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Re: Raw FAQ data format (Was: Format of FAQ items)
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Sat, 24 Apr 1999 16:58:01 GMT
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In lugnet.faq, Jacob Sparre Andersen writes:
> I'll try to stick to the raw data format here, and list the
> ideas I have been able to extract from the discussion.
Sounds mostly good. Catch my exceptions down below.
> - The content of the entries should be marked up as a
> subset of HTML ("lynx -dump" is a possible tool for
> translation to plain text).
Or some other tool; but I agree, a well-defined subset of HTML can and should
be used.
> - These header entries have been suggested:
> Subject [the question]
> Category [category (and sub-category?) name]
> Content-Language [ISO 639 language code]
> Topic-Level [integer, 0 is beginner/easy/simple]
> Version: [author and ISO date]
> Newsgroups: [comma-separated list of newsgroups
> the question could appear in]
> Translation: [translator, from language, latest
> version string from the translated
> entry]
(Please keep in mind Jacob, that these are nits I'm picking. :-)
"Newsgroups" would be more appropriately named "Location", indicating not just
a ng but specific directories in the LUGNET data heirarchy. Also,
something like "Original-Language" makes more sense than "Translation".
Also, I'm leaning more towards "Revision" rather than "Version". BTW, what
*is* the format of an ISO date? Good idea Jacob -- we might as well fit
within existing standards. :-,
Plus:
Include: [applies the headers of the included file]
> - ASCII + HTML entities are allowed in the headers.
At least the ® -style chars. I don't see much need for more HTML in the
headers.
> Now I have some questions and ideas:
> - Should we use ASCII or Latin-1 for the content character
> set?
> - The content should of cause not be a full HTML document.
Both of these are starting to get over my head. My knee-jerk reaction to the
ASCII question is to just use the lower 128 (not counting the very lowest 32
of course :-), and use some form of encoding for any other characters -- at
least for the raw FAQ format.
Cheers,
- jsproat
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Raw FAQ data format (Was: Format of FAQ items)
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| (...) Oh man, I'm HOT on "lynx -dump -force_html"!! It doesn't do an absolutely perfect perfect job, but it comes *so* close, and I'll bet it can get even closer by specifying a custom config file on the command line. (...) Agreed -- only &xxx; (...) (27 years ago, 25-Apr-99, to lugnet.faq)
| | | Re: Raw FAQ data format (Was: Format of FAQ items)
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| Sproaticus: [...] (...) Fine. Location: [comma-separated list of Lugnet relative URI's] (...) What about Translated-From: [ISO 639 language code] Translator: [translator, ISO date] so Revision: Todd Lehman, 1997-12-24 Revision: Minx Kelly, (...) (27 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Raw FAQ data format (Was: Format of FAQ items)
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| Todd Lehman (lehman@javanet.com) and Sproaticus (jsproat@geocities.com) writes lots of stuff: Guys! It sounds like you are mixing the raw data format and the presentation format. I'll try to stick to the raw data format here, and list the ideas I (...) (27 years ago, 24-Apr-99, to lugnet.faq)
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