Proper XML application for storing old text documents (talmud, bible, etc.)

Question

I am planning to set up a simple, but extensive database of old religious texts. I was wondering if anyone could suggest an existing XML compliant format for storing such documents. Preferably a simple one, easily transformed to xhtml. I've heard about TEI, but afaik, TEI is based on SGML and is not XML compliant. Thanks in advance, any input is welcome.

Answer 1

Well, you can try TEI Boilerplate. Description from the website:

TEI Boilerplate is a lightweight solution for publishing styled TEI P5 content directly in modern browsers. With TEI Boilerplate, TEI XML files can be served directly to the web without server-side processing or translation to HTML

Also, I think there is a confusion: TEI is, actually, an XML-based language. Anyway, the address is this:

http://sourceforge.net/p/teiboilerplate/wiki/Home/

Hope it helps.