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grundtvigs-works / src /convert_to_md.py
Kenneth Enevoldsen
Added source data and processing code
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"""Convert TEI XML files to Markdown format."""
import re
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
from pathlib import Path
class TEIToMarkdownConverter:
ns: dict[str, str] = {"tei": "http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"}
# Replace XML entities with proper characters
replacements: dict[str, str] = {
"&#x00E6;": "æ",
"&#x00F8;": "ø",
"&#x00E5;": "å",
"&#x00C6;": "Æ",
"&#x00D8;": "Ø",
"&#x00C5;": "Å",
"&#x00F6;": "ö",
"&#x00FC;": "ü",
"&#x00E4;": "ä",
"&#x00A9;": "©",
}
def clean_text(self, text: str) -> str:
"""Clean and normalize text content"""
for entity, char in self.replacements.items():
text = text.replace(entity, char)
# Normalize whitespace
text = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", text.strip())
return text
def extract_metadata(self, root: ET.Element) -> dict[str, str]:
"""Extract metadata from TEI header"""
metadata = {}
# Title
title_elem = root.find(".//tei:titleStmt/tei:title", self.ns)
if title_elem is not None and title_elem.text:
metadata["title"] = self.clean_text(title_elem.text)
# Author
author_elem = root.find(".//tei:titleStmt/tei:author", self.ns)
if author_elem is not None and author_elem.text:
metadata["author"] = self.clean_text(author_elem.text)
# Date
date_elem = root.find(".//tei:publicationStmt/tei:date", self.ns)
if date_elem is not None and date_elem.get("when"):
metadata["date"] = date_elem.get("when")
# Publisher
pub_elem = root.find(".//tei:publicationStmt/tei:publisher", self.ns)
if pub_elem is not None and pub_elem.text:
metadata["publisher"] = self.clean_text(pub_elem.text)
return metadata
def process_element(self, elem: ET.Element, level: int = 0) -> list[str]:
"""Process XML elements recursively and convert to Markdown"""
result = []
# Handle different element types
tag = elem.tag.split("}")[-1] if "}" in elem.tag else elem.tag
# Headers
if tag == "head":
rend = elem.get("rend", "")
if rend == "2":
header_level = "## "
elif rend == "3":
header_level = "### "
else:
header_level = "# "
text = self.get_element_text(elem)
if text:
result.append(f"{header_level}{text}\n")
# Paragraphs
elif tag == "p":
text = self.get_element_text(elem)
if text:
result.append(f"{text}\n")
# Emphasized text
elif tag == "hi":
rend = elem.get("rend", "")
text = self.get_element_text(elem)
if text:
if rend == "spaced":
result.append(f"**{text}**")
elif rend == "initial":
result.append(f"**{text}**")
else:
result.append(f"*{text}*")
# Places
elif tag == "placeName":
text = self.get_element_text(elem)
if text:
result.append(text)
# Segments
elif tag == "seg":
text = self.get_element_text(elem)
if text:
result.append(text)
# Divisions
elif tag == "div":
for child in elem:
result.extend(self.process_element(child, level + 1))
# Default case - process children
else:
if elem.text:
result.append(self.clean_text(elem.text))
for child in elem:
result.extend(self.process_element(child, level + 1))
if child.tail:
result.append(self.clean_text(child.tail))
return result
def get_element_text(self, elem: ET.Element) -> str:
"""Get all text content from an element and its children"""
parts = []
if elem.text:
parts.append(elem.text)
for child in elem:
# Handle special formatting
child_tag = child.tag.split("}")[-1] if "}" in child.tag else child.tag
if child_tag == "hi":
rend = child.get("rend", "")
child_text = self.get_element_text(child)
if child_text:
if rend == "spaced":
parts.append(f"**{child_text}**")
elif rend == "initial":
parts.append(f"**{child_text}**")
else:
parts.append(f"*{child_text}*")
elif child_tag == "seg":
child_text = self.get_element_text(child)
if child_text:
parts.append(child_text)
else:
parts.append(self.get_element_text(child))
if child.tail:
parts.append(child.tail)
return self.clean_text("".join(parts))
def convert_text(self, xml_text: str) -> str:
"""Convert TEI XML text to Markdown"""
root = ET.fromstring(xml_text)
metadata = self.extract_metadata(root)
# Start building Markdown content
markdown_lines = []
# Add metadata header
if metadata:
markdown_lines.append("---\n")
for key, value in metadata.items():
markdown_lines.append(f"{key}: {value}\n")
markdown_lines.append("---\n")
# Process the text body
body = root.find(".//tei:body", self.ns)
if body is not None:
for elem in body:
markdown_lines.extend(self.process_element(elem))
markdown_content = "".join(markdown_lines)
return markdown_content
def main():
"""Main function to run the converter"""
converter = TEIToMarkdownConverter()
source_data = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "source-data"
for path in source_data.glob("*.xml"):
with path.open("r") as file:
text = file.read()
output_path = path.with_suffix(".md")
markdown_result = converter.convert_text(text)
with output_path.open("w") as file:
file.write(markdown_result)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()