RNP
RNP proudly supports LibrePGP
RNP is excited to announce our support for LibrePGP, a new specification of the OpenPGP encryption standard that builds on the lessons learned from 20 years of experience with GnuPG, the most widely used and adopted implementation of OpenPGP.
RNP
RNP version 0.17.1 released
Support for Botan 3 and OpenSSL 3 improvements.
Metanorma
The ISO Rice model document, 3rd edition
ISO Rice document that has been used as a sample document to demonstrate the usage of Metanorma in ISO flavor has now been updated to the 3rd edition.
Metanorma
Encode OGC ModSpec using `yaml2text` templates
Take advantage of the yaml2text template capabilities to encode large amounts of ModSpec requirement instances in fewer lines of markup.
Metanorma
Developing ITU-T Recommendations in Metanorma
Metanorma now supports encoding of ruby characters, often used in documents in East Asian languages.
Relaton
Support for ISBN bibliographic information auto-fetch through the OpenLibrary
Relaton now supports auto-fetching OpenLibrary bibliographic information via ISBN-10 and ISBN-13.
Metanorma
Ruby encoding for East Asian languages now available
Metanorma now supports encoding of ruby characters, often used in documents in East Asian languages.
Metanorma
Managing Metanorma versions on Linux using Snap
Easily manage Metanorma versions on Linux using Snap packages.
Relaton
NIST CyberSecurity White Paper PubID scheme change and mapping
With the adoption of the latest NIST PubID 1.0 scheme, the NIST Library has decided to retroactively apply the scheme to CyberSecurity White Papers published by the CSRC. This post provides a mapping from the old CSWP PubIDs to the newly assigned PubIDs.
Metanorma
Validating against ISO House Style
Metanorma validation against the ISO House Style for ISO deliverables has been updated to the 2023 version of the style guide.
RNP
RNP version 0.17.0 released
AEAD-OCB support for OpenSSL backend and other features
RNP
RNP version 0.16.3 released
Security fixes (CVE-2023-29479, CVE-2023-29480)
Metanorma
mnconvert supports IEC/ISO NISO STS Coding Guidelines 1.0
mnconvert now produces NISO STS XML in accordance with IEC/ISO NISO STS Coding Guidelines.
Relaton
Support for DOI bibliographic information auto-fetch through CrossRef
Relaton now supports auto-fetching Crossref bibliographic information via DOI identifiers.
Metanorma
Bibliographic information auto-fetch using DOIs now supported
Metanorma now supports auto-fetching bibliographic information using DOI identifiers through the latest Relaton-DOI.
Metanorma
Convert ISO/NISO STS documents to Metanorma using mnconvert
Metanorma now supports converting ISO STS and NISO STS XML formats into Metanorma formats through its mnconvert conversion tool.
RNP
RNP version 0.16.2 released
Fix for CMake issues introduced in v0.16.2
RNP
New signature verification behaviour
Require only single valid signature for successfull verification.
RNP
RNP version 0.16.1 released
Support for OpenSSL 3.0 backend and RHEL 9/Fedora 36
Metanorma
Annotations now available in all Metanorma outputs
Editor notes, reviewer notes and to-dos are now available across Metanorma output formats, now including PDF.
Metanorma
Reviewer annotations are available now in Metanorma PDFs
Metanorma-generated PDFs contain now reviewer notes and comments annotated by Metanorma reviewer comments AsciiDoc markup feature.
Metanorma
Introducing the Metanorma collection, through the SI Brochure
Metanorma now supports Metanorma collections, a feature that allows a set of Metanorma documents to be published in flexible configurations.
Metanorma
Validating against ISO House Style
The ISO House Style has recently been published publicly, and Metanorma now supports validation of the ISO House Style for ISO deliverables, in addition to ISO/IEC DIR 2.
Metanorma
Working with special drafting requirements: the ISO 8000 series
Some ISO Technical Committees and Working Groups have additional requirements how drafts are prepared on top of those from ISO DIR 2 and ISO House Style. This blog post uses an example from the ISO 8000 series to demonstrate how it works.
RNP
RNP version 0.16.0 released
OpenSSL backend and security profiles support
Metanorma
Introducing NIST PubID, and the migration of publication identifiers
Brief introduction to the NIST PubID, the latest human-readable publication identifier syntax at NIST, and the effort behind to migrate existing identifiers.
Metanorma
Metanorma now offers PDF protection mechanisms!
Metanorma-generated PDFs now support encryption and other PDF protection features.
Metanorma
Accessibility tagging in Metanorma PDFs
Metanorma-generated PDFs utilize advanced tagging structures provided by the ISO 32000-1:2008 PDF standard to best facilitate usage of assistive technologies.
Metanorma
Making math accessible in Metanorma PDFs
The BIPM SI Brochure utilizes several advanced PDF techniques for accessibility, not only using PDF/UA features but also making math formulas accessible for non-Adobe PDF viewers.
RNP
RNP version 0.15.2 released
Compatibility and security improvements
Metanorma
Using Metanorma with proxies (HTTPS, SOCKS)
Metanorma now supports Internet access via HTTP/HTTPS and SOCKS proxy servers!
Metanorma
New functionality: Concept mentions
New "concept mentions" functionality for semantic encoding of term instances!
Metanorma
Halfway into Google Season of Docs
Ankita and Tina reporting for duty: A summary of the first half of GSoD.
RNP
RNP version 0.15.1 released
API and security enhancements
Metanorma
Kickoff to Metanorma's Google Season of Docs 2021
Ankita Tripathi and Tina Lüdtke selected as Metanorma GSoD writers 2021!
