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Included in:
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- user-manual: DocBook
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Asciidoctor can produce DocBook 5.0 output.
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Since the AsciiDoc syntax was designed with DocBook output in mind, the conversion is very good.
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There's a corresponding DocBook element for each markup in the AsciiDoc syntax.
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To convert the `mysample.adoc` document to DocBook 5.0 format, call the processor with the backend flag set to `docbook`.
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$ asciidoctor -b docbook mysample.adoc
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A new XML document, named `mysample.xml`, will now be present in the current directory.
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$ ls
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mysample.adoc mysample.html mysample.xml
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Here's a snippet of the XML generated by the DocBook converter.
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.XML generated from AsciiDoc
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[source,xml]
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----
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<article xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xl="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0" xml:lang="en">
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<info>
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<title>Hello, AsciiDoc!</title>
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<date>2013-09-03</date>
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<author>
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<personname>
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<firstname>Doc</firstname>
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<surname>Writer</surname>
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</personname>
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<email>doc@example.com</email>
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</author>
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<authorinitials>DW</authorinitials>
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</info>
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<simpara>
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An introduction to <link xl:href="http://asciidoc.org">AsciiDoc</link>.
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</simpara>
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<section xml:id="_first_section">
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<title>First Section</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<simpara>item 1</simpara>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<simpara>item 2</simpara>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</section>
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</article>
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----
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If you're on Linux, you can view the DocBook file with {uri-yelp}[Yelp].
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$ yelp mysample.xml
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And of course, if you're using the Asciidoctor Ruby API, you can generate a DocBook document directly from your application.
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.Generate DocBook output from the API
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[source,ruby]
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Asciidoctor.convert_file 'mysample.adoc', backend: 'docbook'
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By default, the docbook converter produces DocBook 5.0 output that is compliant to the DocBook 5.0 specification.
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A summary of the differences are as follows:
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* XSD declarations are used on the document root instead of a DTD
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* `<info>` elements for document info instead of `<articleinfo>` and `<bookinfo>`
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* elements that hold the author's name are wrapped in a `<personname>` element
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* the id for an element is defined using an `xml:id` attribute
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* `<link>` is used for links instead of `<ulink>`
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* the URL for a link is defined using the `xl:href` attribute
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Refer to {uri-docbook5}[What's new in DocBook v5.0?] for more details about how DocBook 5.0 differs from DocBook 4.5.
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If you need to output DocBook 4.5, you may find the community-supported {uri-docbook45}[DocBook 4.5 Converter] useful.
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$ asciidoctor -b docbook45 mysample.adoc
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