Electronic Texts

David Seaman
May 2001

Document Markup: Text Encoding Initiative & Extensible Markup Language

• Sperberg-McQueen, C. M., and Lou Burnard, eds., Guidelines for Electronic Text Encoding and Interchange. Oxford: TEI, 1994. Available on the web at:
  http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/standards/tei/, as part of the Etext Center's About SGML page.
  
  Read A Gentle Introduction to SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) -- Part I.2 of the TEI Guidelines -- and About TEI: The Text Encoding Initiative -- Part I.1 of the TEI Guidelines.
  
  
• Seaman, David. Electronic Text Center Introduction to TEI and Guide to Document Preparation. Charlottesville, 1994-99. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/standards/tei/uvatei.html
  
  
• Seaman, David. XML for fun and profit. Charlottesville, 1998-2000. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/services/helpsheets/xml-sgml/xml-basic.html
  
  
• http://www.xml.com/
  
  
• http://www.w3.org/XML/
  
  
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/

Text and Image Scanning

• Besser, Howard, and Jennifer Trant. Introduction to Imaging: Issues in constructing an image database. Getty, 1996. http://www.getty.edu/research/institute/standards/introimages/index.html Also available in print from Getty Trust Publications. Phone: 1-800-223-3431.
  
  
• The following Etext Center helpsheets, all at http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/services/helpsheets/
  
  
• Text Scanning (Optical Character Recognition): A Basic Helpsheet
• Image Scanning: A Basic Helpsheet
• Special Collections Digital Image Creation

Encoded Archival Descriptions

• EAD Official Web Site: http://lcweb.loc.gov/ead/

Selected Ebooks

• Adobe ebook reader: http://www.adobe.com/epaper/ebooks/main.html [PDF-based]
• Microsoft Reader: http://www.microsoft.com/reader/ [XML-based]
• For MS Reader, see also PocketPC: http://www.microsoft.com/pocketpc/ and http://www.overdrive.com
• RocketBook: http://www.ebook-gemstar.com/
• TK3: http://www.nightkitchen.com/