XML Import in to calibre (and to epub)

[MacLeod_]

Hi,
i have an xml structure and calibre don't recognize the structure.

Example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="pbdefault.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<!DOCTYPE prebook SYSTEM "prEntities.dtd">
<prebook version="3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="prebook.xsd">
  <bookinfo>
    <title>...</title>
    <coverpic>....</coverpic>
    <author>
      <firstname>...</firstname>
      <lastname>..</lastname>
    </author>
    <genre>Mystery</genre>
    <language>de</language>
    <publisher>...</publisher>
    <releasedate>09.11.2010</releasedate>
    <series>...</series>
    <seriesnumber>...</seriesnumber>
    <releaseinfo>v1.0</releaseinfo>
  </bookinfo>
  <chapter title="">
    <subtitle>....</subtitle>
    <para>....... <qs/>...<qe/></para>
  </chapter>
  <chapter title="">
    <para><I>.....</I></para>
    .....
  </chapter>
  <chapter title="*">
    <subtitle>....</subtitle>
    <para>...</para>
    
  </chapter>
  
  <infoblock title="...." type="preview">
    <subtitle>....</subtitle>
    <subtitle>....</subtitle>
    <para>.... &hellip;</para>
  </infoblock>
</prebook>

can anyone help please?

Regards

[MacLeod_]

Ok, i found the missing style files: pbdefault.xsl, prebook.xsd + prEntities.dtd.
But calibre don't like me
Any suggestions?

[kovidgoyal]

You cannot convert an arbitrary XML format using calibre. You first need to convert it to html and then calibre will convert that html to an ebook format.

[princessnDragon]

Originally Posted by MacLeod_

Hi,
i have an xml structure and calibre don't recognize the structure.

can anyone help please?

In my experience an xml to HTML conversion is not always a straight forward operation. HTML is based on xml but the former does not normally contain HTML markup.

I've converted plenty of xml docs to html. I can take a look at yours if you like and let you know what I think. my email: princessndragon ~~at~~ gmail.

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P&D

[neilday]

If you want a quick way to convert various types of XML files to epub (or a wide range of other formats) visit http://www.tei-c.org/oxgarage/#. I converted E A Abbott's Shakespearean Grammar (downloaded from http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/) with a couple of clicks after selecting "TEI P4 XML Document" as the input format. Cheers Neil.

[ballfresno]

I wonder whether anybody can help with this type of conversion. I am trying to read these books by Alice Thornton, which are xml encoded (TEI format, supposedly), on my Kobo devices. I have tried the TEI Garage encoder (note new URL for that system) with no success.