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The "New Oxford English Dictionary" Project.
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Fawcett, Heather – Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, 1993
Describes the conversion of the 22,000-page Oxford English Dictionary to an electronic version incorporating a modified Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) syntax. Explains that the database designers chose structured markup because it supports users' data searching needs, allows textual components to be extracted or modified, and allows…
Descriptors: Database Design, Databases, Dictionaries, Online Systems
Ontario Hydro and SGML.
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Rockley, Ann – Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, 1993
Describes how an analysis of Ontario Hydro's conversion of 20,000 pages of paper manuals to online documentation established the scope of the project, provided a set of design criteria, and recommended the use of Standard Generalized Markup Language to create the new documentation and the purchase of the "Dinatext" program to produce it.…
Descriptors: Database Design, Information Processing, Online Systems, Postsecondary Education
Silicon Graphics' IRIS InSight: An SGML Success Story.
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Glushko, Robert J.; Kershner, Ken – Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, 1993
Offers a case history of the development of the Silicon Graphics "IRIS InSight" system, a system for viewing on-line documentation using Standard Generalized Markup Language. Notes that SGML's explicit encoding of structure and separation of structure and presentation make possible structure-based search, alternative structural views of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Database Design, Information Processing, Online Systems