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Old 11-10-2007, 12:23 AM   #150
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> Doesn't gutenmark already handle front matter?

we have different definitions of "handle".

the title-page in a z.m.l. file is highly structured,
because its info is collected into a library catalog.

many of the other parts of z.m.l. front-matter are
expected to conform to a certain framework too...

on the other hand, front-matter in p.g. e-texts is
probably _the_ most wildly inconsistent element
in the entire catalog, which is not surprising when
you consider that it is coming from a wide range
of different publishers, so taming it is difficult...

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