Re: recipes anyone?

Bob McConnell wrote: > From: PJ > >> I'd like to get some input on how to deal with recipes. >> use html pages to store and display, XML or db or... ? And what about >> clips, like flvs ? TIA. >> >> > > There are as many ways to do cookbooks as there are cooks. I am familiar > with half a dozen, without counting the professional packages put out by > another department here where I work. > > RecipeML is one option, but it is seriously incomplete if you need to > include nutritional information. > > Qookbooks, Gormet (Gnome), Krecipes (KDE) MealMaster, Master Cook, > Recipants, etc. all have different storage formats and display formats. > Some are well documented, some are buried in the code, and some are > still kept secret. You can take your pick, or combine them and roll your > own. > > A bigger issue is how to import existing recipe files. I have several > years of messages collected from newsgroups like rec.food.recipes, > r.f.cooking, r.f.baking, etc. that I would like to put into a usable, > and searchable format. But there are too many variations in the formats > and naming conventions used to be able to write a single routine to > handle them all. It is much easier just to use those already published > in MealMaster formats. At least that one is documented clearly now that > they are out of business. > > Bob McConnell > Thank you gentlemen. Basically, that's what I figured. But this does give me some more stuff to mull over. The only thing I'm really wondering is if it's worth doing anything with XML. I do have a number of recipes already in HTML; probably will try to re-use them and modify/or adapt with CSS. Thanks, again. -- Hervé Kempf: "Pour sauver la planète, sortez du capitalisme." ------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Jourdan --- pj@ptahhotep.com http://www.ptahhotep.com http://www.chiccantine.com/andypantry.php