diff --git a/docbook-dsssl/PKGBUILD b/docbook-dsssl/PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3140c72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docbook-dsssl/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# $Id$
+# Maintainer: J. Peter Mugaas <jpmugaas@suddenlink.net>
+# shamelessly stolen from Archlinux
+pkgname='docbook-dsssl'
+pkgver=1.79
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="DSSSL Stylesheets for DocBook"
+arch=('any')
+url="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/"
+license=('custom')
+depends=('sgml-common' 'perl')
+install=${pkgname}.install
+source=(https://sourceforge.net/projects/docbook/files/${pkgname}/${pkgver}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.bz2
+        docbook-style-dsssl.Makefile)
+sha1sums=('0ee935247c9f850e930f3b5c162dbc03915469cd'
+          '104a665b2c3e1520337533862cbd1c1c55d6e01c')
+
+prepare() {
+  cd "${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
+  cp ${srcdir}/docbook-style-dsssl.Makefile Makefile
+}
+
+package(){
+  cd "${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
+  make install \
+     BINDIR="${pkgdir}/usr/bin" \
+     DESTDIR="${pkgdir}/usr/share/sgml/docbook/dsssl-stylesheets-${pkgver}" \
+     MANDIR="${pkgdir}/usr/share/man"
+  
+  ln -s dsssl-stylesheets-${pkgver} ${pkgdir}/usr/share/sgml/docbook/dsssl-stylesheets
+  # license
+  install -Dm644 README "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/COPYING"
+}
diff --git a/docbook-dsssl/docbook-dsssl.install b/docbook-dsssl/docbook-dsssl.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c81b8269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docbook-dsssl/docbook-dsssl.install
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+post_install() {
+ /usr/bin/install-catalog --add \
+                      /etc/sgml/dsssl-docbook-stylesheets.cat \
+                      /usr/share/sgml/docbook/dsssl-stylesheets-1.79/catalog
+ 
+ /usr/bin/install-catalog --add \
+                     /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat \
+                     /etc/sgml/dsssl-docbook-stylesheets.cat
+
+}
+
+post_upgrade() {
+  post_install $1
+}
+
+post_remove() {
+  /usr/bin/install-catalog --remove \
+                      /etc/sgml/dsssl-docbook-stylesheets.cat \
+                      /usr/share/sgml/docbook/dsssl-stylesheets-1.79/catalog
+  
+  /usr/bin/install-catalog --remove \
+                     /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat \
+                     /etc/sgml/dsssl-docbook-stylesheets.cat
+}
diff --git a/docbook-dsssl/docbook-style-dsssl.Makefile b/docbook-dsssl/docbook-style-dsssl.Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af1a1fb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docbook-dsssl/docbook-style-dsssl.Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+BINDIR = /usr/bin
+DESTDIR = /usr/share/sgml/docbook/dsssl-stylesheets-1.74b
+MANDIR= /usr/share/man
+
+all: install
+
+install: install-bin install-dtd install-dsl install-img install-misc install-man
+
+install-bin:
+	mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
+	install -p bin/collateindex.pl $(BINDIR)
+
+install-man:
+	mkdir -p $(MANDIR)/man1
+	install -m 644 -p bin/collateindex.pl.1 $(MANDIR)/man1
+
+install-dtd:
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/dtds/{decls,dbdsssl,html,imagelib,olink}
+	cp -p dtds/decls/docbook.dcl $(DESTDIR)/dtds/decls
+	cp -p dtds/decls/xml.dcl $(DESTDIR)/dtds/decls
+	cp -p dtds/dbdsssl/dbdsssl.dtd $(DESTDIR)/dtds/dbdsssl
+	cp -p dtds/html/dbhtml.dtd $(DESTDIR)/dtds/html
+	cp -p dtds/html/ISOlat1.gml $(DESTDIR)/dtds/html
+	cp -p dtds/imagelib/imagelib.dtd $(DESTDIR)/dtds/imagelib
+	cp -p dtds/olink/olinksum.dtd $(DESTDIR)/dtds/olink
+
+install-dsl:
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/{lib,common,html,print,olink}
+	cp -p lib/dblib.dsl $(DESTDIR)/lib
+	cp -p common/*.dsl $(DESTDIR)/common
+	cp -p common/*.ent $(DESTDIR)/common
+	cp -p html/*.dsl $(DESTDIR)/html
+	cp -p lib/dblib.dsl $(DESTDIR)/lib
+	cp -p print/*.dsl $(DESTDIR)/print
+	cp -p olink/*.dsl $(DESTDIR)/olink
+
+install-img:
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/images/callouts
+	cp -p images/*.gif $(DESTDIR)/images
+	cp -p images/callouts/*.gif $(DESTDIR)/images/callouts
+
+#install-test:
+#	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/test/{cases,imagelib,xml}
+#	cp test/*.* $(DESTDIR)/test
+#	cp test/cases/*.* $(DESTDIR)/test/cases
+#	cp test/imagelib/*.* $(DESTDIR)/test/imagelib
+#	cp test/xml/*.* $(DESTDIR)/test/xml
+
+install-misc:
+	cp -p catalog $(DESTDIR)
+	cp -p VERSION $(DESTDIR)
diff --git a/docbook-mathml/LICENSE b/docbook-mathml/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..756d3cd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docbook-mathml/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+     Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Organization for the Advancement
+     of Structured Information Standards (OASIS).
