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Painter, Derrick – Information Management & Technology, 1996
Discussion of dictionaries as databases focuses on the digitizing of The Oxford English dictionary (OED) and the use of Standard Generalized Mark-Up Language (SGML). Topics include the creation of a consortium to digitize the OED, document structure, relational databases, text forms, sequence, and discourse. (LRW)
Descriptors: Consortia, Cooperative Programs, Databases, Dictionaries
Bryan, Martin – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1998
Describes Extensible Markup Language (XML), a subset of the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) that is designed to make it easy to interchange structured documents over the Internet. Topics include Document Type Definition (DTD), components of XML, the use of XML, text and non-text elements, and uses for XML-coded files. (LRW)
Descriptors: Databases, Documentation, Electronic Text, Information Storage
Peer reviewedIde, Nancy – Computers and the Humanities, 1995
Describes problems in devising a Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) encoding format for dictionaries. Asserts that the high degree of structuring and compression of information are among the most complex text types treated in the TEI. Concludes that the source of some TEI problems lies in the design of Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML). (CFR)
Descriptors: Databases, Dictionaries, Higher Education, Lexicography
Peer reviewedOlsen, Mark – Computers and the Humanities, 1994
Contends that computer-aided literature studies have failed to impact the field as a whole. Asserts that new databases, such as TLG or ARTFL, allow wide-spectrum analyses that may transform the way in which literature is studied. (CFR)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Higher Education
Peer reviewedLemke, Jay L. – Interpersonal Computing and Technology Journal, 1993
Discusses changes in higher education that are resulting from the use of hypermedia. Topics addressed include the structure of traditional texts; a distributed model for academic communication; independent learning as a model for higher education; skills for hypermedia literacy; database searching; information retrieval; authoring skills; design…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Databases, Educational Change, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedHenry, Charles – Computers and the Humanities, 1994
Asserts that humanities computing techniques and methodologies remain marginal to mainstream literary scholarship. Argues for large scale analyses of text databases that would incorporate a shift in theoretical orientation to include greater stress on intertextuality and sign theory. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Databases
Peer reviewedCorthouts, Jan; Philips, Richard – Electronic Library, 1996
Proposes a strategy that librarians can consider when implementing SGML (Standard General Markup Language) applications on top of existing products, or when embedding these in end-user services. Experiences of SGML within a Belgian library network are discussed, including local journal article databases, current awareness, and digital libraries.…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Text
