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Stephen Smith
Webmaster, Good News Publishers (webmaster@gnpcb.org)
August 5, 2002. Updated July 10, 2006.

Introduction

The creation of the ESV Online Edition occurred in June and July 2002, driven
by our twin goals of fidelity to the printed version and ease of use. In this
document we reveal the justifications for our decisions from both usability
and technical perspectives. We hope that future implementers of Bible sites
will use this document as a baseline for development and will not have to rediscover
the lessons we learned.

Creation of XML Files

The first step in developing the Online Edition lay in creating a set of
XML files that accurately represented the text of the Bible. Working from a
basic set of XML files, we added tags as necessary to ensure the online version
reflected the printed version. Using these XML files as a base, we were able
to transform the text easily into whatever format we needed.

• DTD descriptions
  • Master XML files
  • Character entities
    only
  • Cross references
  • Footnotes
• XML-Schema descriptions
  • Master XML files
  • Basic elements included
    in both the Master XML files and the web service file
  • Format in which we make
    the files available as a web service

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