Am 23.02.2011 um 18:03 schrieb Lee Passey: [snio, snip]
My own view is that almost any markup language could satisfy (1), but that no markup language will be able to satisfy (2).
While I will agree pretty much with 1) the problem is 2) The Problem is that d.p simply refuses to have a concise Mark-up langauge. That a Language that has a fixed set of markup commands and also enforce the rules thereof. Instead the they use a system where the contributors have to much freedom. I have offered to develop a tailored language, but also demand that it will be used. I would have help with the tool chain, etc. I would have work closely with them so that they would have exactly what the want. The Philosophy is simple. Develop a "medium" mark-up that can represent the content and structure of a book. Develop conversion routines that output end formats for the readers. You can even add source information so that you have a master format that can aide in site management. You can use RST, XML, HTML-like, etc. The only thing that needs to be done is it has to be designed. That should take no longer than a half of an year. So sure there is tons of books already in the old formats. But, they can be converted, naturally with some loss. The reason that the lighter mark-up is being preferred is simple. It is not convoluted and less possibilities for people to break out! In other words not much to enforce. The restrictions and enforcement is kind of built in. regards Keith.