Metanorma
Metanorma accepted by Google's Season of Docs 2021
Metanorma is now recruiting an open-source technical writer for its GSoD 2021 season!
RNP
RNP version 0.15 released
API, CLI and FFI enhancements
RNP
RNP proposal for Google's Season of Docs 2021
Improving RNP documentation through GSoD 2021!
Metanorma
Metanorma proposal for Google's Season of Docs 2021
Improving Metanorma documentation through GSoD 2021!
Metanorma
Metanorma CLI: new font processing options
Learn about new font processing options now available in Metanorma CLI
RNP
RNP 0.14.0 released
After a long delay the next version of the library and CLI was released. Major FFI, CLI and security improvements and compatibility fixes. Also now it can be built for Windows via MSVC and MinGW/MSYS2.
Deploying BibXML Service in AWS EKS Fargate
Ribose has deployed BibXML Service in AWS EKS Fargate.
Metanorma
Generate document sites with the Metanorma CLI
Generate a document site for a set of documents using Metanorma CLI
Metanorma
Updated "include" behaviour in Metanorma AsciiDoc
Recent changes to Metanorma AsciiDoc processing of included files.
Metanorma
Yaml2Text now supports YAML with Liquid
Importing YAML data into Metanorma using Liquid!
Metanorma
Upgrading Metanorma IETF documents from metanorma-ietf v1 to v2
This post describes steps to migrate Metanorma IETF documents from metanorma-ietf v1 to v2.
Metanorma
Installing LaTeXML for Metanorma (and tex2mn)
There are many ways to install LaTeXML depending on your needs
Metanorma
Using YAML as data source
Import YAML data into Metanorma has never been so easy
Metanorma
Saving Metanorma Word Documents
Post-processing of Metanorma Microsoft Word output
Metanorma
Metanorma IETF v2 released with native RFC XML v3 support
Metanorma IETF at 2.0 now fully supports RFC XML v3 input.
RNP
RNP 0.13.0 released
Next version of the RNP library extends FFI and CLI interfaces, giving more flexibility and control to the user.
Metanorma
Compiling IETF RFCs with Metanorma and LaTeX
We’ve had great progress with the LaTeX backend of Metanorma since alpha support was announced!
Metanorma
Metanorma datamodel directive
Metanorma now supports directive for building datamodels.
Metanorma
Metanorma more accessible than ever with WCAG compliance
Learn about newly available accessibility features in Metanorma, including on how to make your documents compliant to Section 508.
Metanorma
Metanorma now supports LaTeX input (tex2mn in alpha!)
Metanorma now supports LaTeX input, in alpha!
Metanorma
Metanorma now supports IEC standardization deliverables
Metanorma now supports authoring IEC International Standards.
Metanorma
Guidance on NOTEs and EXAMPLEs in ISO deliverables
ISO has provided updated advice on styling of notes and examples.
Metanorma
Announcing Metanorma support for TeX math
Until recently, Metanorma has only processed AsciiMath and MathML. Now Metanorma also accepts some WYSIWYM methods for writing mathematical formulas.
Metanorma
Metanorma templates for CalConnect, OGC and ISO documents
Metanorma now supports templates for CalConnect, OGC and ISO documents.
Metanorma
Metanorma available for macOS as Homebrew formula
Metanorma is now available on macOS as a native install through the Homebrew package manager.
Metanorma
Writing in AsciiDoc, Part 4
Two types of section have specialized content, which requires additional markup: Terms and definitions, and Bibliographies.
RNP
RNP 0.12.0 released
Added support for extra ECC curves (Brainpool p256, p384, p512, secp256k1, x25519). Extended FFI with AEAD support and a bunch of examples. CLI functionality extended with -f command, allowing to use the key loaded from a file.
Metanorma
Metanorma now available on Windows as Chocolatey package
Metanorma is now available on Windows as a native install package through the Chocolatey package manager.
Metanorma
Writing in AsciiDoc, Part 3
AsciiDoc documents are text; so if you already have a document in a PDF file, or a Word file, or an HTML file, the simplest thing to do is to copy its text into a text document, and then to mark it up.
Metanorma
Writing in AsciiDoc, Part 2
By gradually building up the document, and testing it as you go, you can prevent unpleasant surprises later on.
Metanorma
Writing in AsciiDoc
AsciiDoc documents are text; so if you already have a document in a PDF file, or a Word file, or an HTML file, the simplest thing to do is to copy its text into a text document, and then to mark it up.
Metanorma
What Metanorma is
Metanorma defines common formatting and conventions across standards; the various flavors provide functionality specific to each standards body. That includes different validation, different formatting options, and different styling.
Metanorma
What Metanorma is for
Why Metanorma? If you’re in the business of writing standards documents, you are in the business of writing some of the most complicated documents there are. Here’s a better alternative than … Microsoft Word.
RNP
RNP 0.11.0 released
This update improves key import/merge operations and support for automating S2K iterations calculation.
Metanorma
Metanorma wins two Gold Stevie Awards at 2018 International Business Awards
This year’s judges lauded the development of Metanorma as a "revolutionary concept", noting that, "Setting standards for standardization is a very important requirement. This is a great initiative." Another judge remarked that to anyone who has to administrate such standards, Metanorma "will seem like a godsend."
RNP
RNP 0.10.0 released
After a year since it stemmed off NetPGP, the OpenPGP library shares little code in common with its ancestor. Enjoy new features, better performance, and better compatibility with other implementations.