[July 12, 1999] A communiqué from Simon Kershaw (Cambridge, England) announced preliminary work on "LitML: A Liturgical Markup Language." LitML "is intended as a markup language for liturgical texts, and will be defined using XML. It is intended that LitML might be used to markup new liturgical texts of existing denominations, and also to mark up historic texts. In conjunction with other markup schemes it might also be used to for commentaries, and for scholarly and popular works. I envisage that this will be a multi-denominational, multi-national project. Obviously it might also be multi-lingual, though I imagine that the markup and the work of any group will largely be in English." If you would like more information or would like to be involved in the process of defining LitML, please contact Simon Kershaw via email.
The mailing list: Send 'subscribe litml' (no quotes) in the body of an email message to majordomo@oremus.org "This list exists to enable discussion about creating a 'Liturgical Markup Language'. One of the tasks of the list will be to determine the requirements for such a language, but it is envisaged that 'LitML' will be defined using XML, and might be used to markup new liturgical texts of existing denominations, and also to mark up historic texts. In conjunction with other markup schemes it might also be used for commentaries, and for scholarly and popular works, and so on."
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