Also, you might want to check out the experiences of DP volunteers in preparing html. I believe the general consesus has been that there is enough variation of needs between different projects, that trying to define one strict standard does not work. But some general guidelines have emerged. Start at the page: http://www.pgdp.net/wiki/HTML That includes a link to a "CSS bookbook" that you might find to be of interest. Andrew On Sun, 1 Oct 2006, Jon Ingram wrote:
On 10/1/06, John Hagerson <j.hagerson@comcast.net> wrote:
If I remember correctly, someone was creating PG texts using CSS and XHTML, but I don't remember who it was. I would like to see an example that uses these technologies. The W3.org website has all of the information, but sometimes it's like trying to find a needle in a haystack to find the answer to a specific question.
If someone could provide the name of the poster or an e-book number, that would be very helpful. Thank you.
Many of the books processed by the DP site in the last few years have had an XHTML version created. We even have very rough guidelines for the marking up of things like poetry and page numbers, although there's a lot of variation between individual projects.
'Uberprojects' like periodicals often have a style-guide which is followed by almost all the posted issues. You could take a look at individual issues to see which styles you like (or dislike). Here's a random Punch issue: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/17397 And a random Scientific American issue: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11649
Everyone will have their favourite example of HTML/XHTML texts on PG. Personally I've been very impressed with some of the work that people have done on books I've scanned (which for some reason means that my name goes on the PG 'Produced by' line before them, which isn't a particularly fair reflection on the amount of work put in). Take a look for example at
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing, by Fabian Stedman http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18567
Amusements in Mathematics, by Henry Dudeney http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16713
The Tatler, Volume 1, by Richard Steele et al., ed. George Aitken http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13645
If you give more information about what particularly you're looking for, I might be able to be a bit more selective rather than throwing out random links to books I like!