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Publican 0.44

Users Guide

Publishing books, articles, papers and multi-volume sets with DocBook XML

Edition 1.2

Don Domingo

Red Hat Engineering Content Services

Brian Forté

Red Hat Engineering Content Services

Murray McAllister

Red Hat Engineering Content Services

Joshua Oakes

Red Hat Engineering Content Services

Joshua Wulf

Red Hat Engineering Content Services

Edited by

Brian Forté

Red Hat Engineering Content Services

Jeff Fearn

Extensive review, rough drafts, persistent annoyances. 
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Abstract
This book will help you install publican. It also provides instructions for using publican to create and publish DocBook XML-based books, articles and book-sets. This guide assumes you are already familiar with DocBook XML.
Preface
1. Document Conventions
1.1. Typographic Conventions
1.2. Pull-quote Conventions
1.3. Notes and Warnings
2. We Need Feedback!
1. Introduction
2. Branding
3. Using the publican package
3.1. Installing publican
3.2. Creating a Book
3.3. Files in the Book directory
3.3.1. The Makefile
3.3.2. Book_Info.xml
3.3.3. RPMs, Editions, Impressions and Versions
3.3.4. Author_Group.xml
3.3.5. Chapter.xml
3.3.6. Book_Name.xml
3.3.7. Book_Name.ent
3.3.8. Revision_History.xml
3.4. Adding Images
3.5. Building a Book
3.6. Conditional Tagging
3.7. Pre-release software and draft documentation
3.7.1. Denoting pre-release software
3.7.2. Denoting draft documentation
3.7.3. Denoting draft documentation of pre-release software
4. Using Sets
4.1. Stand-alone Sets
4.2. Distributed Sets
5. Frequently Asked Questions
A. Makefile Parameters
B. Revision History