index references spanning several pages (See + BTS report #682901), and + I am unable to get the norwegian template texts (See + BTS report #682936).
Using straight xmlto fail with some latex error (See + BTS report + #683163).
Using xmlto with the fop backend fail to handle images (do not + show up in the PDF), fail to handle a long footnote (overlap + footnote and text body, see + BTS report #683197), and + fail to create a correct index (some lack page ref, and the page + refs listed are not right).
Using xmlto with the dblatex backend behave like dblatex.
Using docbook-xls with xsltproc + fop have the same footnote and + index problems the xmlto + fop processing.

+ +

So I wonder, what would be the best way to create the PDF version +of this book? Are some of the bugs found above solved in new or +experimental versions of some docbook tool chain?

+ +

What about HTML and EPUB versions?

+ + + Tags: english. + + +

OOXML og standardisering

25th July 2012

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Mer oppfÃ¸lging fra MPEG-LA om avtale med dem for Ã¥ kringkaste og publisere H.264-video

5th July 2012

I fÃ¸ljetongen om H.264 -forlot -jeg leserne i undring om hvor pakken fra MPEG-LA tok veien, og om -hvilke selskaper i Norge som har avtale med MPEG-LA. Da Ryan hos -MPEG-LA dro pÃ¥ ferie sendte jeg min melding videre til hans kollega, -og dagen etter fikk jeg fÃ¸lgende svar derfra:

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Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:32:34 +0000 -
From: Sidney Wolf <SWolf (at) mpegla.com> -
To: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere (at) hungry.com> -
Cc: Ryan Rodriguez <RRodriguez (at) mpegla.com> -
Subject: RE: Do NRK have a license agreement with MPEG-LA?
- -
Dear Mr. Reinholdtsen,
- -
Thank you for your message. As you know, Ryan is currently our of the -office, so it will be my pleasure to assist you.
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Per your request, attached please find an electronic copy of the -AVC Patent Portfolio License. Please note that the electronic copy of -the License is provided as a convenience and for informational -purposes only. When concluding the Licenses, only the hard copies -provided by MPEG LA may be used.
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To your question, MPEG LA lists our Licensees on our website -according to each program. The lists are in alphabetical order, so it -is very easy to search.
- -
I hope that this was helpful. If we can be of additional -assistance, please let me know.
- -
Kind regards,
- -
Sidney A. Wolf -
Manager, Global Licensing -
MPEG LA
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Selv om et epostvedlegg er nyttig for mottakeren, sÃ¥ hÃ¥pet jeg Ã¥ fÃ¥ -et dokument jeg kunne dele med alle leserne av bloggen min, og ikke et -som mÃ¥ deles pÃ¥ individuell basis. Opphavsretten krever godkjenning -fra rettighetsinnehaver fÃ¸r en kan gjÃ¸re slikt, sÃ¥ dermed fulgte jeg -opp med et spÃ¸rsmÃ¥l om dette var greit.

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Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 20:25:06 +0200 -
From: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere (at) hungry.com> -
To: Sidney Wolf <SWolf (at) mpegla.com> -
Cc: Ryan Rodriguez <RRodriguez (at) mpegla.com> -
Subject: Re: Do NRK have a license agreement with MPEG-LA?
- -
Thank you for your reply.
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[Sidney Wolf] -
> Per your request, attached please find an electronic copy of the AVC -
> Patent Portfolio License. Please note that the electronic copy of -
> the License is provided as a convenience and for informational -
> purposes only. When concluding the Licenses, only the hard copies -
> provided by MPEG LA may be used.
- -
This is useful for me to learn, but the reason I asked for the -Internet address of the licensing document was to ensure I could -publish a link to it when I discuss the topic of H.264 licensing here -in Norway, and allow others to verify my observations. I can not do -the same with an email attachment. Thus I would like to ask you if it -is OK with MPEG LA that I publish this document on the Internet for -others to read?
- -
> To your question, MPEG LA lists our Licensees on our website -
> according to each program. The lists are in alphabetical order, so -
> it is very easy to search.
- -
I am afraid this do not help me locate Norwegian companies in the -list of Licensees. I do not know the name of all companies and -organisations in Norway, and thus do not know how to locate the -Norwegian ones on that list.
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> I hope that this was helpful. If we can be of additional assistance, -
> please let me know.
- -
Absoutely helpful to learn more about how MPEG LA handle licensing.
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Happy hacking -
Petter Reinholdtsen
-

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Jeg hÃ¥pet ogsÃ¥ at det skulle vÃ¦re mulig Ã¥ fÃ¥ vite hvilke av de -mange hundre som har avtale med MPEG-LA om bruk av H.264 som holdt til -i Norge. Begge mine hÃ¥p falt i grus med svaret fra MPEG-LA. - -

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Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 17:42:39 +0000 -
From: Sidney Wolf <SWolf (at) mpegla.com> -
To: 'Petter Reinholdtsen' <pere (at) hungry.com> -
Cc: Ryan Rodriguez <RRodriguez (at) mpegla.com> -
Subject: RE: Do NRK have a license agreement with MPEG-LA?
- -
Dear Mr. Reinholdtsen,
- -
Thank you for your reply.
- -
We appreciate the additional explanation you have provided and for -asking our permission to publish the electronic copy of the License in -advance of doing so. Typically, MPEG LA prefers to distribute the -electronic copies of our Licenses to interested parties. Therefore, -please feel free to send interested parties to the AVC portion of our -website, http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/AVC/Pages/Intro.aspx for -their further reference.
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As previously mentioned, MPEG LA maintains a list of Licensees in good -standing on our website according to each program. Due to the large -volume of Licensees, it would be administratively impractical to -provide this level of detail to interested parties. Therefore, I am -afraid we are not in a position to assist you with your request.
- -
Kind regards,
- -
Sidney A. Wolf -
Manager, Global Licensing -
MPEG LA
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Men takket vÃ¦re epostvedlegget kunne jeg sÃ¸ke pÃ¥ Google etter -setningen "WHEREAS, a video standard commonly referred to as AVC has -been defined and is referred to in this Agreement as the âAVC -Standardâ (as more fully defined herein below)" som finnes i avtalen, -og lokalisere en kopi fra 2007 av -lisensavtalen -mellom MPEG-LA og DivX, Inc., slik at mine lesere kan se hvordan -avtalen sÃ¥ ut da. Jeg har ikke sammenlignet tekstene for Ã¥ se om noe -har endret seg siden den tid, men satser pÃ¥ at teksten er representativ.

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Jeg aner fortsatt ikke hvor FedEx tok veien med pakken fra -MPEG-LA.

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Update 2012-07-06: Jeg er visst ikke den fÃ¸rste som forsÃ¸ker Ã¥ fÃ¥ -klarhet i problemstillinger rundt H.264, og kom nettopp over en veldig -interessant bloggpost fra 2010 hos LibreVideo med tittelen -"MPEG-LA -answers some questions about AVC/H.264 licensing. Anbefales!

- - - Tags: multimedia, norsk, opphavsrett, standard, video, web. - - -

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