[Bug-gnupedia] Submission format

[David Tanzer]

Hector Facundo Arena wrote:

> > on the email submission, we want the submission to be in xml, right?
>
> Yes. We need to define an easy structure in XML.

I like the decision to use XML as a submission format.  Also, I agree 
that the question of the submission format takes a high priority, 
because this is what we will have to iron out in order to get people 
to actually make contributions.  The question of the internal structure 
of the repository is a large issue, but we it shouldn't overshadow the 
goal of starting the submissions process as soon as possible. 

The body_contents section of the xml document should be able to
contain as many as possible of the standard file formats that writers are 
familiar with.  Examples:  plain text, HTML, latex.  Hence, there should 
be a field that indicates the type of the body_contents.  At the very 
least, popular formats which are well-supported on a standard GNU/Linux 
distribution, e.g. latex, should be acceptable as input.