Encoded Archival Description and Text Encoding Initiative

South Africa Workshop

Workshop Bibliography


July 2000




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Note: If you have limited time, the essential reading is marked with an asterisk. Articles should be read; reference materials browsed in order to familiarize yourself with them.


I. SGML, XML, and Text Markup

SGML/XML Homepage

Steve Pepper's Whirlwind Guide to SGML Software

World Wide Web Consortium XML Homepage

MicroSoft XML Homepage

*A Gentle Introduction to SGML / edited by C. M. Sperberg-McQueen and Lou Burnard

*Overview of Standard Generalized Markup Language / Daniel V. Pitti

Elliotte Rusty Harold, "Chapter 14 of the XML Bible: XSL Transformations."

II. Scanning and Digital Imaging

Page Images of Text and OCR

*Electronic Text Center: Text Scanning: A Basic Helpsheet

Electronic Text Center: Optical Character Recognition: Some Sample Scans

Pictorial Images

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

*Electronic Text Center: Image Scanning: A Basic Helpsheet

Getting the Picture: Observations from the Library of Congress on Providing Online Access to Pictorial Images

Illustrated Book Study: Digital Conversion Requirements Printed Illustrations / Library of Congress

III. Encoded Archival Description

Articles and Reference Materials

American Archivists (Chicago: Society of American Archivists), vol. 60, nos. 3-4. Two issues devoted to EAD.

EAD design principles

*Encoded Archival Description: Introduction and Overview / Daniel Pitti DLIB Magazine, November 1999

*EAD Tag Library, Version 1.0 (Chicago: Society of American Archivists and Library of Congress, 1998)

*EAD Application Guidelines, Version 1.0 (Chicago: Society of American Archivists and Library of Congress, 1999)

*EAD Retrospective Conversion Guidelines (University of California, Berkeley)

Internet Sites

*Library of Congress EAD Homepage

The Library of Congress is the official maintenance agency for EAD.

EAD Listserv

To subscribe, send a one-line message to: LISTSERV@LOC.GOV

Containing the text: SUBSCRIBE EAD YourName

Once subscribed, submit messages to EAD@LOC.GOV

*SAA EAD Roundtable

A lot of useful material and links to implementations sites and contacts.

III Text Encoding Initiative Articles and Reference Sources

Articles and Reference Materials

*TEI Lite: An Introduction to Text Encoding for Interchange

TEI Guidelines for Electronic Text Encoding and Interchange (P3)

The Electronic Text Center Introduction to TEI and Guide to Document Preparation

Internet Sites

Text Encoding Initiative Homepage

TEI Listserv

To subscribe, send a one-line message to: listserv@brown.edu

Containing the text: SUBSCRIBE TEI-L YourName

Once subscribed, submit messages to TEI-L@listserv.brown.edu

The Pizza Chef: a TEI Tag Set Selector

Form driven program to derive different versions of the TEI. Guidelines for deriving different versions of TEI and conformance guidelines will be found in the TEI Guidelines for Electronic Text Encoding and Interchange (P3)