[Cuis-dev] XML in Erudite

[Mariano Montone]

Btw, XML is alternative syntax that can be chosen for specific books. Does
not replace the original Erudite syntax.

El sáb, 15 de jun de 2024, 23:35, Mariano Montone <marianomontone at gmail.com>
escribió:

> Hi all,
>
>     I'm working on Erudite books authored using XML. Because, if EPUB
> uses it (HTML actually ...), then why not? :P
>
> The real reason is to try to make Erudite books more structured (like
> support for lists, etc) and easily extensible.
>
> I think books have a domain, and the authoring language should reflect
> that. And so the markup should be easy to extend (I can imagine a
> <DrGeoExample> element, for example ).
>
> XML is very generic, and I'm not having to apply any special rules, like
> with the PEG parser. And so extending the grammar it is just a matter of
> subclassing from existing Markup nodes.
>
> Also, the source being more structured has better potential for applying
> transformations to other formats.
>
> I attach an screenshot with an example. There you can see a custom
> <info> node as an example that can be implemented with a class and a
> couple of methods.
>
> I have the impression that extension in documentation systems is not
> used much, but I think it is a very good idea; and specially like the
> idea of an "object oriented markup language".
>
> I'm interested in your thoughts, either about this, or other
> documentation systems that support extension (I looked at DocBook but
> I'm not sure how easy are to implement the extensions. TexInfo supports
> custom elements via macros, but an object oriented design for the markup
> has advantages IMO).
>
> Cheers!
>
>       Mariano
>
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