College catalogues

[Bigwood, David]

Cal,

Just a thought.  College catalogs, as a rule, contain similar
information in a fairly standard format.  It would seem to me to be a
good candidate for a DTD in SGML and XML.  That would help in resource
discovery and reduce the work being done at each institution.  Something
like the EAD for archival materials.  Links could then be provided in a
hierarchy structure, from indexes, and the structure of the document.

Sincerely,
David Bigwood
bigwood at lpi.jsc.nasa.gov
Lunar & Planetary Institute

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>At 12:09 PM 3/18/99 -0800, Calvin Boyer wrote:
>>Does the contractual characteristic of the college catalog somehow
>>interfere with adding links and cross links throughout the text?  Unlike
>>the foremost commercially-published electronic subject monographs, most
>>college catalogues have yet to exploit aggressively such linking
>>opportunities.  Yet the number of times the average undergraduate needs
>>to consult the college catalog would seem sufficient reason for such
>>full exploitation using these electronic capabilities.
>>
>>Are there examples of college catalogs which have pushed the envelope as
>>far as some of the electronic monographs?
>>
>>
>>
>>Cal
>>
>>Calvin Boyer
>>
>>http://web.lwc.edu/administrative/library/boyer.htm
>>
>>Longwood College Library
>>Farmville, VA 23909
>>(804) 395-2083
>>