Many examples in this reference require an XML file. We will use book.xml that contains the following:
Example #1 book.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" [
]>
<book id="listing">
<title>My lists</title>
<chapter id="books">
<title>My books</title>
<para>
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="4">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Title</entry>
<entry>Author</entry>
<entry>Language</entry>
<entry>ISBN</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>The Grapes of Wrath</entry>
<entry>John Steinbeck</entry>
<entry>en</entry>
<entry>0140186409</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>The Pearl</entry>
<entry>John Steinbeck</entry>
<entry>en</entry>
<entry>014017737X</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Samarcande</entry>
<entry>Amine Maalouf</entry>
<entry>fr</entry>
<entry>2253051209</entry>
</row>
<!-- TODO: I have a lot of remaining books to add.. -->
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
</chapter>
</book>