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Welcome, In message <v01540b0aafc81699ccd6@[137.111.90.66]> ross@m... (Ross Moore) writes: [...] > > Currently I'm putting the finishing touches on the latest version of LaTeX2HTML. This is a noble effort. > > Later this year I hope to tackle LaTeXML for which I would like to be > able to use > existing DTDs as much as possible --- especially for portions of MathML --- > rather than having to write my own. I have always admired the (La)TeX virtual community of volunteers and presumably they will be keen to learn about XML and how it applies to LaTeX. In which case this represents a significant pool of potential XML-friendly hackers :-) I'm thinking as I write, but it seems as if there should be 'a' LaTeX DTD (possibly modular), which interoperates with the MathML DTD. I think it's important to keep them distinct because there are many people who don't use LaTeX for maths, but as a general authoring tool. Since MathML specifically mentions TeX as a NOTATION, and as isomorphic to mathML in some parts, the clear separation of all components (LaTeXML, MathML, TeX) is critical. > > Having a reliable HTML --> XML ought to be an option too. > > Indeed this would probably be the easiest way to go for a first working version, > given the effort that has already gone into LaTeX2HTML . I'd agree. LaTeX is an excellent tool, but it doesn't have the full structuring power of XML unless it's specifically thought of at the start. I speak from experience as I wrote a complex book in LaTeX, with outputs as *.dvi, *.html, and several implied conditional sections. That was before I discovered the point of SGML - I spent many midnights writing programs to restructure the book :-( > > Ultimately a scheme will be needed whereby (partial) DTDs can be > constructed automatically > from any \newenvironment commands that the user devises for the LaTeX > typeset version. Yes - I think that a current LaTeX user can probably devise structuring like this that makes the transformation much easier. Among the things that are difficult to convert are paragraph/line breaks (when not explicitly marked up) > > > I'd love to hear from anyone else interested in: > > 1. converting existing LaTeX documents into XML ; I'd agree that LaTeX->HTML/XML is a useful start. One discussion would be whether one had to have a DTD that supported all constructs in the LaTeX manual, or whether there was a more generic DIV-like container. Another would be how to support user-defined macros. Also, would you work on the authored document, or some later normalised/expanded version (I've lost touch with Latex2html, but I assume that it works on some normalised version which has lost the author's macros). For scientific technical documents this is a highly desirable goal :-) > > 2. using LaTeX syntax as a front-end to XML for documents on the Web . Do you mean transforming XML documents into LaTeX (I tend to think of this as a back-end) or as a way of authoring XML documents using LaTeX? The latter is rather similar to (1). The second will require a transformation engine which most people would approach through DSSSL styleheets, I imagine. P. -- Peter Murray-Rust, domestic net connection Virtual School of Molecular Sciences http://www.vsms.nottingham.ac.uk/ xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ To unsubscribe, send to majordomo@i... the following message; unsubscribe xml-dev List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa@i...)
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