Advogato blog for Roger http://www.advogato.org/person/Roger/ Advogato blog for Roger en-us mod_virgule Thu, 23 May 2013 02:17:44 GMT Fri, 27 Sep 2002 00:53:56 GMT 27 Sep 2002 http://www.advogato.org/person/Roger/diary.html?start=1 http://www.advogato.org/person/Roger/diary.html?start=1 <strong>Right now from the second Open Source CMS Conference in Berkeley</strong> <p>Yesterday we announced a contest: <p><strong>Aim:</strong> Significant contribution to the Open Source Bitflux Editor. <p><em>Examples: Fancy CMS Implementation, IE Version, Documentation.</em> <p><strong>Price:</strong> Ticket to the next OSCOM conference (Tokyo or Harvard) <p>If OSCOM board agrees: short presentation of the contribution at the next OSCOM <p><strong>Jury:</strong> The board members of the Bitflux Editor Association (and maybe the OSCOM board too) <p>More info about the Bitflux Editor at <a href="http://www.bitfluxeditor.org" title="Bitflux Editor" >http://www.bitfluxeditor.org</a> <p> <p> <strong>The panel</strong> <p>Tom Weiss advises: Take a look at the commercial sector, they just haven't got viable business propositions. <p>... Sat, 21 Sep 2002 14:12:21 GMT 21 Sep 2002 http://www.advogato.org/person/Roger/diary.html?start=0 http://www.advogato.org/person/Roger/diary.html?start=0 <p>I just saw<br/> <em> Why re-invent the wheel?, posted 20 Sep 2002 by kevindumpscore (G.R. Article: Interop in the Bazaar)</em> <p> <p> <p>At OSCOM (www.oscom.org) we created SlideML exactly because there are several XML presentation languages around and everyone thinks his/hers is the best. With SlideML we didn't reinvent only a language to write OSCOM presentations, but also a translator with which you can go to Docbook Slides, but also to OPML, to SVG, whatever. <p> <p> IMHO SlideML is a new presentation mark up language that isn't devolped on scratch but integrates the best from the already existing xml presentation formats. It is also a true interop format (which none of the other presentation languages is today). It is lightweight (XHTML) and powerfull (full use of the neweste XML trends: Namespaces, XInclude, Dublin Core) at the same time. It is extendable, but also simple. <p> <p> <em>As for docbook</em><br/> <p>I for myself like Docbook quite a lot (we use a subset in our Bitflux CMS and we did our presentation at OSCOM 1 in Docbook Slides with our CMS) and I am very glad that XHTML 2.0. comes nearer to Docbook than any X/HTML before. But for some people Docbook is to heavy and they would prefer to use XHTML to write their presentation. So SlideML is some compromise, but a compromise with a lot of benefits for everyone (the Docbook Slides enthousiasts, as well as the AxKit, the OPML, the SVG,... enthousiasts. <p> <p> <p>I hope that clarifies some misunderstandings that I thought reading in Kevin's comment.