A Summer 1997 Institute at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton

Pre-Course Reading for
Introduction to Electronic Texts and Images
August 17 - 22, 1997

David Seaman, University of Virginia


Sponsored by the University of New Brunswick Library's Electronic Text Centre

    Document Markup: Text Encoding Initiative & HyperText Markup Language

  1. A Gentle Introduction to SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) -- Part I.2 of 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.

  2. Seaman, David. Electronic Text Center Introduction to TEI and Guide to Document Preparation. Charlottesville, 1994-6. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/tei/uvatei.html

  3. The new HTML standard: Introducing HTML 3.2.. http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/MarkUp/Wilbur/

    Dave Raggett. HTML 3.2 Reference Specification: W3C Recommendation 14-Jan-1997. http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/TR/REC-html32.html

    Text and Image Scanning

  4. Besser, Howard, and Jennifer Trant. Introduction to Imaging: Issues in constructing an image database. Getty, 1996. http://www.ahip.getty.edu/intro_imaging/home.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

And if time allows
  1. Musciano, Chuck, and Bill Kennedy. HTML: the Definitive Guide. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly, 1996. This should be easy to find in a good-sized bookshop. Online ordering information is available at http://www.ora.com/ A free preview can be found at http://www.ora.com/info/html/
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