+
+     $Id: dbmathml.dtd,v 1.7 2004/07/27 16:08:17 nwalsh Exp $
+
+     Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute the DocBook MathML
+     Module and its accompanying documentation for any purpose and
+     without fee is hereby granted in perpetuity, provided that the
+     above copyright notice and this paragraph appear in all copies.
+     The copyright holders make no representation about the
+     suitability of the DTD for any purpose.  It is provided "as is"
+     without expressed or implied warranty.
+
+     If you modify the DocBook MathML Module in any way, label your DTD
+     as a variant of DocBook.  See the maintenance documentation for
+     more information.
+
+     Please direct all questions, bug reports, or suggestions for 
+     changes to the docbook@lists.oasis-open.org mailing list. For more
+     information, see http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/.
diff --git a/docbook-mathml/PKGBUILD b/docbook-mathml/PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7bacbe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docbook-mathml/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Maintainer: J. Peter <jpmugaas@suddenlink.net>
+# shamelessly stolen from Archlinux
+
+pkgname=docbook-mathml
+pkgver=1.1CR1
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="MathML XML scheme"
+arch=('any')
+url="http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/"
+license=('MIT')
+depends=('libxml2')
+install=docbook-mathml.install
+source=("http://www.docbook.org/xml/mathml/${pkgver}/dbmathml.dtd" 'LICENSE')
+md5sums=('bbf92a1d88ce217d736c222470d6811c'
+         '78ef5b09cdf606e14f1b04380929abe7')
+
+package() {
+  install -D -m644 dbmathml.dtd "${pkgdir}/usr/share/xml/docbook/mathml/${pkgver}/dbmathml.dtd"
+  install -D -m644 LICENSE "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE"
+}
diff --git a/docbook-mathml/docbook-mathml.install b/docbook-mathml/docbook-mathml.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ef86884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docbook-mathml/docbook-mathml.install
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+post_install() {
+  if [ ! -e etc/xml/catalog ]; then
+    xmlcatalog --noout --create etc/xml/catalog
+  fi
+  xmlcatalog --noout --add "public" \
+    "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook MathML Module V1.1CR1//EN" \
+    "file:///usr/share/xml/docbook/mathml/1.1CR1/dbmathml.dtd" \
+    "etc/xml/catalog"
+
+  xmlcatalog --noout --add "system" \
+    "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/mathml/1.1CR1/dbmathml.dtd" \
+    "file:///usr/share/xml/docbook/mathml/1.1CR1/dbmathml.dtd" \
+    "etc/xml/catalog"
+}
+
+post_remove() {
+  xmlcatalog --noout --del "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook MathML Module V1.1CR1//EN" etc/xml/catalog
+  xmlcatalog --noout --del "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/mathml/1.1CR1/dbmathml.dtd" etc/xml/catalog
+    }
diff --git a/docbook-sgml/PKGBUILD b/docbook-sgml/PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3776ace
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docbook-sgml/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# $Id$
+# Maintainer: J. Peter Mugaas <jpmugaas@suddenlink.net>
+# shamelessly stolen from Archlinux
+
+pkgname=docbook-sgml
+pkgver=4.5
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc='Document type definitions for verification of SGML data files against the DocBook rule set.'
+arch=('any')
+url='http://www.docbook.org/sgml/'
+license=('MIT')
+depends=('sgml-common')
+install='docbook-sgml.install'
+source=("http://www.docbook.org/sgml/${pkgver}/docbook-${pkgver}.zip")
+sha256sums=('8043e514e80c6c19cb146b5d37937d1305bf3abf9b0097c36df7f70f611cdf43')
+
+build() {
+  cd "$srcdir"
+
+  local DTDDIR="usr/share/sgml/docbook-sgml-$pkgver"
+
+  sed -i \
+      -e '/ISO 8879/d' \
+      -e '/gml/d' \
+      docbook.cat
+
+  # Add support for previous versions.
