A lot of water has passed under the bridge since LB and CMSMcQ defined ODD on a Norwegian table cloth to provide a literate programming environment for the TEI.

ODD: the next generation

• removes dependencies on SGML DTD technology
• a generic language for markup documentation
• complemented by a suite of tools for
  • generating customized schemas in DTD, RelaxNG, or W3C Schema
  • generating documentation
  • internationalization
• includes mappings to other ontologies