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Getting a Handle on Exhibition Catalogues - the Project CHIO DTD

TitleGetting a Handle on Exhibition Catalogues - the Project CHIO DTD
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication1995
AuthorsLight, R.
Secondary TitleMultimedia Computing and Museums: Selected Papers from the Third International Conference on Hypermedia and Interactivity in Museums (ICHIM'95 / MCN '95), Volume 1
PublisherArchives & Museum Informatics
Place PublishedSan Diego, California
EditorBearman, D.
Keywordsdocument type definitions (DTDs), DTD, exhibition catalogues, genre, museum; documentation, SGML, structured text
Abstract

This paper describes work being carried out by CIMI (the Consortium for Interchange of Museum Information) on the analysis of exhibition catalogues. This is being undertaken as part of Project CHIO (Cultural Heritage Information Online). The project plans to use the SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) standard to express the structure and content of source materials, including exhibition catalogues. The analysis that was undertaken led to a particular view on how exhibition catalogues (and by extension, any text-based museum information sources) could be marked up to support retrieval of extracts relevant to a wide range of queries. The process of analysis is described, and the resulting design decisions outlined. The paper concludes with an assessment of the possibilities for information retrieval offered by this approach.
URLhttp://www.archimuse.com/publishing/ichim95_vol1/light.pdf
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