| sisu(1) | SiSU | sisu(1) |
sisu - documents: markup, structuring, publishing in multiple standard formats, and search
sisu [-short-options|--long-options] [filename/wildcard]
sisu [-abCcDdeFGghIikLMmNnoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZ_0-9] [filename/wildcard]
sisu --txt --html --epub --odt --pdf --wordmap --sqlite --manpage --texinfo --sisupod --source --qrcode [filename/wildcard]
sisu [-Ddcv] [instruction] [filename/wildcard]
sisu --pg (--createdb|update [filename/wildcard]|--dropall)
sisu [operations]
sisu [-CcFLSVvW]
sisu (--configure|--webrick|--sample-search-form)
RALPH AMISSAH
SiSU is a lightweight markup based document creation and publishing framework that is controlled from the command line. Prepare documents for SiSU using your text editor of choice, then use SiSU to generate various output document formats.
From a single lightly prepared document (plain-text UTF-8 ) sisu custom builds several standard output formats which share a common (text object) numbering system for citation of content within a document (that also has implications for search). The sisu engine works with an abstraction of the document's structure and content from which it is possible to generate different forms of representation of the document. SiSU produces: plain-text, HTML, XHTML, XML, EPUB, ODF: ODT (Opendocument), LaTeX, PDF, and populates an SQL database ( PostgreSQL or SQLite ) with text objects, roughly, paragraph sized chunks so that document searches are done at this level of granularity.
Outputs share a common citation numbering system, associated with text objects and any semantic meta-data provided about the document.
SiSU also provides concordance files, document content certificates and manifests of generated output. Book indexes may be made.
Some document markup samples are provided in the package sisu -markup-samples. Homepages:
* <http://www.sisudoc.org/>
* <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu>
SiSU is a document publishing system, that from a simple single marked-up document, produces multiple output formats including: plaintext, HTML, XHTML, XML, EPUB, ODT ( OpenDocument ( ODF ) text), LaTeX, PDF, info, and SQL ( PostgreSQL and SQLite ) , which share text object numbers ("object citation numbering") and the same document structure information. For more see: <http://sisudoc.org> or <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu>
--papersize=a4,a5,b5,letter,legal in conjunction with --pdf set pdf papersize, overriding any configuration settings, to set more than one papersize list after the equal sign with a comma separator --papersize=a4,letter. See also --papersize-*
dbi - database interface
--pg or --pgsql set for PostgreSQL --sqlite default set for SQLite -d is modifiable with --db=[database type (PgSQL or SQLite ) ]
The -v is for verbose output.
In the data directory run sisu -mh filename or wildcard eg. "sisu -h cisg.sst" or "sisu -h *.{sst,ssm}" to produce html version of all documents.
Running sisu (alone without any flags, filenames or wildcards) brings up the interactive help, as does any sisu command that is not recognised. Enter to escape.
The most up to date information on sisu should be contained in the sisu_manual, available at:
<http://sisudoc.org/sisu/sisu_manual/>
The manual can be generated from source, found respectively, either within the SiSU tarball or installed locally at:
./data/doc/sisu/markup-samples/sisu_manual
/usr/share/doc/sisu/markup-samples/sisu_manual
move to the respective directory and type e.g.:
sisu sisu_manual.ssm
If SiSU is installed on your system usual man commands should be available, try:
man sisu
Most SiSU man pages are generated directly from sisu documents that are used to prepare the sisu manual, the sources files for which are located within the SiSU tarball at:
./data/doc/sisu/markup-samples/sisu_manual
Once installed, directory equivalent to:
/usr/share/doc/sisu/markup-samples/sisu_manual
Available man pages are converted back to html using man2html:
/usr/share/doc/sisu/html/
./data/doc/sisu/html
An online version of the sisu man page is available here:
* various sisu man pages <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/man/> [^1]
* sisu.1 <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/man/sisu.1.html> [^2]
This fell out of date and has been discontinued.
SiSU source documents are plaintext ( UTF-8 )[^4] files
All paragraphs are separated by an empty line.
Markup is comprised of:
* at the top of a document, the document header made up of semantic meta-data about the document and if desired additional processing instructions (such an instruction to automatically number headings from a particular level down)
* followed by the prepared substantive text of which the most important single characteristic is the markup of different heading levels, which define the primary outline of the document structure. Markup of substantive text includes:
* heading levels defines document structure
* text basic attributes, italics, bold etc.
* grouped text (objects), which are to be treated differently, such as code
blocks or poems.
* footnotes/endnotes
* linked text and images
* paragraph actions, such as indent, bulleted, numbered-lists, etc.
minimal content/structure requirement:
[metadata]
A~ (level A [title]) 1~ (at least one level 1 [segment/(chapter)])
structure rules (document heirarchy, heading levels):
there are two sets of heading levels ABCD (title & parts if any) and 123 (segment & subsegments if any)
sisu has the fllowing levels:
A~ [title] .
required (== 1) followed by B~ or 1~ B~ [part] *
followed by C~ or 1~ C~ [subpart] *
followed by D~ or 1~ D~ [subsubpart] *
followed by 1~ 1~ [segment (chapter)] +
required (>= 1) followed by text or 2~ text *
followed by more text or 1~, 2~
or relevant part *() 2~ [subsegment] *
followed by text or 3~ text *
followed by more text or 1~, 2~ or 3~
or relevant part, see *() 3~ [subsubsegment] *
followed by text text *
followed by more text or 1~, 2~ or 3~ or relevant part, see *() *(B~ if none other used;
if C~ is last used: C~ or B~;
if D~ is used: D~, C~ or B~)
* level A~ is the tile and is mandatory * there can only be one level A~ * heading levels BCD, are optional and there may be several of each
(where all three are used corresponding to e.g. Book Part Section)
* sublevels that are used must follow each other sequentially
(alphabetically), * heading levels A~ B~ C~ D~ are followed by other heading levels rather
than substantive text
which may be the subsequent sequential (alphabetic) heading part level
or a heading (segment) level 1~ * there must be at least one heading (segment) level 1~
(the level on which the text is segmented, in a book would correspond
to the Chapter level) * additional heading levels 1~ 2~ 3~ are optional and there may be several
of each * heading levels 1~ 2~ 3~ are followed by text (which may be followed by
the same heading level)
and/or the next lower numeric heading level (followed by text)
or indeed return to the relevant part level
(as a corollary to the rules above substantive text/ content
must be preceded by a level 1~ (2~ or 3~) heading)
Online markup examples are available together with the respective outputs produced from <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/SiSU/examples.html> or from <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/sisu_examples/>
There is of course this document, which provides a cursory overview of sisu markup and the respective output produced: <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/sisu_markup/>
an alternative presentation of markup syntax: /usr/share/doc/sisu/on_markup.txt.gz
With SiSU installed sample skins may be found in: /usr/share/doc/sisu/markup-samples (or equivalent directory) and if sisu -markup-samples is installed also under: /usr/share/doc/sisu/markup-samples-non-free
Headers contain either: semantic meta-data about a document, which can be used by any output module of the program, or; processing instructions.
