Re: [Tools-discuss] XML 2 markdown?

Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> Mon, 28 June 2021 19:07 UTC

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On 28. Jun 2021, at 20:39, Salz, Rich <rsalz=40akamai.com@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote:
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> Are there any reasonable XML 2 markdown convertors? 

Sure!
The protocol is:

(1) You send me the XML
(2) I run it through the tools, fix any bugs your XML uncovers, and send you the resulting markdown.
(3) There is no step 3.

This is usually a same-day service :-)

> Looks kinda doable with XSLT.

Or in 6502 assembly language, for that matter :-).

Grüße, Carsten