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Description:
Standard XML representation system for technical documents

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 4.1.2@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: xml documentation authoring schema publishing

Install: brew install docbook

About:
DocBook is a semantic XML schema specifically designed for technical documentation, providing a standardized structure for authoring books, articles, and manuals. It separates content from presentation, allowing authors to write once and generate multiple output formats like HTML, PDF, and EPUB. This package provides the core schema files needed to validate and process DocBook documents in your XML toolchain.

Key Features:

Standardized XML schema for technical documentation
Supports multi-format output generation (HTML, PDF, EPUB)
Separates content structure from visual presentation
Widely adopted standard in open source documentation

Use Cases:

Authoring software manuals and technical guides
Generating documentation in multiple formats from single source
Building automated documentation pipelines

Alternatives:

DITA – DITA is more modular and component-based, while DocBook is simpler for linear book-style documents
Markdown – Markdown is lighter weight but lacks DocBook's rich semantic structure for complex technical documents

License: LicenseRef-Homebrew-cannot-represent

Bottles available for: all

Important Notes:

To use the DocBook package in your XML toolchain,
you need to add the following to your ~/.bashrc:

export XML_CATALOG_FILES="$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/xml/catalog"

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Jan 30, 2026 9:32am	4.1.2	0	VERSION_BUMP	5277b087