Thread: Proposal: Extending Epub with reference book tags
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Old 05-20-2009, 05:57 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by wallcraft View Post
Why not use an existing XML-based dictionary format? Perhaps XDFX. The ePub standard has the concept of XML in-line islands, but I don't have a clear idea of what it takes to produce a dictionary that is also a valid ePub document.
A quick look shows that it is mostly compatible with XHTML already. See http://xdxf.revdanica.com/drafts/vis...-draft-028.txt

It has the advantages of already have dictionaries available. Perhaps there isn't much work to do to make everything work together.

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