This is an interesting idea. I will give it some thought, but since I do not have much time now, do not expect a quick reply. I will try to get some idea of the structure you have in mind; that is most important.
What is the difference between soups and desserts in your FAQ? You have an item recipe, but not an item describing what you want to achieve (in a FAQ, the Question). You call it a FAQ, but you use the metaphor of a cookbook. This suggests more a HOWTO. It makes some difference I guess. Simon On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 09:32:20PM +0100, Hraban wrote: > Ahoi eXperts! > > I'd like to start another attempt for a ConTeXt-FAQ-o-matic. > I'm too busy and too less able to do the whole work myself, > so I'd be glad if the appropriate experts would take their part. > > We need... > 1. a definition (Schema?) for the XML source > 2. conversion patterns for ConTeXt (environment) and XHTML (XSLT?) > 3. a web surface (with search engine, web edit form etc.) > 4. last not least lots of entries > > I'd try to coordinate the whole project, will host the site, could care > for 3 > and help with the other, but first someone must take responsibility for > 1 and 2. > Any volunteers? > > Some requirements of the definition (1): > - one XML file can contain all entries > - an other file will contain redundant information like authors > - each entry may contain several languages (I'd like to keep the door > open for partly translations; I imagine that a web user sees his > favourite language if available) > - entry IDs must be in some way, that user contributions (files with > several entries or corrections) can join in. > - markup possibilities like WikiWeb (emphasis, enumeration, easy table, > link) > - proper code markup (e.g. for TeX, ConTeXt, shell, perl code) > - additional (normally invisible) keywords for search engine (web) or > index (TeX) > - some flexible subject/subsubject structure > - some versioning (also like WikiWeb: each user may change every entry, > but an admin must be able to undo it) > - someone suggested to use a DocBook subset; don't know if that's > possible > > Requirement of the conversion (2): > - easily adaptable to a new layout (web or print) > - additional software must be open source and run on Debian Linux > (SPARC) (web server) and MacOS X (my machine) > > Is anything of the above impossible? > > I suppose (1) will result in something like > > cookbook > soups > recipe id=hr-1 > language lang=en original=yes > title /title > keywords /keywords > ingredients > item /item > item /item > /ingredients > preparation > much text with markup and code > snippets > /preparation > /language > language lang=de original=no > title /title > /language > /recipe > /soups > desserts > /desserts > /cookbook > > Greets hoping for feedback and helping hands: > Hraban. > -- > www.fiee.net/texnique/ > www.ramm.ch/context/ > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context -- Simon Pepping email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
