Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Submission format

[Imran Ghory]

On 24 Jan 2001, at 19:33, David Tanzer wrote:

> 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. 

I think initially(i.e version 0.00.1) we should concentrate on just 
HTML and graphics(jpg, gif, png).

Imran Ghory