Structured text¶

• Table of contents
• Structured text
  • General validation, formatting & conversion
  • Information by file format
    • bib
    • kml
    • md

Formats for archiving:

• bib
• md
• tex
• xml
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Accepted formats (i.e. require further conversion by ARCHE):

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More information:

• https://www.ianus-fdz.de/it-empfehlungen/textdokumente
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General validation, formatting & conversion¶

Online: https://www.freeformatter.com/
For XML, JSON, HTML, SQL ...

Information by file format¶

Software for compiling or opening all of the listed file formats:

• any text editor

bib¶

A file format to store references for LaTeX. A few flavours exist, mayor one is BibLaTeX .

Software for compiling or opening:

• LaTeX compiler and editor (Windows e.g. MikTeX plus TeXstudio
• JabRef

Software for validation and conformance checking:

• https://biblatex-linter.herokuapp.com/ How toHow to
  1. go to tool
  2. paste content
  3. click validate
  Important noteImportant note
  • The app has a bug: it does not check the very last entry (this can easily be seen when entering just one entry)
    • Workaround: just duplicate the last entry in the input text field

kml¶

A file containing geospatial information in xml format. The format is an official OGC standard. For archiving KML Version 2.2 should be used.

Software for validation and conformance checking:

• Any XML editor that allows validating against a given schema
• http://www.kmlvalidator.com/home.htm (online, but was down when testing)

md¶

A file containing Markdown, a plain text formatting syntax. Different flavours exist.

Software for validation and conformance checking:

• https://matthewsetter.com/tools-that-make-technical-writing-easier-markdown-linter (needs to be installed)
• https://dillinger.io/ (online)