[sword-devel] HELP! Need your feedback on XML Markup Language

[David Overcash]

Somewhat off the subject, but I just wanted to tell you how cool it is that
you're giving conferences for programming techniques!  There are so many
ways to be salt in this world!

God Bless
-Dave Overcash

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[mailto:owner-sword-devel@crosswire.org]On Behalf Of Patrick Durusau
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 4:53 PM
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Subject: Re: [sword-devel] HELP! Need your feedback on XML Markup
Language


Troy,

Sorry, your information about XML is out-dated! (Well, by a day anyway.)
;-)

Take a look at the presentation Matthew O'Donnell and I did at the
Extreme Markup Language conference in Montreal yesterday.

http://www.sbl-site2.org/Extreme2001

The presentation, paper (submitted to Markup Technologies: Theory and
Practice) and sample code are all available.

Overlapping hierarcies for texts, human genetic mapping,
treaty/legislation versioning, music, etc. are among the possibilities
raised in discussion following the presentation. All in XML!

Enjoy!

I am still on Montreal and so am typing very uncomfortably from my room.
A longer post early next week!

Patrick

"Troy A. Griffitts" wrote:
>
> OK,
>         Here's a less formal invite to discuss a few topics about XML
Markup.
>
>         I think XML stinks for Bible Text Markup!
>
>         XML doesn't allow more than one hierarchy in a document.  Here's
an
> example of logical XML markup.
>
> <Book NAME="Genesis"><Chapter NUMBER="1"><Verse NUMBER="1">In the
> beginning...</Verse>...</Chapter>...</Book>
>
> This is all fine and dandy, but what about <Quote></Quote>, Intro,
> Paragraph, Red, Bold, Italic, etc!  Most of these things WILL cross over
> the single hierachy limit of XML.
>
> Remember:
>
> <Verse>Text for <Quote>a verse</Verse><Verse>text for the </Quote>next
> verse</Verse>
>
> Is INVALID!
>
>         What do you guys think?
>
>                 -Troy.

--
Patrick Durusau
Director of Research and Development
Society of Biblical Literature
pdurusau@emory.edu