The Text in the Machine: Electronic Texts in the Humanities

Contents Preface * Acknowledgments * Chapter 1. Markup Systems for Electronic Texts * What Is Markup? * Markup-Free Texts? * Descriptive Markup Systems * Further Reading * Web Sites * Chapter 2. Creating an Electronic Text * Keying the Text * Reusing an Existing Text * Scanning the Text * Further Reading * Web Sites * Chapter 3. Delivery Mechanisms for Electronic Texts * Transmission Media * Software * Further Reading * Web Sites * Chapter 4. Organizing Access to Electronic Texts * The Individual Scholar As Publisher * Institutional Approaches to Publishing * Generic Issues: Metadata and Preservation * Further Reading * Web Sites * Chapter 5. Structures, Architectures, and Editions * Structure and Architecture * Types of Editions * Further Reading * Web Sites * Conclusion * Bibliography * Index * Reference Notes Included