Markup UK 2020 Xproc Webinars

This repository contains (or will soon contain) the presentations and example code for some of the XProc webinars for Markup UK 2020.

• Thursday June 4: XProc 3.0 101 - Part 1
• Monday June 8: XProc 3.0 101 - Part 2
• Thursday June 18: XProc 3.0 - Dealing with ZIP documents

Presenter:

Erik Siegel

Xatapult

[email protected]

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Preparations:

Example code:

• Just clone this GIT repository somewhere
• Check for updates now and then

XProc processor:

• Make sure you have Java 8 installed and up and running. Morgana doesn't support higher versions (yet)
• Download the Morgana XProc 3.0 processor at https://www.xml-project.com/
• Unzip the zip
• Add the main Morgana directory to your system's path
• Add a Saxon jar file to the MorganaXProc-IIIse_lib sub-directory. For instance for Saxon 9: saxon9he.jar. The free home edition (HE) is sufficient.
• Try it: Typing morgana on the command line should now give you some output about it's usage

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Usage

If you're using oXygen you can use the oXygen project file markupuk-2020.xpr in the /etc sub-directory.

The presentations are there in PowerPoint and PDF format. You can find them in the presentation sub-directories, for instance in /101-A/presentation

Most if not all examples can be run directly from the command line. For instance (please try this):

• Change directory (cd) to /101-A/example-1
• Type: morgana example-1.xpl
• The output should be something like:

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MorganaXProc-IIIse 0.9.2.9-beta
Copyright 2011-2020 by <xml-project /> Achim Berndzen
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<text timestamp="2020-05-25T08:44:44.94+02:00">Hi there,&#xD;
This is a piece of text to demonstrate XProc 3.0 with.</text>

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Important links

• GIT repository for this webinar: https://github.com/xatapult/markupuk-2020

• Morgana XProc 3.0 processor: https://www.xml-project.com/

• Calabash XProc processor: https://xmlcalabash.com/

• XProc specification: https://spec.xproc.org/

  • Main specification (last draft): https://spec.xproc.org/master/head/xproc/
  • Standard step library (last draft): https://spec.xproc.org/master/head/steps/

• Introductory articles: https://www.xml.com

• Book: https://xmlpress.net/publications/xproc-3-0/