Basic design

This document is a work in progress

Build cycle

1. Initialize application

   1. Find applicable Converter

   2. Read configuration file

2. Discovery phase, for each input file:

   1. Collect meta-data from AST, such as: Document titles, headings, glossary, list of assets

   2. Build Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) with Converter (does not write files).

3. Creation phase, for each input file:

   1. Build Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) with Converter

   2. Enhance AST with the discovered meta-data

   3. Generate document in the desired output format

   4. Decorate the results with a template

   5. Save result to disk

   Some output formats do not generate independent files (such as PDF or Latex). In this case will step 4 through 5 not be executed for each file but for the sum of all files.

4. Copy assets to their destination location