Re: MEI

[Philip Rhoades]

Kevin,


On 2014-01-11 17:40, Kevin Tough wrote:
> From a Fringe Coder,
>
> I like Vim (text editor).


The choice of champions!


> I like to code with minimal but descriptive
> syntax(ie. Visual Basic).


Basic will cause brain damage - try Ruby!


> XML code for web-applications I find bloated
> and working with it is ugly.


Definitely, it would be nice if there were a JSON option but I guess 
that is not likely to happen . .


> If MusicXML is guided by the right people
> and does become/is a definitive standard that can support the keywords
> and other particulars of lilypond code, then this might be a great
> opportunity for the lilypond community.


I hope so.


> From a very satisfied lilypond user, go lilypond go!


+1

Regards,

Phil.


> Namaste,
> Kevin Tough
>
> On Fri, 2014-01-10 at 10:46 +0100, Urs Liska wrote:
> > I think this is important also for us:
> > http://www.sibeliusblog.com/news/mei-plug-in-released-for-sibelius/
> >
> > MEI is an important initiative for standardizing the encoding of
> > music, with particular interest in encoding every aspect of a
> > composition and its sources. I think this will be an important
> > foundation for future music editing, and if even Sibelius starts to
> > support it, we should keep this in our view.
> >
> > I think if we're continuing our way for ly2musicxml this will become
> > feasible.
> > I would _love_ to see LilyPond as an engraving tool for MEI based
> > workflows, and this will only be possible with true 2way conversion.
> >
> > Actually I just got a message that someone at Edirom (www.edirom.de)
> > has plans to create a MEI-to-LilyPond converter one day, and I told
> > him about our current state of affairs (just started MusicXML export),
> > and strongly encouranged him to get in touch with us instead of trying
> > alone.
> > This is to say that there is potential to interest academic
> > institutions in this, which would be a wonderful thing.
> >
> > Best
> > Urs
> >
> > --
> > Urs Liska
> > www.openlilylib.org
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