Description of problem: Rudi has noted that as of DocBook 1.76.1 a new output format called WebHelp is supported (http://www.janetswisher.com/?itemid=273). We are currently looking at using the publican generated html output for providing context sensitive help from a GUI application. It is suspect that long term this new output format may be a better fit for this use case. Request investigation into the feasibility of adding WebHelp support to publican.
I could have sworn I replied to this ticket o_O It is highly unlikely we will support this format. Firstly, the tool is in Java and we are actively reducing external dependencies; reversing this trend would take considerable persuasion. Secondly, the tool is not part of DocBook 1.76.1, it is a completely separate system. This system is not packaged for Fedora and is unlikely to readily pass the packaging process. Thirdly, the approach taken basically builds a separate website for each book. This lack of integration makes it unsuitable for product based websites. Fourthly, the approach used is client based and it's highly likely that the sheer size of some of our content will make this system perform extremely poorly. Loading megabytes of search information in to java-script is going to be extremely expensive on bandwidth and browser resources.
Definitely don't want to be adding any more Java based deps.