LombardPress Print conversion scripts

This repository contains a xslt package for conversion of LombardPress Schema compliant TEI XML transcriptions to TeX format.

The LombardPress print app uses this package as its default conversion scripts. Visit print.lombardpress.org to see it in action.

Packaging XSLT scripts

Anyone can create custom xslt-latex packages that can be used for this purpose. The current repository is just an example of how it can be done.

This directory shows the expected structure of a package. It should be divided in folders named for the version of the XML schema they are designed for, and each folder should contain a file called critical.xslt or diplomatic.xslt (but may also just contain either of those). It is strongly adviced also to include a directory called default contained a script that can be used as a fallback. It is probably a good idea to make this a copy of the highest supported version in the package.

So for example, a package that supports LBP schema versions 0.0.0 and 1.0.0 would have this structure:

- 0.0.0
  - critical.xslt
  - diplomatic.xslt
- 1.0.0
  - critical.xslt
  - diplomatic.xslt
- default
  - critical.xslt     # identical with 1.0.0/critical.xslt
  - diplomatic.xslt   # identical with 1.0.0/diplomatic.xslt
- README.md

It is up to the package creator to decide how many different version of the LBP schema should be supported. Obviously the higher version coverage a package has, the more useful will it be to other editors than the author herself.

By ensuring that all packages have the same basic structure, it is easy to share different conversion scripts across environments. It will also ensure that different programmatic publication and processing workflows can make some basic assumptions about the XSLT packages that are used, irrespective of where the package comes from.

Representation and conversion

Structural units and numbering

Important structural numbers should be computed and available for reference and cross-reference that can be rendered in the resulting PDF.

The basic principle is to use <div>s inside the main containing <div>. Each <div> below that indicate a structural group.

A structural type is given in the @ana attribute. The following are recognized:

• rationes-principales
• rationes-principales-pro
• rationes-principales-contra
• determinatio
• ad-rationes

Rationes principales

• A div with the @ana-value rationes-principales indicate that the div contains rationes principales.
• Any subsequent p will be considered a single and complete ratio, unless it is contained in another div or it has the @ana attribute set to structure-head.
• Groups of ps contained by another div will together constitute a ratio.

Numbering:

• Sections of rationes will be numbered sequentially such that each p of child div of a div[@ana='rationes-principales'] gets an incremented sub-number (e.g. "1.1", "1.2", "1.3" etc.).
• Any p with the @ana value structure-head will not get a sub-number.

Contributing

Of course, pull requests or issue reports with this package are very welcome in the issue tracker.

If your produce your own package, please let is know and we will create a package registry for public reference.