Note: the first line of a document may include information on the markup version used in the form of a comment. Comments are a percentage mark at the start of a paragraph (and as the first character in a line of text) followed by a space and the comment:
% this would be a comment
This current document is loaded by a master document that has a header similar to this one:
% SiSU master 4.0 @title: SiSU
:subtitle: Manual @creator:
:author: Amissah, Ralph @publisher: [publisher name] @rights: Copyright (C) Ralph Amissah 2007, part of SiSU documentation, License GPL 3 @classify:
:topic_register: SiSU:manual;electronic documents:SiSU:manual
:subject: ebook, epublishing, electronic book, electronic publishing,
electronic document, electronic citation, data structure,
citation systems, search % used_by: manual @date:
:published: 2008-05-22
:created: 2002-08-28
:issued: 2002-08-28
:available: 2002-08-28
:modified: 2010-03-03 @make:
:num_top: 1
:breaks: new=C; break=1
:bold: /Gnu|Debian|Ruby|SiSU/
:home_button_text: {SiSU}http://sisudoc.org; {git}http://git.sisudoc.org
:footer: {SiSU}http://sisudoc.org; {git}http://git.sisudoc.org
:manpage: name=sisu - documents: markup, structuring, publishing in multiple standard formats, and search;
synopsis=sisu [-abcDdeFhIiMmNnopqRrSsTtUuVvwXxYyZz0-9] [filename/wildcard ]
. sisu [-Ddcv] [instruction]
. sisu [-CcFLSVvW] @links:
{ SiSU Homepage }http://www.sisudoc.org/
{ SiSU Manual }http://www.sisudoc.org/sisu/sisu_manual/
{ Book Samples & Markup Examples }http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/SiSU/examples.html
{ SiSU Download }http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/SiSU/download.html
{ SiSU Changelog }http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/SiSU/changelog.html
{ SiSU Git repo }http://git.sisudoc.org/gitweb/?p=code/sisu.git;a=summary
{ SiSU List Archives }http://lists.sisudoc.org/pipermail/sisu/
{ SiSU @ Debian }http://packages.qa.debian.org/s/sisu.html
{ SiSU Project @ Debian }http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=sisu@lists.sisudoc.org
{ SiSU @ Wikipedia }http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SiSU
Header tags appear at the beginning of a document and provide meta information on the document (such as the Dublin Core ) , or information as to how the document as a whole is to be processed. All header instructions take the form @headername: or on the next line and indented by once space :subheadername: All Dublin Core meta tags are available
@identifier: information or instructions
where the "identifier" is a tag recognised by the program, and the "information" or "instructions" belong to the tag/identifier specified
Note: a header where used should only be used once; all headers apart from @title: are optional; the @structure: header is used to describe document structure, and can be useful to know.
This is a sample header
% SiSU 2.0 [declared file-type identifier with markup version]
@title: [title text] [this header is the only one that is mandatory]
:subtitle: [subtitle if any]
:language: English
@creator:
:author: [Lastname, First names]
:illustrator: [Lastname, First names]
:translator: [Lastname, First names]
:prepared_by: [Lastname, First names]
@date:
:published: [year or yyyy-mm-dd]
:created: [year or yyyy-mm-dd]
:issued: [year or yyyy-mm-dd]
:available: [year or yyyy-mm-dd]
:modified: [year or yyyy-mm-dd]
:valid: [year or yyyy-mm-dd]
:added_to_site: [year or yyyy-mm-dd]
:translated: [year or yyyy-mm-dd]
@rights:
:copyright: Copyright (C) [Year and Holder]
:license: [Use License granted]
:text: [Year and Holder]
:translation: [Name, Year]
:illustrations: [Name, Year]
@classify:
:topic_register: SiSU:markup sample:book;book:novel:fantasy
:type:
:subject:
:description:
:keywords:
:abstract:
:loc: [Library of Congress classification]
:dewey: [Dewey classification
@identify:
:isbn: [ISBN]
:oclc:
@links: { SiSU }http://www.sisudoc.org
{ FSF }http://www.fsf.org
@make:
:num_top: 1
:headings: [text to match for each level
(e.g. PART; Chapter; Section; Article; or another: none; BOOK|FIRST|SECOND; none; CHAPTER;)
:breaks: new=:C; break=1
:promo: sisu, ruby, sisu_search_libre, open_society
:bold: [regular expression of words/phrases to be made bold]
:italics: [regular expression of words/phrases to italicise]
:home_button_text: {SiSU}http://sisudoc.org; {git}http://git.sisudoc.org
:footer: {SiSU}http://sisudoc.org; {git}http://git.sisudoc.org
@original:
:language: [language]
@notes:
:comment:
:prefix: [prefix is placed just after table of contents]
Heading levels are :A~ ,:B~ ,:C~ ,1~ ,2~ ,3~ ... :A - :C being part / section headings, followed by other heading levels, and 1 -6 being headings followed by substantive text or sub-headings. :A~ usually the title :A~? conditional level 1 heading (used where a stand-alone document may be imported into another)
:A~ [heading text] Top level heading [this usually has similar content to the title @title: ] NOTE: the heading levels described here are in 0.38 notation, see heading
:B~ [heading text] Second level heading [this is a heading level divider]
:C~ [heading text] Third level heading [this is a heading level divider]
1~ [heading text] Top level heading preceding substantive text of document or sub-heading 2, the heading level that would normally be marked 1. or 2. or 3. etc. in a document, and the level on which sisu by default would break html output into named segments, names are provided automatically if none are given (a number), otherwise takes the form 1~my_filename_for_this_segment
2~ [heading text] Second level heading preceding substantive text of document or sub-heading 3 , the heading level that would normally be marked 1.1 or 1.2 or 1.3 or 2.1 etc. in a document.
3~ [heading text] Third level heading preceding substantive text of document, that would normally be marked 1.1.1 or 1.1.2 or 1.2.1 or 2.1.1 etc. in a document
1~filename level 1 heading, % the primary division such as Chapter that is followed by substantive text, and may be further subdivided (this is the level on which by default html segments are made)
markup example:
normal text, *{emphasis}*, !{bold text}!, /{italics}/, _{underscore}_, "{citation}",
^{superscript}^, ,{subscript},, +{inserted text}+, -{strikethrough}-, #{monospace}#
normal text
*{emphasis}* [note: can be configured to be represented by bold, italics or underscore]
!{bold text}!
/{italics}/
_{underscore}_
"{citation}"
^{superscript}^
,{subscript},
+{inserted text}+
-{strikethrough}-
#{monospace}#
resulting output:
normal text, emphasis, bold text , italics, underscore, "citation", ^superscript^, [subscript], ++inserted text++, --strikethrough--, monospace
normal text
emphasis [note: can be configured to be represented by bold, italics or underscore]
bold text
italics
underscore
"citation"
^superscript^
[subscript]
++inserted text++
--strikethrough--
monospace
markup example:
ordinary paragraph _1 indent paragraph one step _2 indent paragraph two steps _9 indent paragraph nine steps
resulting output:
ordinary paragraph
indent paragraph one step
indent paragraph two steps
indent paragraph nine steps
markup example:
_* bullet text _1* bullet text, first indent _2* bullet text, two step indent
resulting output:
* bullet text
* bullet text, first indent
* bullet text, two step indent
Numbered List (not to be confused with headings/titles, (document structure))
markup example:
# numbered list numbered list 1., 2., 3, etc. _# numbered list numbered list indented a., b., c., d., etc.
markup example:
_0_1 first line no indent, rest of paragraph indented one step _1_0 first line indented, rest of paragraph no indent in each case level may be 0-9
resulting output:
first line no indent, rest of paragraph indented one step; first
line no
indent, rest of paragraph indented one step; first line no indent, rest of
paragraph indented one step; first line no indent, rest of paragraph indented
one step; first line no indent, rest of paragraph indented one step; first
line no indent, rest of paragraph indented one step; first line no indent,
rest of paragraph indented one step; first line no indent, rest of paragraph
indented one step; first line no indent, rest of paragraph indented one
step;
A regular paragraph.
first line indented, rest of paragraph no indent first line indented, rest of paragraph no indent first line indented, rest of paragraph no indent first line indented, rest of paragraph no indent first line indented, rest of paragraph no indent first line indented, rest of paragraph no indent first line indented, rest of paragraph no indent first line indented, rest of paragraph no indent first line indented, rest of paragraph no indent first line indented, rest of paragraph no indent first line indented, rest of paragraph no indent
in each case level may be 0-9
live-build
A collection of scripts used to build customized Debian
Livesystems.
