• Introduction
• Why Mallard?
• About this book
• About Mallard
• Pre-requisites
• Comparing Mallard to other tools
• Projects that use Mallard
• Core Mallard
• Mallard in action
• Basic concepts
• Guide pages
• Topic pages
• Basic tutorial
• Integration
• Integration requirements
• Yelp
• Yelp tools
• Build system integration
• Context-sensitive help
• Extended Mallard
• Pages and sections
• Information element
• Linking pages
• Titles
• Page descriptions
• Block elements
• Inline elements
• Editorial comments
• Lists
• Tables
• style attribute
• XInclude
• Namespaces
• Appendix
• Further resources

Mallard in action 

Here is a basic example of Mallard in action. Provided below is the raw Mallard markup for a topic page on planting beans and a screenshot of what that page looks like when displayed with Yelp on a Linux system. 

Topic page XML

<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      type="topic"
      id="planting">

  <title>Planting Beans</title>

  <p>By the end of this page, you will be able to plant your magic
  beans and nurture them into a bean sprout.</p>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>Dig a hole 5cm deep.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Place your magic beans in the hole.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Fill the hole with clean dirt and pat it level.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Water daily.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

</page>

Topic page in Yelp help viewer