At InWords we use the Docbook XML format as the source for all the technical documentation and training materials we produce. In addition to developing documents in Docbook, we also provide services surrounding Docbook, including:

• Porting existing documentation into Docbook XML 
• Building custom layer stylesheets

Port from X to Docbook

InWords provides services to assist projects to convert existing document formats to Docbook. Our function in this process is to:

• Convert the source format to Docbook XML
• Check that content markup is semantically correct
• Ensure the XML is valid and well-formed
• Modularize selected block and inline into separate instances for better reuse
• Check final XML to ensure no information was lost during the process

Building Custom Layer Stylesheets

Docbook provides a generic set of modular stylesheets that serve to transform valid and well-formed Docbook XML into presentation formats such as HTML, XHTML, PDF, JavaHelp, Windows Help, Eclipse Help and more.

These stylesheets not only transform Docbook, but also provide a generic level of formatting. Often projects want to change or customize the generic formatting produced, in order to match the formatting traditionally used for their documents. InWords assists customers to accomplish this task.

Our function in this task is to:

• Study existing formatting and layout 
• Implement the existing formatting and layout using a Docbook customization layer