.I live-build
was formerly known as live-helper, and even earlier known as
live-package.
live-build
A collection of scripts used to build customized Debian
Livesystems. live-build
was formerly known as live-helper, and even earlier known as
live-package.
Footnotes and endnotes are marked up at the location where they would be indicated within a text. They are automatically numbered. The output type determines whether footnotes or endnotes will be produced
markup example:
~{ a footnote or endnote }~
resulting output:
[^5]
markup example:
normal text~{ self contained endnote marker & endnote in one }~ continues
resulting output:
normal text[^6] continues
markup example:
normal text ~{* unnumbered asterisk footnote/endnote, insert multiple asterisks if required }~ continues
normal text ~{** another unnumbered asterisk footnote/endnote }~ continues
resulting output:
normal text [^*] continues
normal text [^**] continues
markup example:
normal text ~[* editors notes, numbered asterisk footnote/endnote series ]~ continues normal text ~[+ editors notes, numbered plus symbol footnote/endnote series ]~ continues
resulting output:
normal text [^*3] continues
normal text [^+2] continues
Alternative endnote pair notation for footnotes/endnotes:
% note the endnote marker "~^" normal text~^ continues ^~ endnote text following the paragraph in which the marker occurs
the standard and pair notation cannot be mixed in the same document
urls found within text are marked up automatically. A url within text is automatically hyperlinked to itself and by default decorated with angled braces, unless they are contained within a code block (in which case they are passed as normal text), or escaped by a preceding underscore (in which case the decoration is omitted).
markup example:
normal text http://www.sisudoc.org/ continues
resulting output:
normal text <http://www.sisudoc.org/> continues
An escaped url without decoration
markup example:
normal text _http://www.sisudoc.org/ continues deb _http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/archive unstable main non-free
resulting output:
normal text <_http://www.sisudoc.org/> continues
deb <_http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/archive> unstable main non-free
where a code block is used there is neither decoration nor hyperlinking, code blocks are discussed later in this document
resulting output:
deb http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/archive unstable main non-free deb-src http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/archive unstable main non-free
To link text or an image to a url the markup is as follows
markup example:
about { SiSU }http://url.org markup
resulting output:
aboutSiSU <http://www.sisudoc.org/> markup
A shortcut notation is available so the url link may also be provided automatically as a footnote
markup example:
about {~^ SiSU }http://url.org markup
resulting output:
aboutSiSU <http://www.sisudoc.org/> [^7] markup
Internal document links to a tagged location, including an ocn
markup example:
about { text links }#link_text
resulting output:
about ⌠text links⌡⌈link_text⌋
Shared document collection link
markup example:
about { SiSU book markup examples }:SiSU/examples.html
resulting output:
about ⌠ SiSU book markup examples⌡⌈:SiSU/examples.html⌋
markup example:
{ tux.png 64x80 }image
% various url linked images
{tux.png 64x80 "a better way" }http://www.sisudoc.org/
{GnuDebianLinuxRubyBetterWay.png 100x101 "Way Better - with Gnu/Linux, Debian and Ruby" }http://www.sisudoc.org/
{~^ ruby_logo.png "Ruby" }http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/
resulting output:
[ tux.png ]
tux.png 64x80 "Gnu/Linux - a better way" <http://www.sisudoc.org/>
GnuDebianLinuxRubyBetterWay.png 100x101 "Way Better - with Gnu/Linux, Debian and Ruby" <http://www.sisudoc.org/>
ruby_logo.png 70x90 "Ruby" <http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/> [^8]
linked url footnote shortcut
{~^ [text to link] }http://url.org
% maps to: { [text to link] }http://url.org ~{ http://url.org }~
% which produces hyper-linked text within a document/paragraph, with an endnote providing the url for the text location used in the hyperlink
text marker *~name
note at a heading level the same is automatically achieved by providing names to headings 1, 2 and 3 i.e. 2~[name] and 3~[name] or in the case of auto-heading numbering, without further intervention.
TREE
markup example:
!_ /{"Viral Spiral"}/, David Bollier
{ "Viral Spiral", David Bollier [3sS]}viral_spiral.david_bollier.sst
Viral Spiral , David Bollier "Viral
Spiral", David Bollier
<http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/manifest/viral_spiral.david_bollier.html>
document manifest
<http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/manifest/viral_spiral.david_bollier.html>
⌠html, segmented
text⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/html/viral_spiral.david_bollier.html」
⌠html, scroll, document in
one⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/html/viral_spiral.david_bollier.html」
⌠epub⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/epub/viral_spiral.david_bollier.epub」
⌠pdf,
landscape⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/pdf/viral_spiral.david_bollier.pdf」
⌠pdf,
portrait⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/pdf/viral_spiral.david_bollier.pdf」
⌠odf: odt, open document
text⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/odt/viral_spiral.david_bollier.odt」
⌠xhtml
scroll⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/xhtml/viral_spiral.david_bollier.xhtml」
⌠xml,
sax⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/xml/viral_spiral.david_bollier.xml」
⌠xml,
dom⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/xml/viral_spiral.david_bollier.xml」
⌠concordance⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/html/viral_spiral.david_bollier.html」
⌠dcc, document content certificate
(digests)⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/digest/viral_spiral.david_bollier.txt」
⌠markup source
text⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/src/viral_spiral.david_bollier.sst」
⌠markup source (zipped)
pod⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/pod/viral_spiral.david_bollier.sst.zip」
There are two markup syntaxes for blocked text, using curly braces or using tics
at the start of a line on its own use name of block type with an opening curly brace, follow with the content of the block, and close with a closing curly brace and the name of the block type, e.g.
code{
this is a code block
}code
poem{
this here is a poem
}poem
``` code this is a code block ``` ``` poem this here is a poem ```
start a line with three backtics, a space followed by the name of the name of block type, follow with the content of the block, and close with three back ticks on a line of their own, e.g.
Tables may be prepared in two either of two forms
markup example:
table{ c3; 40; 30; 30;
This is a table
this would become column two of row one
column three of row one is here
And here begins another row
column two of row two
column three of row two, and so on
}table
resulting output: This is a table|this would become column two of row one|column three of row one is here』And here begins another row|column two of row two|column three of row two, and so on』
a second form may be easier to work with in cases where there is not much information in each column
markup example: [^9]
!_ Table 3.1: Contributors to Wikipedia, January 2001 - June 2005
{table~h 24; 12; 12; 12; 12; 12; 12;}
|Jan. 2001|Jan. 2002|Jan. 2003|Jan. 2004|July 2004|June 2006
Contributors* | 10| 472| 2,188| 9,653| 25,011| 48,721
Active contributors** | 9| 212| 846| 3,228| 8,442| 16,945
Very active contributors*** | 0| 31| 190| 692| 1,639| 3,016
No. of English language articles| 25| 16,000| 101,000| 190,000| 320,000| 630,000
No. of articles, all languages | 25| 19,000| 138,000| 490,000| 862,000|1,600,000
* Contributed at least ten times; ** at least 5 times in last month; *** more than 100 times in last month.
resulting output:
Table 3.1: Contributors to Wikipedia, January 2001 - June 2005 |Jan. 2001|Jan. 2002|Jan. 2003|Jan. 2004|July 2004|June 2006』Contributors*|10|472|2,188|9,653|25,011|48,721』Active contributors**|9|212|846|3,228|8,442|16,945』Very active contributors***|0|31|190|692|1,639|3,016』No. of English language articles|25|16,000|101,000|190,000|320,000|630,000』No. of articles, all languages|25|19,000|138,000|490,000|862,000|1,600,000』
* Contributed at least ten times; ** at least 5 times in last month; *** more than 100 times in last month.
basic markup:
poem{
Your poem here
}poem
Each verse in a poem is given an object number.
markup example:
poem{
`Fury said to a
mouse, That he
met in the
house,
"Let us
both go to
law: I will
prosecute
YOU. --Come,
I'll take no
denial; We
must have a
trial: For
really this
morning I've
nothing
to do."
