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From: brian@ditmela.oz (Brian May)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso
Subject: Re: ODA applications
Keywords: ODA, ODIF 8613
Message-ID: <7610@ditmela.oz>
Date: 17 Oct 89 02:33:53 GMT
Organization: CSIRO Division of Information Technology, Australia
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(on TeX -> ODA -> TeX translation)

>guy@guy.uucp (Guy Streeter) writes:
> I don't quite see the point.  ODA is not a markup language.  There isn't
> necessarily enough information even in the TeX input to make useful ODA
> input.  LaTeX source might be translated a little easier.  The type of
> information in ODA is "here is a title, here is a chapter header, here
> is a paragraph."  The information in TeX and most other WPs is more like
> "here put a character in this font, there put a character in that font."
> I don't see how you could translate between the two.
>
 
Does TeX not define Title, headers, footers, paras, etc?  Of course it does. 
I am a newcomer to ODA, and gave TeX as an example.  If there are reasons why 
ODA is over the top for this purpose, please explain them properly. 
 
Regards, 
 
Brian May