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Record Nr.

UNINA9910714153203321

Autore

Williamson R.

Titolo

Electronic publishing

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkshire, England : , : Pergamon Infotech Limited, , 1988

©1988

ISBN

1-4831-5076-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Collana

State of the Art Report ; ; 15:6

Altri autori (Persone)

RosenthalLynne

Disciplina

658.505

Soggetti

Electronic publishing

Electronic publishing - Great Britain

Document delivery

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Electronic Publishing: State of the Art Report; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Publisher's note; Part 1: Invited Papers; Chapter 1: Electronic scientific publishing; Introduction; Scientific typesetting; The DOCDEL Project; Looking to the future; Difficulties; Conclusions; Appendix; Chapter 2: Planning issues in text processing for electronic publishing; Introduction; The transition from text to data; Problem areas in text conversion; Transition to the neutral database approach; Author entry; Conclusion; Further reading; Sources of further information; SGML parsers

Chapter 3: Scientific Document Delivery System (SDDS)Introduction; SDDS functional description; Evaluation of the project choices; EasyTEX; Formulae retrieval; Conclusions; Chapter 4: Experiments in electronic publishing and document delivery: first findings of the EEC's DOCDEL programme; Introduction; Background; The DOCDEL experiment: first findings; Conclusions and follow-up to DOCDEL; Further reading; Chapter 5: DOCDEL P27 - the Invisible College Project; Project objectives; Strand operations; System set up; Evaluation; Future developments; Conclusion

Chapter 6: Electronic document transfer: document delivery within libraries and international on-line information systemsIntroduction to the concept of document delivery; The relationship between



information sources and document ordering; On-line ordering service of the host organisations: some examples; On-line ordering services of the library services: some examples; The document delivery centres; Some characteristics of the document delivery services as far as the user is concerned; Conclusions and trends; Chapter 7: Electronic journals in chemistry - a project in the DOCDEL programme

BackgroundElectronic publishing in chemistry; The DOCDEL programme; A new on-line service in 1987; Chapter 8: TRANSDOC - electronic document delivery programme; General description; The test; Conclusion; Chapter 9: The German Patent Database (PATDPA); Introduction; The purpose of text and graphics in patent information; On-line submission by the German Patent Database via STN International; Information/technical developments for the processing, storage, transfer and reproduction of text and graphics; Conclusion; Further reading; Appendix; Chapter 10: The Knowledge Warehouse; Why archive?

What goes into the archive?How will the archive be used?; Phase 1 project; Invited Paper references; Part 2: Analysis; Chapter 1. Introduction; The Information Chain; Chapter 2. Technology; Introduction; Hardware; Software; Communications; Standards; Hardware; Personal computers; Data capture; Optical storage; Technological trends in electronic publishing; Software; On-line access software; Off-line access software; Desktop publishing; Authoring software; Product building software; Implications for electronic publishing; Standards; Physical standards; Logical standards

Implications for electronic publishing

Sommario/riassunto

Electronic Publishing: State of the Art Report provides an overview of the state of knowledge in electronic publishing. This Report is organized into three parts: Invited Papers, Analysis, and Bibliography. The Invited Papers describe some of the problems of producing effective commercial versions of electronic document transfer systems, drawing on the experience of participants in the DOCDEL project funded by the Commission of the European Communities (CEC). These projects show many interesting and potentially important possibilities for commercial activity, in areas ranging from authoring sy