Said the
mouse to the
cur, "Such
a trial,
dear Sir,
With
no jury
or judge,
would be
wasting
our
breath."
"I'll be
judge, I'll
be jury,"
Said
cunning
old Fury:
"I'll
try the
whole
cause,
and
condemn
you
to
death."'
}poem
resulting output:
`Fury said to a
mouse, That he
met in the
house,
"Let us
both go to
law: I will
prosecute
YOU. --Come,
I'll take no
denial; We
must have a
trial: For
really this
morning I've
nothing
to do."
Said the
mouse to the
cur, "Such
a trial,
dear Sir,
With
no jury
or judge,
would be
wasting
our
breath."
"I'll be
judge, I'll
be jury,"
Said
cunning
old Fury:
"I'll
try the
whole
cause,
and
condemn
you
to
death."'
basic markup:
group{
Your grouped text here
}group
A group is treated as an object and given a single object number.
markup example:
group{
`Fury said to a
mouse, That he
met in the
house,
"Let us
both go to
law: I will
prosecute
YOU. --Come,
I'll take no
denial; We
must have a
trial: For
really this
morning I've
nothing
to do."
Said the
mouse to the
cur, "Such
a trial,
dear Sir,
With
no jury
or judge,
would be
wasting
our
breath."
"I'll be
judge, I'll
be jury,"
Said
cunning
old Fury:
"I'll
try the
whole
cause,
and
condemn
you
to
death."'
}group
resulting output:
`Fury said to a
mouse, That he
met in the
house,
"Let us
both go to
law: I will
prosecute
YOU. --Come,
I'll take no
denial; We
must have a
trial: For
really this
morning I've
nothing
to do."
Said the
mouse to the
cur, "Such
a trial,
dear Sir,
With
no jury
or judge,
would be
wasting
our
breath."
"I'll be
judge, I'll
be jury,"
Said
cunning
old Fury:
"I'll
try the
whole
cause,
and
condemn
you
to
death."'
Code tags code{ ... }code (used as with other group tags described above) are used to escape regular sisu markup, and have been used extensively within this document to provide examples of SiSU markup. You cannot however use code tags to escape code tags. They are however used in the same way as group or poem tags.
A code-block is treated as an object and given a single object number. [an option to number each line of code may be considered at some later time]
use of code tags instead of poem compared, resulting output:
`Fury said to a
mouse, That he
met in the
house,
"Let us
both go to
law: I will
prosecute
YOU. --Come,
I'll take no
denial; We
must have a
trial: For
really this
morning I've
nothing
to do."
Said the
mouse to the
cur, "Such
a trial,
dear Sir,
With
no jury
or judge,
would be
wasting
our
breath."
"I'll be
judge, I'll
be jury,"
Said
cunning
old Fury:
"I'll
try the
whole
cause,
and
condemn
you
to
death."'
From SiSU 2.7.7 on you can number codeblocks by placing a hash after the opening code tag code{# as demonstrated here:
1 | `Fury said to a 2 | mouse, That he 3 | met in the 4 | house, 5 | "Let us 6 | both go to 7 | law: I will 8 | prosecute 9 | YOU. --Come, 10 | I'll take no 11 | denial; We 12 | must have a 13 | trial: For 14 | really this 15 | morning I've 16 | nothing 17 | to do." 18 | Said the 19 | mouse to the 20 | cur, "Such 21 | a trial, 22 | dear Sir, 23 | With 24 | no jury 25 | or judge, 26 | would be 27 | wasting 28 | our 29 | breath." 30 | "I'll be 31 | judge, I'll 32 | be jury," 33 | Said 34 | cunning 35 | old Fury: 36 | "I'll 37 | try the 38 | whole 39 | cause, 40 | and 41 | condemn 42 | you 43 | to 44 | death."'
To break a line within a "paragraph object", two backslashes \\ with a space before and a space or newline after them may be used.
To break a line within a "paragraph object", two backslashes \\ with a space before and a space or newline after them \\ may be used.
The html break br enclosed in angle brackets (though undocumented) is available in versions prior to 3.0.13 and 2.9.7 (it remains available for the time being, but is depreciated).
To draw a dividing line dividing paragraphs, see the section on page breaks.
Page breaks are only relevant and honored in some output formats. A page break or a new page may be inserted manually using the following markup on a line on its own:
page new =\= breaks the page, starts a new page.
page break -- breaks a column, starts a new column, if using columns, else breaks the page, starts a new page.
page break line across page -..- draws a dividing line, dividing paragraphs
page break:
-\\-
page (break) new:
=\\=
page (break) line across page (dividing paragraphs):
-..-
There are three ways to prepare a bibliography using sisu (which are mutually exclusive): (i) manually preparing and marking up as regular text in sisu a list of references, this is treated as a regular document segment (and placed before endnotes if any); (ii) preparing a bibliography, marking a heading level 1~!biblio (note the exclamation mark) and preparing a bibliography using various metadata tags including for author: title: year: a list of which is provided below, or; (iii) as an assistance in preparing a bibliography, marking a heading level 1~!biblio and tagging citations within footnotes for inclusion, identifying citations and having a parser attempt to extract them and build a bibliography of the citations provided.
For the heading/section sequence: endnotes, bibliography then book index to occur, the name biblio or bibliography must be given to the bibliography section, like so:
1~!biblio~ [Note: heading marker::required title missing]
Here instead of writing your full citations directly in footnotes, each time you have new material to cite, you add it to your bibliography section (if it has not been added yet) providing the information you need against an available list of tags (provided below).
The required tags are au: ti: and year: [^10] an short quick example might be as follows:
1~!biblio~ [Note: heading marker::required title missing]
au: von Hippel, E.
ti: Perspective: User Toolkits for Innovation
lng: (language)
jo: Journal of Product Innovation Management
vo: 18
ed: (editor)
yr: 2001
note:
sn: Hippel, /{User Toolkits}/ (2001)
id: vHippel_2001
% form:
au: Benkler, Yochai
ti: The Wealth of Networks
st: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom
lng: (language)
pb: Harvard University Press
edn: (edition)
yr: 2006
pl: U.S.
url: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/wealth_of_networks/Main_Page
note:
sn: Benkler, /{Wealth of Networks}/ (2006)
id: Benkler2006
au: Quixote, Don; Panza, Sancho
ti: Taming Windmills, Keeping True
jo: Imaginary Journal
yr: 1605
url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote
note: made up to provide an example of author markup for an article with two authors
sn: Quixote & Panza, /{Taming Windmills}/ (1605)
id: quixote1605
Note that the section name !biblio (or !bibliography) is required for the bibliography to be treated specially as such, and placed after the auto-generated endnote section.
Using this method, work goes into preparing the bibliography, the tags author or editor, year and title are required and will be used to sort the bibliography that is placed under the Bibliography section
The metadata tags may include shortname (sn:) and id, if provided, which are used for substitution within text. Every time the given id is found within the text it will be replaced by the given short title of the work (it is for this reason the short title has sisu markup to italicize the title), it should work with any page numbers to be added, the short title should be one that can easily be used to look up the full description in the bibliography.
