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ConvertOtherFormatsToDocBook - DocBook Wiki

A variety of free and commercial tools exist for doing "up conversion" of non-XML formats to DocBook. The [WWW] SGML Buyer's Guide calls these types of conversion tools N-converters (short for "Non-SGML/XML source document converters").

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[WWW] doclifter, converts troff documents (e.g. man pages); from [WWW] Eric Raymond
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[WWW] DocBook Doclet, converts HTML and generates DocBook from Java source code
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Html2DocBook, converts XHTML
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[WWW] DocParse, converts HTML (commercial software)
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[WWW] table.el, converts ASCII tables to CALS (DocBook) and HTML tables
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[WWW] wt2db, converts plain text (Wiki text); see the Wt2Db page at this site for more info
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[WWW] DocBookClass.py, converts [WWW] StructuredText
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[WWW] aptconvert, converts a form of "structured" plain text
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[WWW] AsciiDoc, converts text documents to DocBook articles, books and man pages.
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[WWW] txt2docbook, converts plain text
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[WWW] GNU Texinfo, converts Texinfo documents (through use of the [WWW] makeinfo(1) tool)
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[WWW] texi2db, converts Texinfo; see the Texi2Db page at this site for more info
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In [WWW] http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/help-texinfo/2002-December/000851.html is described a method for going from latex to Texinfo. Then you can use the above two tools to get a transformer from latex to Texinfo.
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[WWW] Tex4ht can transform documents from latex to DocBook. The exact script for doing this is in [WWW] http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/%7Egurari/TeX4ht/share/dblatex.txt.
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[WWW] ooo2sdbk, converts OpenOffice Writer documents to SimplifiedDocbook (site in French)
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[WWW] SO-to-DocBook converts StarOffice/OpenOffice.org Writer documents to DocBook; written in Common Lisp
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[WWW] MajiX, converts Microsoft Word documents to SimplifiedDocbook. No new release since 11/15/2000.
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[WWW] Logictran RTF Converter, converts Microsoft Word RTF files to DocBook, XHTML, and OEB format -commercial
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[WWW] http://www.docsoft.com/w2xml.htm, converts Microsoft Word documents to XML. Comes with a XSL-File that can easily be tweaked to produce docbook - commercial
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[WWW] upCast converts Microsoft Word documents to XML. There's an [WWW] XSL stylesheet (at bottom) to convert to a docbook article. It's commercial but you can get a free non-commercial license.
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[WWW] http://www.docsoft.com/w2xmlv2.htm, W2XML v2.0 is an update to Word-to-XML Converter listed above. Comes with an XSLT to easily export Docbook-compliant XML from Word. commercial
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[WWW] YAWC is a plug-in for Microsoft Word (97, 2000 and XP) that can generate XML according to any XML DTD. YAWC ships with support for the Simplified DocBook XML DTD, but any other DTD can be supported with a small amount of configuration work. Pro (commercial) and Lite (free) versions available.
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[WWW] x4o is a plug-in for Microsoft Word (97, 2000 and XP) that can generate XML according to any XML DTD. Commercial.
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[WWW] ROBODoc generates DocBook from documentation headers extracted from source files (these can be in C, Perl, Lisp, TclTk, C++, FORTRAN, and many other languages).
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[WWW] Exegenix converts into DocBook-based XML any file that can be printed to PostScript.