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Docbook Glossary, dbgglossary for short, is an open source project, released under terms of the Creative Commons ShareAlike 2.5 license, that aims to develop a Docbook XML glossary database containing definitions of computing nomenclature. The primary application for the source is realized in context of Docbook XML-based publishing systems. What makes this project unique is that it is the first free and open glossary database to be developed specifically for use with Docbook XML-based publishing systems. The Need Maintaining any glossary database by oneself is a tedious and time consuming task. With so many terms in the computing industry and more being added every year, the task is never complete. Taking this under consideration and knowing that there is an enormous number of people in the Docbook community, all of which can potentially use such a resource, it just makes sense for that community to band together under an open source project and distribute the development effort. By working together under an open license, using open source development methods and technologies, everyone can contribute toward maintaining and keeping the database current. The more people who use the database, the higher the likelihood that new terms will be added, errors spotted and fixed. Each persons contribution, no matter how small, can be of great benefit to everyone. The more people involved, the higher the likelihood that, the next time you need to reference a term, it will be in your local working copy of the source or in the project repository. Project Details The Mailing List Anyone can join the dbglossary "User" mailing list. This is the place where we discuss issues related to the project. Remember, contributions come in many forms, feedback is also considered a contribution. Use the List Scubscribe module on the right to subscribe. Only people subscribed to the mailing list can post messages. Instructions on how to post messages, unsubscribe and manage your subscription will be sent to your email address upon subscription. The Repository The dbglossary sources are stored in Subversion a free/open-source version control system. Follow these steps to get your working copy. - Install a recent release of the Subversion client.
- Change present working directory to where you want your working copy.
- Issue the following command.
svn co https://svn1.cvsdude.com/techdocs/dbglossary/trunk glossary This will create a directory called "glossary" in the root of the "present working directory" and copy the "HEAD" revision of the project source to it.
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