The following footnote~{ quixote1605, pp 1000 - 1001, also Benkler2006 p 1. }~
would be presented as:
Quixote and Panza, Taming Windmills (1605), pp 1000 - 1001 also, Benkler, Wealth of Networks, (2006) p 1 or rather[^11]
au: author Surname, FirstNames (if multiple semi-colon separator)
(required unless editor to be used instead) ti: title (required) st: subtitle jo: journal vo: volume ed: editor (required if author not provided) tr: translator src: source (generic field where others are not appropriate) in: in (like src) pl: place/location (state, country) pb: publisher edn: edition yr: year (yyyy or yyyy-mm or yyyy-mm-dd) (required) pg: pages url: http://url note: note id: create_short_identifier e.g. authorSurnameYear
(used in substitutions: when found within text will be
replaced by the short name provided) sn: short name e.g. Author, /{short title}/, Year
(used in substitutions: when an id is found within text
the short name will be used to replace it)
Here whenever you make a citation that you wish be included in the bibliography, you tag the citation as such using special delimiters (which are subsequently removed from the final text produced by sisu)
Here you would write something like the following, either in regular text or a footnote
See .: Quixote, Don; Panza, Sancho /{Taming Windmills, Keeping True}/ (1605) :.
SiSU will parse for a number of patterns within the delimiters to try make out the authors, title, date etc. and from that create a Bibliography. This is more limited than the previously described method of preparing a tagged bibliography, and using an id within text to identify the work, which also lends itself to greater consistency.
Using the section name 1~!glossary results in the Glossary being treated specially as such, and placed after the auto-generated endnote section (before the bibliography/list of references if there is one).
The Glossary is ordinary text marked up in a manner deemed suitable for that purpose. e.g. with the term in bold, possibly with a hanging indent.
1~!glossary~ [Note: heading marker::required title missing]
_0_1 *{GPL}* An abbreviation that stands for "General Purpose License." ...
_0_1 [provide your list of terms and definitions]
In the given example the first line is not indented subsequent lines are by one level, and the term to be defined is in bold text.
To make an index append to paragraph the book index term relates to it, using an equal sign and curly braces.
Currently two levels are provided, a main term and if needed a sub-term. Sub-terms are separated from the main term by a colon.
Paragraph containing main term and sub-term.
={Main term:sub-term}
The index syntax starts on a new line, but there should not be an empty line between paragraph and index markup.
The structure of the resulting index would be:
Main term, 1
sub-term, 1
Several terms may relate to a paragraph, they are separated by a semicolon. If the term refers to more than one paragraph, indicate the number of paragraphs.
Paragraph containing main term, second term and sub-term.
={first term; second term: sub-term}
The structure of the resulting index would be:
First term, 1,
Second term, 1,
sub-term, 1
If multiple sub-terms appear under one paragraph, they are separated under the main term heading from each other by a pipe symbol.
Paragraph containing main term, second term and sub-term.
={Main term:
sub-term+2|second sub-term;
Another term
}
A paragraph that continues discussion of the first sub-term
The plus one in the example provided indicates the first sub-term spans one additional paragraph. The logical structure of the resulting index would be:
Main term, 1,
sub-term, 1-3,
second sub-term, 1,
Another term, 1
It is possible to build a document by creating a master document that requires other documents. The documents required may be complete documents that could be generated independently, or they could be markup snippets, prepared so as to be easily available to be placed within another text. If the calling document is a master document (built from other documents), it should be named with the suffix .ssm Within this document you would provide information on the other documents that should be included within the text. These may be other documents that would be processed in a regular way, or markup bits prepared only for inclusion within a master document .sst regular markup file, or .ssi (insert/information) A secondary file of the composite document is built prior to processing with the same prefix and the suffix ._sst
basic markup for importing a document into a master document
<< filename1.sst << filename2.ssi
The form described above should be relied on. Within the Vim editor it results in the text thus linked becoming hyperlinked to the document it is calling in which is convenient for editing.
markup example:
The current Debian is ${debian_stable} the next debian will be ${debian_testing}
Configure substitution in _sisu/sisu_document_make
@make:
:substitute: /${debian_stable}/,'*{Wheezy}*' /${debian_testing}/,'*{Jessie}*'
resulting output:
The current Debian is Jessie the next debian will be Stretch
Configure substitution in _sisu/sisu_document_make
SiSU has plaintext and binary filetypes, and can process either type of document.
SiSU processing can be done directly against a sisu documents; which may be located locally or on a remote server for which a url is provided.
SiSU source markup can be shared with the command:
sisu -s [filename]
The most common form of document in SiSU, see the section on SiSU markup.
Composite documents which incorporate other SiSU documents which may be either regular SiSU text .sst which may be generated independently, or inserts prepared solely for the purpose of being incorporated into one or more master documents.
The mechanism by which master files incorporate other documents is described as one of the headings under under SiSU markup in the SiSU manual.
Note: Master documents may be prepared in a similar way to regular documents, and processing will occur normally if a .sst file is renamed .ssm without requiring any other documents; the .ssm marker flags that the document may contain other documents.
Note: a secondary file of the composite document is built prior to processing with the same prefix and the suffix ._sst [^12]
Inserts are documents prepared solely for the purpose of being incorporated into one or more master documents. They resemble regular SiSU text files (.sst). Since sisu -5.5.0 (6.1.0) .ssi files can like .ssm files include other .sst or .ssm files. .ssi files cannot be called by the sisu processor directly and can only be incorporated in other documents. Making a file a .ssi file is a quick and convenient way of breaking up a document that is to be included in a master document, and flagging that the file to be incorporated .ssi is not intended that the file should be processed on its own.
A sisupod is a zipped SiSU text file or set of SiSU text files and any associated images that they contain (this will be extended to include sound and multimedia-files)
The structure of the sisupod is such that it may for example contain a single document and its associated images; a master document and its associated documents and anything else; or the zipped contents of a whole directory of prepared SiSU documents.
The command to create a sisupod is:
sisu -S [filename]
Alternatively, make a pod of the contents of a whole directory:
sisu -S
SiSU processing can be done directly against a sisupod; which may be located locally or on a remote server for which a url is provided.
<http://www.sisudoc.org/sisu/sisu_commands>
<http://www.sisudoc.org/sisu/sisu_manual>
SiSU configration parameters are adjusted in the configuration file, which can be used to override the defaults set. This includes such things as which directory interim processing should be done in and where the generated output should be placed.
The SiSU configuration file is a yaml file, which means indentation is significant.
SiSU resource configuration is determined by looking at the following files if they exist:
./_sisu/v7/sisurc.yml
./_sisu/sisurc.yml
~/.sisu/v7/sisurc.yml
~/.sisu/sisurc.yml
/etc/sisu/v7/sisurc.yml
/etc/sisu/sisurc.yml
The search is in the order listed, and the first one found is used.
In the absence of instructions in any of these it falls back to the internal program defaults.
Configuration determines the output and processing directories and the database access details.
If SiSU is installed a sample sisurc.yml may be found in /etc/sisu/sisurc.yml
Most sisu document headers relate to metadata, the exception is the @make: header which provides processing related information. The default contents of the @make header may be set by placing them in a file sisu_document_make.
The search order is as for resource configuration:
./_sisu/v7/sisu_document_make
./_sisu/sisu_document_make
~/.sisu/v7/sisu_document_make
~/.sisu/sisu_document_make
/etc/sisu/v7/sisu_document_make
/etc/sisu/sisu_document_make
A sample sisu_document_make can be found in the _sisu/ directory under along with the provided sisu markup samples.
CSS files to modify the appearance of SiSU html, XHTML or XML may be placed in the configuration directory: ./_sisu/css ; ~/.sisu/css or; /etc/sisu/css and these will be copied to the output directories with the command sisu -CC.
