Index: gnucash-guide.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-guide.xml	(revision 19612)
+++ gnucash-guide.xml	(working copy)
@@ -16,14 +16,15 @@
 <!ENTITY chapter13 SYSTEM "ch_bus_ap.xml">
 <!ENTITY chapter14 SYSTEM "ch_bus_pay.xml">
 <!ENTITY chapter15 SYSTEM "ch_budgets.xml">
+<!ENTITY chapter16 SYSTEM "ch_oth_assets.xml">
 <!ENTITY appendixa SYSTEM "appendixa.xml">
 <!ENTITY appendixb SYSTEM "appendixb.xml">
 <!ENTITY appendixc SYSTEM "appendixc.xml">
 <!ENTITY appendixd SYSTEM "appendixd.xml">
 <!ENTITY legal SYSTEM "legal.xml">
 <!ENTITY GFDL SYSTEM "fdl-appendix.xml">
-<!ENTITY manrevision "2.0.1">
-<!ENTITY date "8th Oct 2006">
+<!ENTITY manrevision "2.2.1">
+<!ENTITY date "September 26, 2010">
 <!ENTITY app "GnuCash">
 <!ENTITY vers-unstable "2.3.15">
 <!ENTITY vers-stable "2.2.9">
@@ -37,10 +38,11 @@
 -->
 <!--
       (Do not remove this comment block.)
-  Version: 2.0.1
-  Last modified: Oct 8th 2006
+  Version: 2.2.1
+  Last modified: September 26, 2010
   Maintainers:
-               Chris Lyttle   <chris@wilddev.net)
+                Tom Bullock   <tbullock@nd.edu>
+               Chris Lyttle   <chris@wilddev.net>
   Translators:
                (translators put your name and email here)
 -->
@@ -52,6 +54,11 @@
   <edition>V&manrevision;</edition>
 
   <copyright>
+   <year>2010</year>
+   <holder>Tom Bullock</holder>
+  </copyright>
+  
+  <copyright>
    <year>2006</year>
    <holder>Chris Lyttle</holder>
   </copyright>
@@ -253,7 +260,7 @@
         <ulink url="http://bugzilla.gnome.org"
           >GNOME Bug Tracking System</ulink>.
       </para>
-<!-- Translators may also add here feedback address for translations -->
+<!-- Translators may also add here a feedback address for translations -->
   </legalnotice>
 
 </bookinfo>
@@ -273,6 +280,7 @@
 &chapter13;
 &chapter14;
 &chapter15;
+&chapter16;
 &appendixa;
 &appendixb;
 &appendixc;
Index: ch_accts.xml
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--- ch_accts.xml	(revision 19612)
+++ ch_accts.xml	(working copy)
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 <!--
       (Do not remove this comment block.)
-  Version: 2.0.0
-  Last modified: July 9th 2006
+  Version: 2.2.1
+  Last modified: September 26, 2010
   Maintainers: 
-               Chris Lyttle <chris@wilddev.net>
-  Author:
-  		Jon Lapham <lapham@extracta.com.br>
+                Tom Bullock  <tbullock@nd.edu> 
+               Chris Lyttle  <chris@wilddev.net>
+  Authors:
+  		      Jon Lapham <lapham@extracta.com.br>
   	Updated	Bengt Thuree <bengt@thuree.com>
 Originally written by Carol Champagne.
 Translators:
@@ -127,13 +128,18 @@
     tracking and handling of certain accounts. There are 6 asset accounts
     (<emphasis>Cash</emphasis>, <emphasis>Bank</emphasis>,
     <emphasis>Stock</emphasis>, <emphasis>Mutual Fund</emphasis>,
-    <emphasis>Accounts Receivable</emphasis>, and <emphasis>Asset</emphasis>
+    <emphasis>Accounts Receivable</emphasis>, and <emphasis>Other Assets</emphasis>
     ), 3 liability accounts (<emphasis>Credit Card</emphasis>,
     <emphasis>Accounts Payable</emphasis>, and <emphasis>Liability</emphasis>,
     ), 1 equity account (<emphasis>Equity</emphasis>), 1 income account
     (<emphasis>Income</emphasis>), and 1 expense account
     (<emphasis>Expense</emphasis>).</para>
 
+      <para><emphasis>Please Note:</emphasis> For all &app; asset accounts, a 
+      <emphasis>debit</emphasis> (left-column value entry) increases the account 
+      balance and a <emphasis>credit</emphasis> (right-column value entry) 
+      decreases the balance.</para>
+      
     <para>These &app; account types are presented in more detail
     below.</para>
 
@@ -192,21 +198,28 @@
         </listitem>
 
         <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Asset</guilabel> For personal finances, use this
-          type of account to track "big-ticket" item purchases that
-          significantly impact your net worth. Generally, you can think of
-          these as things you insure, such as a house, vehicles, jewelry, and
-          other expensive belongings.</para>
+          <para><guilabel>Other Assets</guilabel> No matter how diverse they 
+          are, GnuCash handles many other situations easily.  The group 
+          category, "Other Assets", covers all assets not listed above.</para>
+          
+          <para>Accounts are repositories of information used to track or record
+          the kinds of actions that occur related to the purpose for which the 
+          account is established.</para>
+            
+          <para>For businesses, activities being tracked and reported are 
+          frequently subdivided more finely than what has been considered thus 
+          far.  For a more developed treatment of the possibilities, please read
+          the descriptions presented in 
+          <xref linkend="chapter_other_assets" /> of this Guide.</para>
+          
+          <para>For personal finances a person can follow the business groupings 
+          or not, as they seem useful to the activities the person is tracking 
+          and to the kind of reporting that person needs to have to manage his 
+          financial assets.  For additional information, consult 
+          <xref linkend="chapter_other_assets" /> of this Guide.</para>
         </listitem>
       </orderedlist>
 
-      <tip>
-        <para>For all &app; asset accounts, a <emphasis>debit</emphasis>
-        (left-column value entry) increases the account balance and a
-        <emphasis>credit</emphasis> (right-column value entry) decreases the
-        balance. (See note later in this chapter.)</para>
-      </tip>
-
       <para>The second balance sheet account is
       <emphasis>Liabilities</emphasis>, which as you recall, refers to what
       you owe, money you have borrowed and are obligated to pay back some day.
@@ -421,7 +434,7 @@
       but we know they exist). You have <guilabel>income</guilabel> in the
       form of a salary, and <guilabel>expenses</guilabel> in the form of
       groceries, rent, electricity, phone, and taxes (Federal, Social
-      Security, Medicare) on your salary. Simple, isn't it?</para>
+      Security, Medicare) on your salary.</para>
     </sect2>
 
     <sect2 id="accts-examples-toplevel2">
Index: Makefile.am
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--- Makefile.am	(revision 19612)
+++ Makefile.am	(working copy)
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 	ch_bus_ap.xml \
 	ch_bus_pay.xml \
 	ch_budgets.xml \
+	ch_oth_assets.xml\
 	appendixa.xml \
 	appendixb.xml \
 	appendixc.xml \
