ant4docbook ant task for docbook

Markdown is a lightweight markup languages

• easy to read,
• easy to write,
• easy to convert, (see ant + pandoc)
• easy to xinclude in docbook documents. This is (one of) the aim of ant4docbook.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<article xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
  <title>Test xinclude markdown</title>
  <xi:include href="docbook-markdown.md"/>    
                    </article>  

A First Level Header
====================

A Second Level Header
---------------------

Now is the time for all good men to come to
the aid of their country. This is just a
regular paragraph.

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy
dog's back.

### Header 3

> This is a blockquote.
> 
> This is the second paragraph in the blockquote.
>
                      > ## This is an H2 in a blockquote  

<project name="docbook-markdown" default="docbook-and-markdown"> 

  <taskdef name="dbk" 
     classname="net.sourceforge.ant4docbook.taskdefs.DocbookTask" 
     classpath="PATH/TO/ant4docbook.jar"/> 

  <!-- xinclude markdown -->
  <target name="xinclude-markdown"> 
    <dbk file="docbook-markdown.xml" tofile="docbook-markdown.pdf" />
  </target> 

  <!-- or process markdown -->
  <target name="process-markdown"> 
    <dbk file="markdown.md" tofile="markdown.html" />
  </target>   

</project>
                      

see: docbook-markdown.pdf