The basic CSS file for html output is html. css, placing a file of that name in directory _sisu/css or equivalent will result in the default file of that name being overwritten.
HTML: html. css
XML DOM: dom.css
XML SAX: sax.css
XHTML: xhtml. css
The default homepage may use homepage.css or html. css
Under consideration is to permit the placement of a CSS file with a different name in directory _sisu/css directory or equivalent.[^13]
SiSU v3 has new options for the source directory tree, and output directory structures of which there are 3 alternatives.
The document source directory is the directory in which sisu processing commands are given. It contains the sisu source files (.sst .ssm .ssi), or (for sisu v3 may contain) subdirectories with language codes which contain the sisu source files, so all English files would go in subdirectory en/, French in fr/, Spanish in es/ and so on. ISO 639-1 codes are used (as varied by po4a). A list of available languages (and possible sub-directory names) can be obtained with the command "sisu --help lang" The list of languages is limited to langagues supported by XeTeX polyglosia.
./subject_name/ % files stored at this level e.g. sisu_manual.sst or % for sisu v3 may be under language sub-directories % e.g.
./subject_name/en
./subject_name/fr
./subject_name/es
./subject_name/_sisu
./subject_name/_sisu/css
./subject_name/_sisu/image
The output directory root can be set in the sisurc.yml file. Under the root, subdirectories are made for each directory in which a document set resides. If you have a directory named poems or conventions, that directory will be created under the output directory root and the output for all documents contained in the directory of a particular name will be generated to subdirectories beneath that directory (poem or conventions). A document will be placed in a subdirectory of the same name as the document with the filetype identifier stripped (.sst .ssm)
The last part of a directory path, representing the sub-directory in which a document set resides, is the directory name that will be used for the output directory. This has implications for the organisation of document collections as it could make sense to place documents of a particular subject, or type within a directory identifying them. This grouping as suggested could be by subject (sales_law, english_literature); or just as conveniently by some other classification (X University). The mapping means it is also possible to place in the same output directory documents that are for organisational purposes kept separately, for example documents on a given subject of two different institutions may be kept in two different directories of the same name, under a directory named after each institution, and these would be output to the same output directory. Skins could be associated with each institution on a directory basis and resulting documents will take on the appropriate different appearance.
There are 3 possibile output structures described as being, by language, by filetype or by filename, the selection is made in sisurc.yml
#% output_dir_structure_by: language; filetype; or filename output_dir_structure_by: language #(language & filetype, preferred?) #output_dir_structure_by: filetype #output_dir_structure_by: filename #(default, closest to original v1 & v2)
The by language directory structure places output files
The by language directory structure separates output files by language code (all files of a given language), and within the language directory by filetype.
Its selection is configured in sisurc.yml
output_dir_structure_by: language
|-- en
|-- epub
|-- hashes
|-- html
| |-- viral_spiral.david_bollier
| |-- manifest
| |-- qrcode
| |-- odt
| |-- sitemaps
| |-- txt
| |-- xhtml
| `-- xml
|-- po4a
| `-- live-manual
| |-- po
| |-- fr
| `-- pot
`-- _sisu
|-- css
|-- image
|-- image_sys -> ../../_sisu/image_sys
`-- xml
|-- rnc
|-- rng
`-- xsd
#by: language subject_dir/en/manifest/filename.html
The by filetype directory structure separates output files by filetype, all html files in one directory pdfs in another and so on. Filenames are given a language extension.
Its selection is configured in sisurc.yml
output_dir_structure_by: filetype
|-- epub
|-- hashes
|-- html
|-- viral_spiral.david_bollier
|-- manifest
|-- qrcode
|-- odt
|-- po4a
|-- live-manual
| |-- po
| |-- fr
| `-- pot
|-- _sisu
| |-- css
| |-- image
| |-- image_sys -> ../../_sisu/image_sys
| `-- xml
| |-- rnc
| |-- rng
| `-- xsd
|-- sitemaps
|-- txt
|-- xhtml
`-- xml
#by: filetype subject_dir/html/filename/manifest.en.html
The by filename directory structure places most output of a particular file (the different filetypes) in a common directory.
Its selection is configured in sisurc.yml
output_dir_structure_by: filename
|-- epub
|-- po4a
|-- live-manual
| |-- po
| |-- fr
| `-- pot
|-- _sisu
| |-- css
| |-- image
| |-- image_sys -> ../../_sisu/image_sys
| `-- xml
| |-- rnc
| |-- rng
| `-- xsd
|-- sitemaps
|-- src
|-- pod
`-- viral_spiral.david_bollier
#by: filename subject_dir/filename/manifest.en.html
./subject_name/ % containing sub_directories named after the generated files from which they are made
./subject_name/src % contains shared source files text and binary e.g. sisu_manual.sst and sisu_manual.sst.zip
./subject_name/_sisu % configuration file e.g. sisurc.yml
./subject_name/_sisu/skin % skins in various skin directories doc, dir, site, yml
./subject_name/_sisu/css
./subject_name/_sisu/image % images for documents contained in this directory
./subject_name/_sisu/mm
./sisupod/ % files stored at this level e.g. sisu_manual.sst
./sisupod/_sisu % configuration file e.g. sisurc.yml
./sisupod/_sisu/skin % skins in various skin directories doc, dir, site, yml
./sisupod/_sisu/css
./sisupod/_sisu/image % images for documents contained in this directory
./sisupod/_sisu/mm
SiSU is about the ability to auto-generate documents. Home pages are regarded as custom built items, and are not created by SiSU. More accurately, SiSU has a default home page, which will not be appropriate for use with other sites, and the means to provide your own home page instead in one of two ways as part of a site's configuration, these being:
1. through placing your home page and other custom built documents in the subdirectory _sisu/home/ (this probably being the easier and more convenient option)
2. through providing what you want as the home page in a skin,
Document sets are contained in directories, usually organised by site or subject. Each directory can/should have its own homepage. See the section on directory structure and organisation of content.
Custom built pages, including the home page index.html may be placed within the configuration directory _sisu/home/ in any of the locations that is searched for the configuration directory, namely ./_sisu ; ~/_sisu ; /etc/sisu From there they are copied to the root of the output directory with the command:
sisu -CC
Current markup examples and document output samples are provided off <http://sisudoc.org> or <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu> and in the sisu -markup-sample package available off <http://git.sisudoc.org>
For some documents hardly any markup at all is required at all, other than a header, and an indication that the levels to be taken into account by the program in generating its output are.
A few additional sample books prepared as sisu markup samples, output formats to be generated using SiSU are contained in a separate package sisu -markup-samples. sisu -markup-samples contains books (prepared using sisu markup), that were released by their authors various licenses mostly different Creative Commons licences that do not permit inclusion in the Debian Project as they have requirements that do not meet the Debian Free Software Guidelines for various reasons, most commonly that they require that the original substantive text remain unchanged, and sometimes that the works be used only non-commercially.
