newbie question about xml

newbie question about xml

[Thomas A.Schmitz]

It would be wonderful if I could find an easy way to translate my 
ConTeXt source-files to html. So I was wondering if going via xml would 
be a viable method. Unofrtunately, I know next to nothing about xml. I 
played a bit with Emacs nxml mode and tried to understand "xml in 
context," but a couple of stupid questions remain:

1) even with specialized tools like onyx or Emacs xml mode, will 
writing these source files ever be as easy as writing TeX-source? Is it 
worth the extra effort?

2) Can anybody point me to an example document written in xml that can 
be processed by ConTeXt?

3) If I understand "xml in context" correctly, one has to specify quite 
a few of the xml commands in a dtd so ConTeXt understands them. I had a 
look at x-contml.tex to see what such definitions should look like. So 
I wonder: if I have to tell ConTeXt about these commands anyway, 
wouldn't it be easier to simply write a perl script that does these 
conversions and translates TeX into xml?

Sorry if these are dumb questions, but these are my very first attempt 
at xml.

All best

Thomas

Re: newbie question about xml

[Christopher G D Tipper]

> It would be wonderful if I could find an easy way to translate my 
> ConTeXt source-files to html. So I was wondering if going via xml would 

XML in Context is designed for those who plan to set up an XML workflow, and need PDF output. Certainly I use example, but as part of existing workflow starting from XML source. I use XSLT to produce HTML, and Context offers no help here. There was some discussion on this list about adapting T4Ht for Context before Christmas, so check the mailing list.

> 3) If I understand "xml in context" correctly, one has to specify quite 
> a few of the xml commands in a dtd so ConTeXt understands them. I had a 

Use a header file with your example commands in it. A DTD is used for parsing XML, and is really if different ball-game.

Christopher