In article <··········@fu-berlin.de>,
······@zedat.fu-berlin.de (George Smith) wrote:
>····@mi.uib.no (Paul Meurer) writes:
>
>>Hi,
>>does anybody know if there are SGML tools (parsing etc.)
available written
>>in CommonLisp (preferably in the public domain)?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Paul
>
>I would also be very interested in hearing about such tools.
May I
>suggest that summary could be posted, in case anything
interesting
>isn't posted directly to the news group?
>
>Thanks,
>
>George Smith
>
>Fachbereich Germanistik
>FU-Berlin
>······@zedat.fu-berlin.de
>
>Sprachenzentrum
>Europa-Universitaet Viadrina
>······@euv-frankfurt-o.de
If you guys read the Lisp FAQ, you will find references
galore. I'm sure that some of the computers at MIT have
something of interest to you. It will just take your time to
track it down.
·······@phoenix.net
I have missed the original question, but STIL might be of interest if
you need to construct a backend. It's beta software in an open
development, please don't expect production quality.
Cheers,
Joachim
==================== included file follows:
$Id: README,v 1.1 1995/09/09 20:21:28 schrod Exp $
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STIL (`SGML Transformations in Lisp') is a style sheet language to
create structure-controlled SGML applications. In these applications
you have neither access to the DTD nor to the original document
source, instead you operate on a tree representation of the document.
If you know CoST (the tree mode version) or SGMLSpm, STIL uses the
same concept as these style sheet languages. The most obvious
difference is the use of Common Lisp instead of Tcl or Perl5.
You define classes for elements that appear in a document, instances
of these classes are the inner nodes of the tree. Automatic
transformation of attributes to data structures more appropriate in
your task domain than simple strings is available. Elaborate handling
of PCDATA is supported, too.
The document tree can be traversed, you can specify operations
(`callbacks') that are triggered at certain points in that traversal.
Within these callbacks, you have access to the full tree.
STIL is software on the beta-test level. In particular, distribution
and installation leaves a lot to be deserved.
This is the source distribution of STIL. It has _only_ the STIL
source, you won't find everything herein that is needed to use it.
(E.g., the SGML parser is missing.) For installation instructions,
check the file INSTALL; this file lists also all the other systems
needed.
There exist binary distributions for
-- Linux 1.2.x (a.out) on PCs and
-- AIX 3.2 on IBM RS/6000.
To use these distributions you need an installed Perl (4 or 5). Unlike
the source distribution, all other needed systems (e.g., an SGML
parser) are part of the binary distributions.
Binary distributions for Solaris 2.4 on Sparc 4m/4c and HP-UX 9 on HP
700 are in preparation and should be available soon.
You'll find a short one-liner about the purpose of most files in a
comment block at the top of the Imakefile in that directory. In some
directories, there are additional READMEs.
We are interested in feedback, both problem reports and positive ones.
Please tell us what you think of STIL. It might happen to you that
it's hard to express an easy task -- then it's not your fault, it's a
problem instead. Tell us, we like to hear about such experiences; this
will enable us to improve our software or our documentation.
For your information, the file TODO lists open problems, planned
enhancements, and future ideas. In case of problems, you might want to
look at it, to see if we know the problem already.
Reference anonymous ftp site:
ftp.th-darmstadt.de [130.83.47.112]
directory pub/text/sgml/stil
file stil-<version>.tar.gz
where <version> is the current version number
(a gzipped tar file)
LEGALESE: This package is freely distributable software; you can
redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License in
the file License along with this package; if not, write to the Free
Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Enjoy,
Joachim
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Joachim Schrod Email: ······@iti.informatik.th-darmstadt.de
Computer Science Department
Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany