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<section1 topic='XEP XML Format' anchor='format'>
<p>The XEP XML format is substantially similar to a reduced set of XHTML. This is intentional: it makes authoring XMPP Extension Protocol specifications easier. In fact, if you use the template file with its associated XSLT stylesheet, you should be able to view your proposal in most modern web browsers (see below). The following subsections explain how to get started with XEP authoring and describe the XML format used for XMPP Extension Protocols (see the xep.xsd or xep.dtd file for a formal description).</p>
<section2 topic='Working With XEP Files' anchor='format-work'>
<p>The best way to start working on your proposal is to retrieve all of the existing XMPP Extension Protocol specifications and associated stylesheets from source control. These files are stored using Subsversion (SVN), in a module labelled 'xmpp' and subdirectory labelled 'extensions' at xmpp.org. Instructions for accessing these files are provided at &lt;<link url='http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/sourcecontrol.shtml'>http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/sourcecontrol.shtml</link>&gt;. The document structure is formally defined by both a DTD and an XML schema, but you do not need to understand the formal descriptions in order to author an XMPP Extension Protocol. In addition, a handy template file is included as the 'xep-template.xml' file in the 'extensions' directory, providing a quick starting point for XEP authoring.</p>
<p>The best way to start working on your proposal is to retrieve all of the existing XMPP Extension Protocol specifications and associated stylesheets from source control. These files are stored using Subsversion (SVN), in a module labelled 'xmpp' and subdirectory labelled 'extensions' at xmpp.org. Instructions for accessing these files are provided at &lt;<link url='http://www.xmpp.org/xsf/sourcecontrol.shtml'>http://www.xmpp.org/xsf/sourcecontrol.shtml</link>&gt;. The document structure is formally defined by both a DTD and an XML schema, but you do not need to understand the formal descriptions in order to author an XMPP Extension Protocol. In addition, a handy template file is included as the 'xep-template.xml' file in the 'extensions' directory, providing a quick starting point for XEP authoring.</p>
<p>To create your proposal, do an SVN checkout of the 'xmpp' module, change directories to the 'trunk/extensions/' directory, copy the template file (e.g., 'cp xep-template.xml xep-foo.xml'), and start editing the file using either a basic text editor or a specialized XML editing application such as XML Spy or XMLmind.</p>
<p>Even if you use a basic text editor, you should be able to view your document in most modern web browsers as an XML file as long as you have xep.xsl and xep.dtd in the 'extensions/' directory. Because of inconsistencies in browser XSLT implementations, certain formatting (e.g., table layouts and the numbering of tables, examples, and footnotes) may not be perfect. Don't panic; it will look fine in the HTML output produced by the XMPP Extensions Editor. If your XML file doesn't render at all (i.e., it's just one big text blob), you are using a bad browser. If you see only the bare outline generated by xep.xsl but none of your text, you have an error in your XML. You can check your XML syntax at xml.com <note>&lt;<link url="http://www.xml.com/pub/a/tools/ruwf/check.html">http://www.xml.com/pub/a/tools/ruwf/check.html</link>&gt;</note>.</p>
<p>To programatically convert your XML file into HTML, we recommend using Daniel Veillard's <link url='http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/'>xsltproc</link> program, which will give you helpful error messages regarding XML syntax problems. However, the XMPP Extensions Editor will do the final rendering of XML into HTML as well as posting of your HTML file to www.xmpp.org, so you do not need to generate HTML files for submission to the XMPP Extensions Editor (in fact, the XMPP Extensions Editor requires that you submit your proposal in the XEP XML format, not HTML).</p>