Accelerando, Charles Stross (2005) accelerando.charles_stross.sst
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll (1865) alices_adventures_in_wonderland.lewis_carroll.sst
CONTENT, Cory Doctorow (2008) content.cory_doctorow.sst
Democratizing Innovation, Eric von Hippel (2005) democratizing_innovation.eric_von_hippel.sst
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, Cory Doctorow (2003) down_and_out_in_the_magic_kingdom.cory_doctorow.sst
For the Win, Cory Doctorow (2010) for_the_win.cory_doctorow.sst
Free as in Freedom - Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software, Sam Williams (2002) free_as_in_freedom.richard_stallman_crusade_for_free_software.sam_williams.sst
Free as in Freedom 2.0 - Richard Stallman and the Free Software Revolution, Sam Williams (2002), Richard M. Stallman (2010) free_as_in_freedom_2.richard_stallman_and_the_free_software_revolution.sam_williams.richard_stallman.sst
Free Culture - How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity, Lawrence Lessig (2004) free_culture.lawrence_lessig.sst
Free For All - How Linux and the Free Software Movement Undercut the High Tech Titans, Peter Wayner (2002) free_for_all.peter_wayner.sst
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE v2, Free Software Foundation (1991) gpl2.fsf.sst
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE v3, Free Software Foundation (2007) gpl3.fsf.sst
Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift (1726 / 1735) gullivers_travels.jonathan_swift.sst
Little Brother, Cory Doctorow (2008) little_brother.cory_doctorow.sst
The Cathederal and the Bazaar, Eric Raymond (2000) the_cathedral_and_the_bazaar.eric_s_raymond.sst
The Public Domain - Enclosing the Commons of the Mind, James Boyle (2008) the_public_domain.james_boyle.sst
The Wealth of Networks - How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom, Yochai Benkler (2006) the_wealth_of_networks.yochai_benkler.sst
Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll (1871) through_the_looking_glass.lewis_carroll.sst
Two Bits - The Cultural Significance of Free Software, Christopher Kelty (2008) two_bits.christopher_kelty.sst
UN Contracts for International Sale of Goods, UN (1980) un_contracts_international_sale_of_goods_convention_1980.sst
Viral Spiral, David Bollier (2008) viral_spiral.david_bollier.sst
Because the document structure of sites created is clearly defined, and the text object citation system is available hypothetically at least, for all forms of output, it is possible to search the sql database, and either read results from that database, or map the results to the html or other output, which has richer text markup.
SiSU can populate a relational sql type database with documents at an object level, including objects numbers that are shared across different output types. Making a document corpus searchable with that degree of granularity. Basically, your match criteria is met by these documents and at these locations within each document, which can be viewed within the database directly or in various output formats.
SiSU can populate an sql database (sqlite3 or postgresql) with documents made up of their objects. It also can generate a cgi search form that can be used to query the database.
In order to use the built in search functionality you would take the following steps.
* use sisu to populate an sql database with with a sisu markup content
* sqlite3 should work out of the box
* postgresql may require some initial database configuration
* provide a way to query the database, which sisu can assist with by
* generating a sample ruby cgi search form, required (sisu configuration
recommended)
* adding a query field for this search form to be added to all html files
(sisu configuration required)
TO populate the sql database, run sisu against a sisu markup file with one of the following sets of flags
sisu --sqlite filename.sst
creates an sqlite3 database containing searchable content of just the sisu markup document selected
sisu --sqlite --update filename.sst
creates an sqlite3 database containing searchable content of marked up document(s) selected by the user from a common directory
sisu --pg --update filename.sst
fills a postgresql database with searchable content of marked up document(s) selected by the user from a common directory
For postgresql the first time the command is run in a given directory the user will be prompted to create the requisite database, at the time of writing the prompt sisu provides is as follows:
no connection with pg database established, you may need to run:
createdb "SiSU.7a.current"
after that don't forget to run:
sisu --pg --createall
before attempting to populate the database
The named database that sisu expects to find must exist and if necessary be created using postgresql tools. If the database exist but the database tables do not, sisu will attempt to create the tables it needs, the equivalent of the requested sisu --pg --createall command.
Once this is done, the sql database is populated and ready to be queried.
SiSU feeds sisu markup documents into sql type databases PostgreSQL [^14] and/or SQLite [^15] database together with information related to document structure.
This is one of the more interesting output forms, as all the structural data of the documents are retained (though can be ignored by the user of the database should they so choose). All site texts/documents are (currently) streamed to four tables:
* one containing semantic (and other) headers, including, title, author,
subject, (the
.I Dublin Core.
..);
* another the substantive texts by individual "paragraph" (or
object) - along
with structural information, each paragraph being identifiable by its
paragraph number (if it has one which almost all of them do), and the
substantive text of each paragraph quite naturally being searchable (both in
formatted and clean text versions for searching); and
* a third containing endnotes cross-referenced back to the paragraph from
which they are referenced (both in formatted and clean text versions for
searching).
* a fourth table with a one to one relation with the headers table contains
full text versions of output, eg. pdf, html, xml, and
.I ascii.
There is of course the possibility to add further structures.
At this level SiSU loads a relational database with documents chunked into objects, their smallest logical structurally constituent parts, as text objects, with their object citation number and all other structural information needed to construct the document. Text is stored (at this text object level) with and without elementary markup tagging, the stripped version being so as to facilitate ease of searching.
Being able to search a relational database at an object level with the SiSU citation system is an effective way of locating content generated by SiSU. As individual text objects of a document stored (and indexed) together with object numbers, and all versions of the document have the same numbering, complex searches can be tailored to return just the locations of the search results relevant for all available output formats, with live links to the precise locations in the database or in html/xml documents; or, the structural information provided makes it possible to search the full contents of the database and have headings in which search content appears, or to search only headings etc. (as the Dublin Core is incorporated it is easy to make use of that as well).
SiSU - Structured information, Serialized Units - a document publishing system, postgresql dependency package
Information related to using postgresql with sisu (and related to the sisu_postgresql dependency package, which is a dummy package to install dependencies needed for SiSU to populate a postgresql database, this being part of SiSU - man sisu) .
sisu -D [instruction] [filename/wildcard if required]
sisu -D --pg --[instruction] [filename/wildcard if required]
Mappings to two databases are provided by default, postgresql and sqlite, the same commands are used within sisu to construct and populate databases however -d (lowercase) denotes sqlite and -D (uppercase) denotes postgresql, alternatively --sqlite or --pgsql may be used
-D or --pgsql may be used interchangeably.
SiSU - Structured information, Serialized Units - a document publishing system.
Information related to using sqlite with sisu (and related to the sisu_sqlite dependency package, which is a dummy package to install dependencies needed for SiSU to populate an sqlite database, this being part of SiSU - man sisu) .
sisu -d [instruction] [filename/wildcard if required]
sisu -d --(sqlite|pg) --[instruction] [filename/wildcard if required]
Mappings to two databases are provided by default, postgresql and sqlite, the same commands are used within sisu to construct and populate databases however -d (lowercase) denotes sqlite and -D (uppercase) denotes postgresql, alternatively --sqlite or --pgsql may be used
-d or --sqlite may be used interchangeably.
For the search form, which is a single search page
* configure the search form
* generate the sample search form with the sisu command, (this will be based on the configuration settings and existing found sisu databases)
For postgresql web content you may need to edit the search cgi script. Two things to look out for are that the user is set as needed, and that the any different databases that you wish to be able to query are listed.
correctly, you may want www-data rather than your username.
@user='www-data'
* check the search form, copy it to the appropriate cgi directory and set the correct permissions
For a search form to appear on each html page, you need to:
* rely on the above mentioned configuration of the search form
* configure the html search form to be on
* run the html command
You will need a web server, httpd with cgi enabled, and a postgresql database to which you are able to create databases.
