BOOKS AT VIRGINIA: Rare Book School 1999
Preliminary Reading List

Introduction to Electronic Texts (27 & 46)

Document Markup: Text Encoding Initiative & Extensible Markup Language

1. 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/TEI.html, 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.
   
   
2. Seaman, David. Electronic Text Center Introduction to TEI and Guide to Document Preparation. Charlottesville, 1994-99. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/tei/uvatei.html
   
   
3. XML: If you wish to purchase a print text to introduce XML, the following is a good suggestion:

   Web Publishing With Xml in Six Easy Steps
   Bryan Pfaffenberger / Paperback / Published 1998
   $34.95 at www.amazon.com
   
   It would also be profitable to peruse the following:
   
   

   XML: http://www.xml.com/
   
   

   XML: http://www.w3.org/XML/
   
   

   XML: http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/

   
   
   

   Text and Image Scanning

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