Chapter 1: What is STxT?

It is a purely semantic language, with very basic rules, that allows the creation of documents with structured content that is easy to interpret, both by humans and machines. You could be reading a document in STxT without even realizing that it is.

STxT: A language for the web. It doesn’t mean just another one among many. It means A language for the web. Just one. And at the same time, many. All those you want. This is the proposal.

STxT is a language for writing structured documents. It allows creating documents unambiguously, adhering to very precise rules, but producing documents that can be read by people without technical knowledge.

In fact, the documents have meaning in themselves, without any additional translation being necessary. They have a hierarchical structure very similar to XML documents, and their translation can be direct.

In the future, STxT could be a replacement for other technologies like XML or YAML.

Intro 2013

This is how the welcome message started in 2013, in the first version of STxT.

If you want to see this chapter in full, you can go to the page Introduction STXT 2013. I think it's very interesting and curious. At that time, I wanted to create an inspiring book, and I wanted to explain everything. Now, I want you to know the language and use it. That's all. It will be a quick journey, but it will be worth it.

I have modified the language, even without using it, and we are already in the second version. Now everything is more direct, clearer, and simpler.

Now, it’s time to use it.