metanorma-iec: Metanorma processor for the International Electrotechnical Commission

Functionality

This gem processes Metanorma documents following the Metanorma model for generating IEC standards.

The gem is basically the https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-iso gem, with some tweaking of rendering to meet the particular requirements of the IEC.

It provides the following functions:

1. Compiles Metanorma input into the Metanorma-IEC XML format (which is identical to Metanorma-ISO, since the two standards share the same document model)

2. Validates XML output against the Metanorma-IEC document model

   • Errors are reported to console against the XML, and are intended for users to check that they have provided all necessary components of the document.

3. Metanorma-IEC XML is then converted into desired output formats.

The following outputs are supported:

• Primary: the canonical Metanorma-IEC XML representation (.xml).

• Secondary: the Metanorma-IEC XML representation is processed to generate the following outputs as end deliverable IEC documents.

  • HTML (.html)

  • Word (.doc)

Structure

This gem inherits from the https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-iso gem, and aligns closely to it.

Quickstart

Please see https://www.metanorma.com for instructions to get started.

If you are using a Mac, the https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-macos-setup repository has instructions on setting up your machine to run Metanorma scripts such as this one. You need only run the following in a Terminal console:

$ bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/metanorma/metanorma-macos-setup/master/metanorma-setup)
$ gem install metanorma-cli
$ gem install metanorma-iec

Usage

Using the metanorma CLI:

$ metanorma --type iec a.adoc                   # output HTML
$ metanorma --type iec --extensions html a.adoc # output just HTML
$ metanorma --type iec --extensions xml a.adoc  # output Metanorma XML

Authoring

Please refer to the Metanorma-ISO documentation for general documentation.

• Metanorma-ISO general documentation: https://www.metanorma.com/software/metanorma-iso/

• Metanorma-ISO guidance: https://www.metanorma.com/software/metanorma-iso/docs/guidance/

Documentation

See Write ISO documents with Metanorma

Examples

• Example documents are avalable at the mn-samples-iec repository.

• Document templates are available at the mn-templates-iec repository.