Nelson HTML Preprocessor

Nelson is an HTML preprocessor and well-formedness checker. It extends HTML with several markup elements otherwise missing from the language. In preprocessor output, the new elements are emulated using XHTML 1.0 Strict markup, making Nelson fully compatible with all current web browsers.

Features

  • Footnotes in HTML—finally!
  • A well-thought-out quotation microformat
  • A proper figure element
  • Elegant and simple image galleries
  • Over 30 new markup elements in all

Benefits

  • Makes serious authoring in HTML possible
  • Turns Web into a scientific publishing medium
  • Brings badly missed beauty into HTML
  • Freedom from web standardization politics
  • Freedom from Internet Explorer laggardness

Curious facts

  • Resurrects two buried HTML 3.0 elements
  • Addresses several design flaws in HTML
  • Provides prog. lang. syntax highlighting
  • A 17,000 word User's Guide is online
  • Honorware: pay what you think is fare

No-nonsense software

  • No lockout, license key, or code obfuscation
  • No JavaScript, “plug-ins” or “frameworks”
  • 100% free from Web 2.0 neologisms
  • No corporate jargon or latest fads
  • Does not “phone home”