Theological Markup Language

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A theological markup language format created by Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL), a volunteer organization to create electronic theological texts. Theological Markup Language (ThML) is a "royalty-free" XML based format that was first created in 1998[1]. Other formats such as STEP and Logos Library System (LLS) are proprietary. The ThML format borrowed elements from a somewhat similar format, the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI).

As of September 19, 2006, CCEL has 650 documents in this format[2]. The advantage of using an XML based format is that a ThML text can be converted into HTML by using a XSL stylesheet. Also, conversion to PDF and RTF can be done with standard XML conversion tools.

The last Definition of the format, version 1.04, is dated January 20, 2003[3].

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[edit] Software

  • The Sword Project -- Bible study software project that supports most computers and and some PDA handhelds
  • ThML Viewer -- Free ThML Viewer for Windows.


[edit] References

  1. ^ Plantinga
  2. ^ CCEL: The Vision. Christian Classics Ethereal Library (2006-09-19). Retrieved on 2007-01-06.
  3. ^ Plantinga

[edit] Bibliography

Plantinga, Harry (2003-01-20). ThML: Theological Markup Language version 1.04. Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Retrieved on 2007-01-06.

[edit] External Links

Theological Markup Language webpage

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