Setup postgresql, make sure you are able to create and write to the database, e.g.:
sudo su postgres
createuser -d -a ralph
You then need to create the database that sisu will use, for sisu manual in the directory manual/en for example, (when you try to populate a database that does not exist sisu prompts as to whether it exists):
createdb SiSU.7a.manual
SiSU is then able to create the required tables that allow you to populate the database with documents in the directory for which it has been created:
sisu --pg --createall -v
You can then start to populate the database, in this example with a single document:
sisu --pg --update -v en/sisu_manual.ssm
To create a sample search form, from within the same directory run:
sisu --sample-search-form --db-pg
and copy the resulting cgi form to your cgi-bin directory
A sample setup for nginx is provided that assumes data will be stored under /srv/www and cgi scripts under /srv/cgi
INCLUDING OBJECT CITATION NUMBERING (BACKEND CURRENTLY POSTGRESQL)
Sample search frontend <http://search.sisudoc.org> [^16] A small database and sample query front-end (search from) that makes use of the citation system, .I object citation numbering to demonstrates functionality.[^17]
SiSU can provide information on which documents are matched and at what locations within each document the matches are found. These results are relevant across all outputs using object citation numbering, which includes html, XML, EPUB, LaTeX, PDF and indeed the SQL database. You can then refer to one of the other outputs or in the SQL database expand the text within the matched objects (paragraphs) in the documents matched.
Note you may set results either for documents matched and object number locations within each matched document meeting the search criteria; or display the names of the documents matched along with the objects (paragraphs) that meet the search criteria.[^18]
The following is feedback on the setup on a machine provided by the help command:
sisu --help sql
Postgresql
user: ralph
current db set: SiSU_sisu
port: 5432
dbi connect: DBI:Pg:database=SiSU_sisu;port=5432 sqlite
current db set: /home/ralph/sisu_www/sisu/sisu_sqlite.db
dbi connect DBI:SQLite:/home/ralph/sisu_www/sisu/sisu_sqlite.db
Note on databases built
By default, [unless otherwise specified] databases are built on a directory basis, from collections of documents within that directory. The name of the directory you choose to work from is used as the database name, i.e. if you are working in a directory called /home/ralph/ebook the database SiSU_ebook is used. [otherwise a manual mapping for the collection is necessary]
The generated search form must be copied manually to the webserver directory as instructed
SiSU - Structured information, Serialized Units - a document publishing system
sisu_webrick [port]
or
sisu -W [port]
sisu_webrick is part of SiSU (man sisu) sisu_webrick starts Ruby SiSU output is written, providing a list of these directories (assuming SiSU is in use and they exist).
The default port for sisu_webrick is set to 8081, this may be modified in the yaml file: ~/.sisu/sisurc.yml a sample of which is provided as /etc/sisu/sisurc.yml (or in the equivalent directory on your system).
sisu_webrick, may be started on it's own with the command: sisu_webrick [port] or using the sisu command with the -W flag: sisu -W [port]
where no port is given and settings are unchanged the default port is 8081
sisu -W [port] starts Ruby Webrick web-server, serving SiSU output directories, on the port provided, or if no port is provided and the defaults have not been changed in ~/.sisu/sisurc.yaml then on port 8081
* sparse/minimal markup (clean utf-8 source texts). Documents are prepared in a single UTF-8 file using a minimalistic mnemonic syntax. Typical literature, documents like "War and Peace" require almost no markup, and most of the headers are optional.
* markup is easily readable/parsable by the human eye, (basic markup is simpler and more sparse than the most basic HTML ) , [this may also be converted to XML representations of the same input/source document].
* markup defines document structure (this may be done once in a header pattern-match description, or for heading levels individually); basic text attributes (bold, italics, underscore, strike-through etc.) as required; and semantic information related to the document (header information, extended beyond the Dublin core and easily further extended as required); the headers may also contain processing instructions. SiSU markup is primarily an abstraction of document structure and document metadata to permit taking advantage of the basic strengths of existing alternative practical standard ways of representing documents [be that browser viewing, paper publication, sql search etc.] (html, epub, xml, odf, latex, pdf, sql)
* for output produces reasonably elegant output of established industry and institutionally accepted open standard formats.[3] takes advantage of the different strengths of various standard formats for representing documents, amongst the output formats currently supported are:
* HTML - both as a single scrollable text and a segmented document
* XHTML
* EPUB
* XML - both in sax and dom style xml structures for further development as required
* ODT - Open Document Format text, the iso standard for document storage
* LaTeX - used to generate pdf
* PDF (via LaTeX )
* SQL - population of an sql database ( PostgreSQL or SQLite ) , (at the same object level that is used to cite text within a document)
Also produces: concordance files; document content certificates (md5 or sha256 digests of headings, paragraphs, images etc.) and html manifests (and sitemaps of content). (b) takes advantage of the strengths implicit in these very different output types, (e.g. PDFs produced using typesetting of LaTeX, databases populated with documents at an individual object/paragraph level, making possible granular search (and related possibilities))
* ensuring content can be cited in a meaningful way regardless of selected output format. Online publishing (and publishing in multiple document formats) lacks a useful way of citing text internally within documents (important to academics generally and to lawyers) as page numbers are meaningless across browsers and formats. sisu seeks to provide a common way of pinpoint the text within a document, (which can be utilized for citation and by search engines). The outputs share a common numbering system that is meaningful (to man and machine) across all digital outputs whether paper, screen, or database oriented, (pdf, HTML, EPUB, xml, sqlite, postgresql) , this numbering system can be used to reference content.
* Granular search within documents. SQL databases are populated at an object level (roughly headings, paragraphs, verse, tables) and become searchable with that degree of granularity, the output information provides the object/paragraph numbers which are relevant across all generated outputs; it is also possible to look at just the matching paragraphs of the documents in the database; [output indexing also work well with search indexing tools like hyperestraier].
* long term maintainability of document collections in a world of changing formats, having a very sparsely marked-up source document base. there is a considerable degree of future-proofing, output representations are "upgradeable", and new document formats may be added. e.g. addition of odf (open document text) module in 2006, epub in 2009 and in future html5 output sometime in future, without modification of existing prepared texts
* SQL search aside, documents are generated as required and static once generated.
* documents produced are static files, and may be batch processed, this needs to be done only once but may be repeated for various reasons as desired (updated content, addition of new output formats, updated technology document presentations/representations)
* document source ( plaintext utf-8) if shared on the net may be used as input and processed locally to produce the different document outputs
* document source may be bundled together (automatically) with associated documents (multiple language versions or master document with inclusions) and images and sent as a zip file called a sisupod, if shared on the net these too may be processed locally to produce the desired document outputs
* generated document outputs may automatically be posted to remote sites.
* for basic document generation, the only software dependency is Ruby, and a few standard Unix tools (this covers plaintext, HTML, EPUB, XML, ODF, LaTeX ) . To use a database you of course need that, and to convert the LaTeX generated to pdf, a latex processor like tetex or texlive.
* as a developers tool it is flexible and extensible
Syntax highlighting for SiSU markup is available for a number of text editors.
SiSU is less about document layout than about finding a way with little markup to be able to construct an abstract representation of a document that makes it possible to produce multiple representations of it which may be rather different from each other and used for different purposes, whether layout and publishing, or search of content
i.e. to be able to take advantage from this minimal preparation starting point of some of the strengths of rather different established ways of representing documents for different purposes, whether for search (relational database, or indexed flat files generated for that purpose whether of complete documents, or say of files made up of objects), online viewing (e.g. html, xml, pdf) , or paper publication (e.g. pdf) ...
the solution arrived at is by extracting structural information about the document (about headings within the document) and by tracking objects (which are serialized and also given hash values) in the manner described. It makes possible representations that are quite different from those offered at present. For example objects could be saved individually and identified by their hashes, with an index of how the objects relate to each other to form a document.
sisu(1),
sisu-epub(1),
sisu-harvest(1),
sisu-html(1),
sisu-odf(1),
sisu-pdf(1),
sisu-pg(1),
sisu-sqlite(1),
sisu-txt(1).
sisu_vim(7)
More information about SiSU can be found at <http://www.sisudoc.org/> or <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/>
<http://git.sisudoc.org/>
SiSU is written by Ralph Amissah <ralph@amissah.com>
| 2014-02-05 | 7.1.5 |