The Church uses an XML format for the scriptures internally but it's not publicly available (yet).
http://tech.lds.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=155:what-is-the-status-of-the-xml-version-of-the-scriptures&catid=9:general&Itemid=10 On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Devin Flake <[email protected]> wrote: > The Church is now very open about providing those resources. A good > place to start would be to look at the wiki and forums on tech.lds.org > > Hope that helps, > > Devin > > On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Robert LeBlanc <[email protected]> wrote: >> I remember there was some issues with this in the past. The church was very >> protective over their digital content. It may have something to do with >> wanting to ensure that the text was accurate and not modified and supposedly >> from the church. This may have changed as I last looked into it almost 10 >> years ago. >> >> Robert >> >> Sent from my Droid. >> >> On Sep 10, 2010 6:16 PM, "dave" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Does the Church provide/allow open use of church materials in electronic >>> form? If so, where can I find it? I would like to develop my own scripture >>> study app. ( Yes I know, there are plenty out there already...) >>> >>> I've looked at the resources on http://lds.org but I don't want to work >>> with >>> PDFs or proprietary formats. Ideally, I think it would be great to get an >>> XML file with all the cross references. Do such a files exist? If so, what >>> are the terms of use? >>> >>> What about other church publications? ( >>> http://lds.org/gospellibrary/pdfindex/0,7777,579-1,00.html ) Can I get >>> these in a structured format that I could build a reader around? >>> >>> dave >> >> -------------------- >> BYU Unix Users Group >> http://uug.byu.edu/ >> >> The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their >> author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list >> > > > > -- > Devin Flake > 801-368-5595 > [email protected] > www.devinflake.com > flake.homelinux.net > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > -- Peter Henderson [email protected] -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
