What the 'L? SGML, XML, HTML and the TEI
Electronic Text Technologies
- First Wave
- desktop publishing: formatting for paper; does not edit or
share easily
- word processing: easy editing, problematic sharing; focus on
formatting; goal is usually paper
- desktop publishing: formatting for paper; does not edit or
share easily
- Second Wave
- The Web and HTML: easy editing; easy sharing; goal is online
reading,
but can be printed; poor print formatting; good searching on content
- PDF: online texts with the focus on formatting, designed for paper
- The Web and HTML: easy editing; easy sharing; goal is online
reading,
but can be printed; poor print formatting; good searching on content
10 February 1998, Hope Greenberg, Computing and Information Technology, C. 1998 The University of Vermont