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'''LinuxDoc''' is an [[Standard Generalized Markup Language|SGML]] [[document type definition|DTD]] which is similar to [[DocBook]]. [[Matt Welsh (computer scientist)|Matt Welsh]] created it, and version 1.1 was announced <ref>Announcement [https://www.w3.org/Tools/Linuxdoc-SGML.html "Linuxdoc-SGML v1.1 now available"] by [[Matt Welsh (computer scientist)]] 1994-06-07</ref> in 1994. It is primarily used by the [[Linux Documentation Project]]. The DocBook [[SGML]] tags are often longer than the equivalent LinuxDoc tags.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lafn.org/~dave/linux/ld_vs_db.txt |title=Comparison of DocBook to LinuxDoc (short) |author=David Lawyer |date=2000-06-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309000241/http://lafn.org/~dave/linux/ld_vs_db.txt |archive-date=2016-03-09}}</ref>

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.<ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/alt.cyberpunk/c/WAXCEGivgvs/m/VSBuLymcZ04J alt.cyberpunk: "About the FAQ"], 2000-12-07</ref>

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
* [http://www.nyx.net/~sgjoen/The_LDP_HOWTO_Generator.html A JavaScript based web page that generates LinuxDoc]
** [http://www.nyx.net/~sgjoen/template.sgml Sample of LinuxDoc generated with above generator]
** [http://www.nyx.net/~sgjoen/template.html The above LinuxDoc compiled to HTML using SGMLTools]

==References==
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