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This repository is used to draft an IETF RFC open standard in which a format for hyphenation definitions is described. Hyphenations definitions can be processed to generate hyphenation patterns which are used by a manifold of text processing software such as typesetting programs, office suites, graphic editors, web browsers, content management systems and much more.

This repository contains an XML file with the draft RFC. Exports to plain text and HTML were made with the Makefile which calls xml2rfc, http://xml.resource.org

The raw XML file is:
  https://raw.github.com/SvGeloven/hyphenation-definitions/master/hyphenation-definitions.xml
This is the *preferred* file to review. Please download it in a directory which also contains a copy of:
  https://raw.github.com/SvGeloven/hyphenation-definitions/master/rfc2629.xslt
and view it with a web browser.

The converted HTML file is:
  https://raw.github.com/SvGeloven/hyphenation-definitions/master/hyphenation-definitions.html
This can also be used for reviewing purposes.

The converted text file is:
  https://raw.github.com/SvGeloven/hyphenation-definitions/master/hyphenation-definitions.txt
The XML can be rendered directly without downloading anything, but takes time and lacks line numbers, via:
  http://xml.resource.org/cgi-bin/xml2rfc-dev.cgi?mode=html&url=https://raw.github.com/SvGeloven/hyphenation-definitions/master/hyphenation-definitions.xml

For TeX specific discussion, see:
  http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-hyphen

For German specific discussion, see:
  https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/trennmuster

For Dutch specific discussion, see:
  http://lists.sf.own-it.nl/mailman/listinfo/opentaal