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DocBook

Summary

DocBook is a markup language[1]. DocBook draws 36 Wikipedia views per month (markup_language category, ranking #9 of 43).[2]

Key Facts

  • DocBook's instance of is recorded as markup language[3].
  • DocBook's instance of is recorded as document file format[4].
  • DocBook's based on is recorded as Standard Generalized Markup Language[5].
  • DocBook's based on is recorded as XML[6].
  • DocBook's developer is recorded as OASIS[7].
  • DocBook's developer is recorded as Norman Walsh[8].
  • DocBook's GND ID is recorded as 4576317-3[9].
  • DocBook's software version identifier is recorded as 5.0[10].
  • DocBook's software version identifier is recorded as 5.1[11].
  • DocBook's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c1gr[12].
  • DocBook's official website is recorded as https://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/[13].
  • DocBook's topic's main category is recorded as Category:DocBook[14].
  • DocBook's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 005.72[15].
  • DocBook's media type is recorded as application/docbook+xml[16].
  • DocBook's file extension is recorded as dbk[17].
  • DocBook's file extension is recorded as xml[18].
  • DocBook's standards body is recorded as OASIS[19].
  • DocBook's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as DocBook[20].
  • DocBook's Quora topic ID is recorded as DocBook[21].
  • DocBook's Debian stable package is recorded as docbook[22].
  • DocBook's Gentoo package is recorded as app-text/docbook-sgml[23].
  • DocBook's Open Library subject ID is recorded as docbook[24].
  • DocBook's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 129316332[25].
  • DocBook's Pro-Linux.de DBApp ID is recorded as 5050[26].
  • DocBook's openSUSE package is recorded as docbook_5[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include markup language[3] and document file format[4].

Why It Matters

DocBook draws 36 Wikipedia views per month (markup_language category, ranking #9 of 43).[2] DocBook has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] DocBook is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . oasis-open.org. Retrieved . oasis-open.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). DocBook. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/docbook
MLA “DocBook.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/docbook.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_docbook_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{DocBook}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/docbook}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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