Theological Markup Language

The Theological Markup Language (ThML) is a "royalty-free" XML-based format created in 1998Template:Sfn by the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) to create electronic theological texts. Other formats such as STEP and Logos Library System (LLS) were found unacceptable by CCEL as they are proprietary, prompting the creation of the new language.Template:Sfn The ThML format borrowed elements from a somewhat similar format, the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI).

since September 19, 2006Template:Dated maintenance category (articles), CCEL had 650 documents in this format. The advantage of using an XML-based format is that a ThML text can be converted into HTML by using an XSLT stylesheet. Also, standard XML tools can convert to PDF and RTF.

since November 8, 2012Template:Dated maintenance category (articles), the last Document Type Definition of the format, version 1.04, was released on January 20, 2003.Template:Sfn

Software

• The SWORD Project — Bible study software project that supports most operating systems, portable devices, and web services.

See also

• Go Bible application for Java mobile phones
• Open Scripture Information Standard (OSIS)

Bibliography

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External links

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