+  cat >> docbook.cat << "EOF"
+
+  -- Begin Single Major Version catalog changes --
+
+PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.4//EN" "docbook.dtd"
+PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.3//EN" "docbook.dtd"
+PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.2//EN" "docbook.dtd"
+PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN" "docbook.dtd"
+PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.0//EN" "docbook.dtd"
+
+  -- End Single Major Version catalog changes --
+
+EOF
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd "$srcdir"
+
+  local DTDDIR="usr/share/sgml/docbook-sgml-$pkgver"
+
+  install -dm755 "$pkgdir/$DTDDIR"
+  install -m644 docbook.cat "$pkgdir/$DTDDIR/catalog"
+  install -m644 *.dtd *.mod *.dcl "$pkgdir/$DTDDIR"
+}
diff --git a/docbook-sgml/docbook-sgml.install b/docbook-sgml/docbook-sgml.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61c78e7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docbook-sgml/docbook-sgml.install
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# arg 1:  the new package version
+pre_install() {
+	/bin/true
+}
+
+# arg 1:  the new package version
+post_install() {
+	add_catalog "${1%-*}"
+}
+
+# arg 1:  the new package version
+# arg 2:  the old package version
+pre_upgrade() {
+	remove_catalog "${2%-*}"
+}
+
+# arg 1:  the new package version
+# arg 2:  the old package version
+post_upgrade() {
+	add_catalog "${1%-*}"
+}
+
+# arg 1:  the old package version
+pre_remove() {
+	remove_catalog "${1%-*}"
+}
+
+# arg 1:  the old package version
+post_remove() {
+	/bin/true
+}
+
+
+add_catalog() {
+	install-catalog --add /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-dtd-$1.cat \
+		/usr/share/sgml/docbook-sgml-$1/catalog > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+	install-catalog --add /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-dtd-$1.cat \
+		/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat > /dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+remove_catalog() {
+	install-catalog --remove /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-dtd-$1.cat \
+		/usr/share/sgml/docbook-sgml-$1/catalog > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+	install-catalog --remove /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-dtd-$1.cat \
+		/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat > /dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+op=$1
+shift
+$op "$@"
+
+# vim:set syntax=sh ts=4 sw=4 noet:
+
diff --git a/docbook-sgml31/PKGBUILD b/docbook-sgml31/PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..adddcfd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docbook-sgml31/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# $Id$
+# Maintainer: J. Peter Mugaas <jpmugaas@suddenlink.net>
+# shamelessly stolen from Archlinux
+
+pkgname=docbook-sgml31
+pkgver=3.1
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="Legacy docbook-sgml"
+arch=('any')
+url='http://www.docbook.org/sgml/'
+license=('MIT')
+depends=('sgml-common')
+install=$pkgname.install
+source=("http://www.docbook.org/sgml/${pkgver}/docbk31.zip")
+sha256sums=('20261d2771b9a052abfa3d8fab1aa62be05791a010281c566f9073bf0e644538')
+
+build() {
+  cd "$srcdir"
+  # This command removes the ENT definitions from the catalog file.
+  # This command replaces the DTDDECL catalog entry, which is not supported by Linux SGML tools, 
+  # with the SGMLDECL catalog entry.
+  sed -i -e '/ISO 8879/d' \
+         -e 's|DTDDECL "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN"|SGMLDECL|g' \
+         docbook.cat
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd "$srcdir"
+
+  local DTDDIR="usr/share/sgml/docbook-sgml-${pkgver}"
+
+  install -dm755 "$pkgdir/$DTDDIR"
+  install -m644 docbook.cat "$pkgdir/$DTDDIR/catalog"
+  install -m644 *.dtd *.mod *.dcl "$pkgdir/$DTDDIR"
+}
+
diff --git a/docbook-sgml31/docbook-sgml31.install b/docbook-sgml31/docbook-sgml31.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..30f028a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docbook-sgml31/docbook-sgml31.install
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# arg 1:  the new package version
+post_install() {
+	add_catalog "${1%-*}"
+}
+
+# arg 1:  the new package version
+# arg 2:  the old package version
+pre_upgrade() {
+	remove_catalog "${2%-*}"
+}
+
+# arg 1:  the new package version
+# arg 2:  the old package version
+post_upgrade() {
+	add_catalog "${1%-*}"
+}
+
+# arg 1:  the old package version
+pre_remove() {
+	remove_catalog "${1%-*}"
+}
+add_catalog() {
+	install-catalog --add /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-dtd-$1.cat \
+		/usr/share/sgml/docbook-sgml-$1/catalog > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+	install-catalog --add /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-dtd-$1.cat \
+		/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat > /dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+remove_catalog() {
+	install-catalog --remove /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-dtd-$1.cat \
+		/usr/share/sgml/docbook-sgml-$1/catalog > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+	install-catalog --remove /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-dtd-$1.cat \
+		/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat > /dev/null 2>&1
+}
+op=$1
+shift
+$op "$@"
+
+# vim:set syntax=sh ts=4 sw=4 noet:
+
diff --git a/sgml-common/PKGBUILD b/sgml-common/PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4b8a7c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sgml-common/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# $Id$
+# Maintainer: J. Peter Mugaas <jpmugaas@suddenlink.net>
+# shamelessly stolen from Archlinux
+pkgname='sgml-common'
+pkgver=0.6.3
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc='Tools for maintaining centralized SGML catalogs.'
