diff --git a/reference/dom/book.xml b/reference/dom/book.xml
index 190f94a929..c66fa749c9 100644
--- a/reference/dom/book.xml
+++ b/reference/dom/book.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
  
  &reference.dom.setup;
  &reference.dom.constants;
+ &reference.dom.examples;
 
  &reference.dom.domattr;
  &reference.dom.domcdatasection;
diff --git a/reference/dom/examples.xml b/reference/dom/examples.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee373a7e28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reference/dom/examples.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- $Revision: 330340 $ -->
+
+<chapter xml:id="dom.examples">
+ &reftitle.examples;
+ <para>
+  Many examples in this reference require an XML file. We will use 
+  <filename>book.xml</filename> that contains the following:
+ </para>
+ <para>
+  <example>
+   <title>book.xml</title>
+   <programlisting role="xml">
+<![CDATA[
+<?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>
+]]>
+   </programlisting>
+  </example>
+ </para>
+</chapter>
+   
+<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
+Local variables:
+mode: sgml
+sgml-omittag:t
+sgml-shorttag:t
+sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
+sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
+sgml-indent-step:1
+sgml-indent-data:t
+indent-tabs-mode:nil
+sgml-parent-document:nil
+sgml-default-dtd-file:"~/.phpdoc/manual.ced"
+sgml-exposed-tags:nil
+sgml-local-catalogs:nil
+sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
+End:
+vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si
+vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml
+vi: ts=1 sw=1
+-->