XML for e‐journal archiving

What is it about?

This article examines how XML is used in publishing electronic journals and the problems of using archiving online only publications by institutional journal subscribers. The results are presented of a study of this problem undertaken by the Harvard University Library as part of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s E-journal Archiving Project.

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Why is it important?

This article explains the foundation of research done prior to the development of the NLM, JATS, BITS, and STS DTDs. JATS and STS are now ANSI/NISO standards. For anyone who wants to understand the background and history of these standards, this article is important reading.