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].

Contents 1 Software 2 References 3 Bibliography 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Software

• The SWORD Project -- Bible study software project that supports most operating systems, numerous PDA handhelds, and web services.
• ThML Reader -- Free ThML Reader for Windows (supersedes ThML Viewer).

[edit] References

[edit] Bibliography

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

[edit] See also

• Open Scripture Information Standard
• Go Bible application for Java mobile phones
• Zefania XML Bible Markup Language – German

[edit] External links

• Theological Markup Language webpage
• GoBible – electronic Bible application for mobile phones created using ThML and OSIS
• General Bible Format Tagging Specification
• XSEM: XML Scripture Encoding Model
• Bible Translators’ Software Resources