Unified Standard Format Markers (USFM) is a plain text markup widely used for encoding the digital text for scripture translations. It is the standard format applied to translations developed within Paratext.
USFM Documentation – https://ubsicap.github.io/usfm
USFM on Github – https://github.com/ubsicap/usfm
Github hosts the repository for maintenance of USFM documentation and Paratext stylesheets. Addition and change requests, questions, or other concerns can be posted to Issues.
Recent Issues or Change Requests
- open#82 Some thoughts on cross-references, especially for non-Roman scripts
- open#81 Word level attributes markup for words within \wj ...\wj*
- open#80 The chapter label marker \cl and languages where # precedes the word for "Chapter"?
- open#79 Corner case usage for \va_#\va* (or even \vp_#\vp*)
- open#78 Nesting of \+add ...\+add* within a glossary word ?
- open#77 Roman numerals in historic Bible versions - no markers defined in USFM
- open#76 Chapter label (before \c 1) and the 5 major sections in the Psalms - relative position?
- open#75 Chapter label with a cross-reference note: Is this allowed?
- open#74 Correct docs for \fe
- open#73 No defined limit on # fields
- closed#72 Clarify use of 'strong' attribute when word repetition occurs in Hebrew or Greek
- closed#71 Word level attributes - morphology?
- closed#70 Documentation formatting error under Linking attributes
- closed#69 What is the USFM equivalent to the OSIS colophon type of div element?
- closed#68 Clarify status of space before or after commas in attribute lists
- closed#67 Strong's numbers examples should 4 digits rather than 5
- closed#66 Explain Strong’s ID augmentation identifier in documentation
- open#65 Word level attributes involving Strong's numbers with splits to two (or more) words in the translation
- closed#64 Text refrain (restore \pr)
- closed#63 Superscript (add \sup ...\sup*)
- closed#62 Superscript (add \sup ...\sup*)
- closed#61 List of witnesses in footnotes (add \fw ...\fw*)
- open#60 Potential conflict between single \cl and \nb ?
- closed#59 Alignment data in Milestones
- closed#58 The need for a general purpose milestone tag in USFM
- closed#57 Relocate \iex to Introductions section in documentation
- open#56 Proper names type attributes and more?
- open#55 Milestones - update documentation to mention use for \wj
- open#54 Glossary word markers and visibly tagging the marked word
- open#53 Extended syntax for \pb to facilitate recording page numbers of pre-digital printed Bibles