Generate image files for all figures in editable formats from lutaml

[ribose-jeffreylau]

Description

This is a multipart task:

• Allow processing of lutaml files using metanorma directives.
• Allow specification of editable image formats for the rendered lutaml diagrams.
• Render all lutaml diagrams to the specified image formats to a specific file path using a specific file naming scheme, detailed below.

File name specification (pseudo-regex)

$standardNumber ( - $partNumber )? _ed $editionNumber fig $figureNumber

Examples

Figures for the first edition of ISO 12345-1 should be named as such:

• 12345-1_ed1fig1.dwg
• 12345-1_ed1fig1.svg
• 12345-1_ed1fig1.ai

For figure files in an annex (e.g. Annex A), they should be named as such:

• 12345-1_ed1figA1.dwg
• 12345-1_ed1figA1.svg
• 12345-1_ed1figA1.ai

[ronaldtse]

1. LutaML diagrams can already be specified in Metanorma blocks using the LutaML commands defined in Metanorma-plugin-LutaML
2. LutaML should be generating SVG images, not sure if that option is available.
3. Metanorma provides a warning if the pattern does not match ISO DWG rules but does not do anything actively. We need to implement this only for the “packaged” file to be submitted.

[ribose-jeffreylau]

@ronaldtse I see. I forgot why in my project I was using Makefile to generate the PNG from LutaML files instead of using the metanorma plugin... probably it was to make use of Make's build dependency feature.

[ronaldtse]

The reason was legacy practice 😜 we used Makefiles before until we have the plugin. Just a matter of order of availability!

[ronaldtse]

And yes, dependency tracking is something we still don’t have.