LinuxDoc is an SGML DTD which is similar to DocBook. Matt Welsh created it, and version 1.1 was announced Announcement "Linuxdoc-SGML v1.1 now available" by Matt Welsh (computer scientist) 1994-06-07 in 1994. It is primarily used by the Linux Documentation Project. The DocBook SGML tags are often longer than the equivalent LinuxDoc tags.
LinuxDoc has a more succinct DTD than DocBook. Users of small to medium-size projects have found that it suits their purposes better than DocBook.alt.cyberpunk: "About the FAQ", 2000-12-07
The Debian distribution of Linux has a Linuxdoc-tools package.
See also Comparison of document-markup languages List of document markup languages
External links http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Howtos-with-LinuxDoc.html A JavaScript based web page that generates LinuxDoc Sample of LinuxDoc generated with above generator The above LinuxDoc compiled to HTML using SGMLTools
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