SiSU
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| SiSU logo | |
| Developer(s) | Ralph Amissah |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 2.7.7
/ October 17, 2010 |
| Repository | |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Type | Text Structuring, Publishing, Search |
| License | GPLv3 |
| Website | www.jus.uio.no/sisu |
SiSU ("SiSU information Structuring Universe" or "Structured information, Serialized Units"),[1] is a Unix command line-oriented framework for document structuring, publishing and search. Using markup applied to a document, SiSU can produce plain text, HTML, XHTML, EPUB, XML, OpenDocument, LaTeX or PDF files, and populate an SQL database with objects[2] (equating generally to paragraph-sized chunks) so searches may be performed and matches returned with that degree of granularity (e.g. your search criteria are met by these documents and at these locations within each document). Document output formats share a common object numbering system for locating content. This is particularly suitable for "published" works (finalized texts as opposed to works that are frequently changed or updated) for which it provides a fixed means of reference of content.
Short history
SiSU has been under development since 1997, and written in Ruby since 2000. It was released under the GPL in January 2005. SiSU developed out of work done on a project started earlier on documents related to (primarily private) international commercial law and international trade law started in 1993 on a site known then as Ananse, and more recently as LexMercatoria
SiSU version 1 was released December 2009. SiSU version 2 was released March 2010. Version 2 features a new processing engine. Markup remains substantially identical between versions, apart from changes to the markup for document headers (which contain document metadata and processing instructions). Both version 1 and 2 text processing engines are available in the version 2 tarball. Development takes place on the version 2 branch. Version 1 is available to guarantee compatibility with older prepared texts (prior to the updating of document headers), and as an earlier reference implementation.
Notes and references
External links
- SiSU homepage