Documentation Contents

• Introduction
  • About
  • History
  • Release Numbering
• Data Format
  • Basic Structure
  • Features
  • Required Data Items
  • Metadata
  • Encoding and Filenames
    • Encoding
    • File Names
  • Processing Instructions
  • Song Properties
    • Titles
    • Authors
    • Copyright
    • CCLI Number
    • Release Date
    • Transposition
    • Tempo
    • Key
    • Time Signature
    • Variant
    • Publisher
    • Custom Version
    • Keywords
    • Verse Order
    • Song Books
    • Themes
    • Comments
  • Song Lyrics
    • Line Breaks
    • Split Verse
    • Verse/Instrumental Name
    • Chords
    • Multiple Languages (Lyrics Translations)
    • Transliteration
    • Verse Parts (Groups of Lines)
    • Comments in Lyrics
    • Line repeat
    • Instrumental parts
  • Formatting extensions
    • Formatting tags
  • Advanced Example
• Data Validation
  • Tools and Libraries
  • Validation examples
  • RelaxNG XML schema
• Converting OpenLyrics
  • Conversion From Other Formats
  • Converting OpenLyrics schema
• Chord Formulas
• List of Built-in Chord Formulas
  • Normal Chords
  • Figured Chords
• List of Themes
• Frequently Asked Questions
  • How do I…
• Glossary and terms
• Changes in OpenLyrics
  • Release 0.9 (unreleased)
  • Release 0.8 (15 Apr 2012)
  • Release 0.7 (24 Mar 2010)
  • Release 0.6 (22 Dec 2009)
  • Release 0.5 (06 Dec 2009) - final draft
  • Release 0.4 (21 Nov 2009) - draft
  • Release 0.3 (18 Nov 2009) - draft
  • Release 0.2 (16 Nov 2009) - draft
  • Release 0.1 (28 Nov 2008) - draft
• Projects using OpenLyrics