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== Goals ==
The goals of this page are...
  * to review projects for web-based management of DocBook documentation
  * to suggest ideas and strategies for web-based DocBook management
  * to complement DocBookEditors but focus on web-based tools
== Projects ==
This section lists current projects relevant to developing a web-based Document Management System (DMS) for DocBook.
=== Borges ===
  * homepage: http://www1.mandrivalinux.com/documentation/project/Borges/
  * engine: apache + perl
  * pros: translation support, fairly mature project
  * cons: uses LaTeX toolchain, not aesthetically pleasing interface
  * comments:
=== DocBookWiki ===
  * homepage: http://doc-book.sourceforge.net/homepage/
  * engine: apache + php + phpWeb framework
  * pros: nice interface, uses xsltproc
  * cons: demo site looks buggy/, security issues, incomplete code, not sure about ongoing development
  * comments:
=== MoinMoin ===
  * homepage: http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/
  * engine: apache + python
  * pros: already used for official Ubuntu wiki
  * cons: although it can be made to generate DocBook, natively it is stored in WikiText
  * comments:
    * according to MoinMoin wiki "MoinMoin 1.3.5 supports DocBook parsing and generation."
      * see http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/DocBook
    * Very ugly formatting
=== SilkPage ===
  * homepage: http://silkpage.markupware.com/
  * engine: apache + java
  * pros: beautiful pages, simple design
  * cons: uses DocBook Website document type not Book, not sure about licensing
  * comments:
=== Sarma ===
  * homepage: http://live.gnome.org/LiveDocumentationEditing
  * engine: apache + python
  * pros: nice handling of tags in javascript, presentation similar to XXE
  * cons: demo site seems very slow to respond
  * comments:
=== Docudo ===
  * homepage: http://www.checkandshare.com/blog/?p=42
  * engine: Apache + Python
  * pros: appears to be in active development
  * cons: does not support Docbook at all and no plans to either, simple text editor, no real web site, small community/developer base.
  * comments: a Docbook plugin could be created for this by us.
=== Bitflux ===
  * homepage: http://wiki.bitfluxeditor.org/BXE_2.0
  * engine: Javascript
  * pros: Like a text editor, can inform you of validation errors, more [[http://wiki.bitfluxeditor.org/WhatsNewInBXE|here]]
  * cons: a litte annoying to use
  * comments: