Storage, retrieval, and rendering

Rahtz, S

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Storage, retrieval, and rendering

Abstract:

Making a electronic text is sometimes regarded as an end in itself. We spend much time making decisions on what to encode, and how to formalize it, and then invest huge effort in creating electronic files representing our text. Publishing the result in some way was until recently rather hard; the amount of information encoded in a full-scale TEI text is difficult to represent in print, and we lacked easy systems to give readers access to the work. The universality of the web changes everything; we now have a rich-featured target environment in which to present text. However, print presentation remains important, and we nearly always need to rearrange texts to publish them. In this chapter, therefore, we look at:

transformations of encoded texts
converting TEI XML files for the web
preparing TEI XML files for print
database systems suitable for storing encoded text
managing collections of text

In general, generic solutions using open standards are described, usually with open source implementations.

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APA Style

Rahtz, S. (2006). Storage, retrieval, and rendering. In L. Burnard, K. O'Brien O'Keeffe, & J. Unsworth (Eds.), Electronic textual editing. Modern Language Association of America.

MLA Style

Rahtz, S. “Storage, Retrieval, and Rendering.” Electronic Textual Editing, edited by L Burnard et al., Modern Language Association of America, 2006.

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Rahtz, S. 2006. “Storage, Retrieval, and Rendering.” In Electronic Textual Editing, edited by L Burnard, K O'Brien O'Keeffe, and J Unsworth. Modern Language Association of America.
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