Post-Meeting Pipeline

A set of command-line tools that transforms the output from OSCAR into publishable LoARs.

Primarily used by Silver Staple (the post-decision clerk) and/or Morsulus; not well known or documented outside of the sovereign staff.

Converts XML to HTML.

Technology

Code: Not well documented. (Believed to include Jade, DSSSL.)

Databases: Flat data files only.

Revision Control: Unknown.

Server: Unknown.

Development

History: Introduced in the 1990s.

Developers: The below is based on notes from the Heraldic Technology Roundtable at KWHSS 2024.

  • Eric (?): Initial generation of XML from WordPerfect files used for LoARs in the 1990s.
  • Elsbeth Anne Roth: Implemented the DSSSL pipeline in 1999.
  • Daniel de Lincoln: Updates circa 2004.

Future: As of mid-2024, Reis is reportedly working to replace the current Jade/DSSSL system with one that uses modern tooling and XSLT.