GeekoDoc

What is GeekoDoc?

GeekoDoc is a RELAX NG schema and a subset of DocBook 5. It restricts the content model of some elements and attributes to make it easier to write documents.

Valid GeekoDoc documents are also valid DocBook 5 documents.

GeekoDoc Versions

GeekoDoc comes in two versions that are currently very similar. Their main difference is that GeekoDoc 2 restricts xml:id attributes to a more SEO-friendly subset of characters. More changes are to be expected in the future.

In general, we recommend using GeekoDoc 2 for all new projects.

• GeekoDoc 1: available via the URI urn:x-suse:rng:v1:geekodoc-flat

• GeekoDoc 2: available via the URI urn:x-suse:rng:v2:geekodoc-flat

Additional versions of GeekoDoc

• New, versioned URIs:

  • Available for GeekoDoc 1 and GeekoDoc 2

  • General syntax: urn:x-suse:FORMAT:VERSION:SCHEMA

    • FORMAT: can be rnc or rng

    • VERSION: can be v1 or v2

    • SCHEMA: geekodoc-flat

  • Includes the following URIs:

    urn:x-suse:rnc:v1:geekodoc-flat
    urn:x-suse:rng:v1:geekodoc-flat
    urn:x-suse:rnc:v2:geekodoc-flat
    urn:x-suse:rng:v2:geekodoc-flat

• Old, unversioned URIs (do not use for new projects):

  • Only available for GeekoDoc 1

  • General syntax: urn:x-suse:rng:FILE

  • Includes the following URIs:

    urn:x-suse:rng:geekodoc5.rnc
    urn:x-suse:rng:geekodoc5-flat.rnc
    urn:x-suse:rng:geekodoc5.rng
    urn:x-suse:rng:geekodoc5-flat.rng

Using GeekoDoc with DAPS

To use GeekoDoc for validating your XML documents with DAPS, add the following line in your ~/.config/daps/dapsrc and replace <URI> with one of the URIs above:

DOCBOOK5_RNG_URI="<URI>"

It is possible to add the previous line into a DC file.

Creating Flat GeekoDoc

Creating the flat GeekoDoc schema requires the rnginline tool from https://github.com/h4l/rnginline/.

Use one of the following methods to install rnginline:

• Install from an RPM package

• Install it in a Python virtual environment

Installing rnginline from RPM Package on openSUSE

The following procedure can be used for the latest openSUSE Leap release:

1. Add the devel:languages:python repository:

   • for openSUSE Leap:

     sudo zypper ar https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/python/openSUSE_Leap_\$releasever/devel:languages:python.repo

   • for openSUSE Tumbleweed:

     sudo zypper ar https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/python/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:python.repo

2. Install the package:

   sudo zypper in python3-rnginline

The executable can be found in /usr/bin/rnginline.

Installing rnginline using a Python Virtual Environment

1. Install the RPM packages python3-devel, libxml2-devel, and libxslt-devel. On openSUSE, run:

   sudo zypper in python3-devel libxml2-devel libxslt-devel

2. Create a Python3 virtual environment:

   python3 -m venv .env3

3. Activate the virtual environment:

   source .env3/bin/activate

   You should see a changed prompt (look for the (.env3) part).

4. Install the rnginline library from PyPi:

   pip install rnginline

The executable can be found in .env3/bin/rnginline.

Creating a Flat GeekoDoc Schema

1. Update your GitHub repository.

2. Run ./build.sh.

3. Find the built schema in dist/geekodoc/rng/.

Installing it on Debian/Ubuntu

To install GeekoDoc on Debian or Ubuntu from scratch, do the following steps:

1. Create a virtual Python environment with rnginline.

2. Create a Flat Geekodoc Schema

3. Copy the XML catalog file to the standard location:

   cp -v catalog.d/geekodoc.xml /etc/xml/geekodoc.xml

4. Adapt the paths in the catalog file:

   sed -i 's#"\.\./#"/usr/share/xml/#' /etc/xml/geekodoc.xml

5. Create the target directory and copy the schema files:

   mkdir -p /usr/share/xml/rng
   cp -v geekodoc/rng/*-flat.rn? /usr/share/xml/rng

6. Adapt the main XML catalog:

   sudo xmlcatalog --noout --add delegateSystem \
       https://github.com/openSUSE/geekodoc/ /etc/xml/geekodoc.xml /etc/xml/catalog
   sudo xmlcatalog --noout --add delegateURI "urn:x-suse:rng:" \
       /etc/xml/geekodoc.xml /etc/xml/catalog
   sudo xmlcatalog --noout --add delegateSystem "urn:x-suse:rng:" \
       /etc/xml/geekodoc.xml /etc/xml/catalog

7. Test the installation:

   xmlcatalog /etc/xml/catalog \
       https://github.com/openSUSE/geekodoc/raw/master/geekodoc/rng/geekodoc5-flat.rnc \
       urn:x-suse:rng:geekodoc5.rng \
       urn:x-suse:rnc:v1:geekodoc-flat \
       urn:x-suse:rng:v1:geekodoc-flat \
       urn:x-suse:rnc:v2:geekodoc-flat \
       urn:x-suse:rng:v2:geekodoc-flat

   You should get something like this:

    /usr/share/xml/geekodoc/rng/geekodoc5-flat.rnc
    No entry for SYSTEM urn:x-suse:rng:geekodoc5.rng
    /usr/share/xml/geekodoc/rng/geekodoc5-flat.rng

Supporting Vim

To work with RELAX NG and vim, you need a .vim file. This file is generated from the flat RNG schema.

To extract all relevant information for Vim, use the rng2vim tool from https://github.com/jhradilek/rng2vim.

rng2vim geekodoc5-flat.rng geekodoc

The file geekodoc.vim can be used with vim.

Creating an Archive for Open Build Service

If you develop on GeekoDoc and would like to create an archive file for OBS, use the following steps:

1. Configure first the bzip command (this has to be done only once):

   git config tar.tar.bz2.command "bzip2 -c"

2. Create an archive and save it in your OBS directory (OBSDIR):

   git archive --format=tar.bz2 --prefix=geekodoc-2.0.1/ -o <OBSDIR>/geekodoc-2.0.1.tar.bz2 HEAD