On 2012-09-20 06:40, James Adcock wrote:
...finding a common denominator to describe any type of book produced since the first clay-tables where produced 5000 years ago. That problem, by its very nature is extremely hard.
Most formatting of most books on PG is "dirt simple" and yet more often than not is done terribly wrong.
I know this, but I have two observations: 1. Most books can be done for 95% with a mere 5% of what is in the TEI standard, but the remaining 5% of each book needs another 5% of that standard, and for each book, the exact 5% required is something different. For one book, I may need the verse tags, for another tables, for another drama, and so on... After 500 books, you'll have covered big parts of TEI -- and will have required tooling that can deal with all of it. 2. Many contributors are volunteers, who even have trouble getting HTML and plain typography right (given the number of HTML books with "straight" quotes, etc.) Now I am not claiming my books are good (that would require a lot more individual tweaking, and I do rely on what my scripts produce. However, I think terribly wrong is over the top. Also, nothing prevents you from picking up a terribly wrong book, and improving it, then resubmit it to PG, with some explanation what you've done. Normally, when I am made aware of an issue in one of the books I've produced, I pick it up myself, fix the issue, and regenerate the book with the current version of my scripts, and resubmit it. Jeroen.