+arch=('any')
+url='http://www.docbook.org/xml/'
+license=('GPL')
+install='sgml-common.install'
+depends=('sh')
+source=("ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/docbook-tools/new-trials/SOURCES/sgml-common-${pkgver}.tgz"
+        'sgml-common-0.6.3-manpage-1.patch')
+noextract=("sgml-common-${pkgver}.tgz")
+sha512sums=('3c4a55f555596b2a6bf6af66c497679226e7b40625ac16832150488311cba7f9fc523435eea5837262a5517f5c09c4c0e07fe4a2cf02184d4027609c26e4bc0c'
+            'c584ff6e66e1d58456c07849bf96fedd3f1df0b93430f6301c4d4ab9906821dea0cbac82eada19197540b5e31f13febd04fadda5b6e2ba4b0b6ee8f0328292f7')
+
+prepare() {
+  cd $srcdir
+  # work around an issue with symbolic links in the tarball.
+  /usr/bin/bsdtar zxvf $srcdir/sgml-common-${pkgver}.tgz || true 
+  cd "${srcdir}"/${pkgname}-${pkgver}
+  # The symbolic links themselves were simply linking files from /usr/share/automake to the dist folder.
+  cp /usr/share/automake-1.15/install-sh .
+  cp /usr/share/automake-1.15/mkinstalldirs .
+  cp /usr/share/automake-1.15/missing .
+  cp /usr/share/automake-1.15/INSTALL .
+  cp /usr/share/automake-1.15/COPYING .
+  patch -Np1 -i ../sgml-common-0.6.3-manpage-1.patch
+}
+
+build() {
+  cd "${srcdir}"/${pkgname}-${pkgver}
+  autoreconf -vfi
+  ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
+  make
+}
+package(){
+  cd "${srcdir}"/${pkgname}-${pkgver}
+  make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" docdir=/usr/share/doc install
+
+#   "$pkgdir/usr/doc" "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc"
+}
+
diff --git a/sgml-common/sgml-common-0.6.3-manpage-1.patch b/sgml-common/sgml-common-0.6.3-manpage-1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3773d14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sgml-common/sgml-common-0.6.3-manpage-1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Submitted By: Thomas Pegg <lnxfreak123 at insightbb dot com>
+Date: 2003-11-18
+Initial Package Version: 0.6.3
+Origin: Thomas Pegg
+Description: Fixes syntax of Makefile.am for installation of man pages,
+for use with current automake versions 1.7.8 and higher.
+
+diff -Naur sgml-common-0.6.3.orig/doc/man/Makefile.am sgml-common-0.6.3/doc/man/Makefile.am
+--- sgml-common-0.6.3.orig/doc/man/Makefile.am	2001-01-30 14:42:22.000000000 +0000
++++ sgml-common-0.6.3/doc/man/Makefile.am	2003-11-18 16:48:47.000000000 +0000
+@@ -1,2 +1 @@
+-man8dir	  = $(mandir)/man8
+-man8_DATA = *.8
++man_MANS = install-catalog.8
diff --git a/sgml-common/sgml-common.install b/sgml-common/sgml-common.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4bec1096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sgml-common/sgml-common.install
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# arg 1:  the new package version
+pre_install() {
+	/bin/true
+}
+
+# arg 1:  the new package version
+post_install() {
+	add_catalog "${1%-*}"
+}
+
+# arg 1:  the new package version
+# arg 2:  the old package version
+pre_upgrade() {
+	remove_catalog "${2%-*}"
+}
+
+# arg 1:  the new package version
+# arg 2:  the old package version
+post_upgrade() {
+	add_catalog "${1%-*}"
+}
+
+# arg 1:  the old package version
+pre_remove() {
+	remove_catalog "${1%-*}"
+}
+
+# arg 1:  the old package version
+post_remove() {
+	/bin/true
+}
+
+
+add_catalog() {
+	install-catalog --add /etc/sgml/sgml-ent.cat \
+		/usr/share/sgml/sgml-iso-entities-8879.1986/catalog > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+	install-catalog --add /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat \
+		/etc/sgml/sgml-ent.cat > /dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+remove_catalog() {
+	install-catalog --remove /etc/sgml/sgml-ent.cat \
+		/usr/share/sgml/sgml-iso-entities-8879.1986/catalog > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+	install-catalog --remove /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat \
+		/etc/sgml/sgml-ent.cat > /dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+op=$1
+shift
+$op "$@"
+
+# vim:set syntax=sh ts=4 sw=4 noet:
+