Name
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International standard or profile
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European standard or profile
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Other specification
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Description
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Structured Text/Document Interchange Standards (continued) |
SPDL
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ISO/IEC 10180: 1995
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Abbreviation for Standard Page Description Language. SPDL has its origins in the desire to provide a complete set of standard interchange languages for all stages of the traditional publishing process. SGML provides the language used in interchange at the authoring and editorial stages. DSSSL provides the language for specifying to the typesetter (formatter) how the document is to be composed and presented. SPDL provides the language that enables the style and layout decisions of the formatter to be realised on a variety of imaging surfaces (screen, paper, film, etc).
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Standard DTD
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ISO/IEC 12083
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Short for Document Type Definition, a type of file associated with SGML and XML documents that defines how the markup tags should be interpreted by the application presenting the document.
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TCP/IP
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IETF RFC 791 / 793 / 1883
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Abbreviation for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. TCP/IP is intended for use as a highly reliable host-to-host protocol between host in packet-switched computer communication networks, and in interconnected system of such networks.
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TEI
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Sponsored by the Association for Computers and the Humanities
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Short for Text Encoding Initiative. A major international initiative within the academic community to provide a standard set of SGML tag definitions that can be used to represent all kinds of electronic information.
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Name
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International standard or profile
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European standard or profile
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Other specification
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Description
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Structured Text/Document Interchange Standards (continued) |
UN/EDIFACT
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ISO/IEC 9735: 1998
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EN 29735
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Short for United Nations Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport. UN/EDIFACT is a set of internationally agreed standards, directories and guidelines for electronic interchange of structured data between computerised information systems.
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XML
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In draft with W3C and IETF
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Short for eXtensible Markup Language, a new specification being developed by the W3C. XML is a pared-down version of SGML, designed especially for Web documents. Whether XML eventually supplants HTML as the standard Web formatting specification depends a lot on whether it is supported by future Web browsers. XML supports links that point to multiple documents, as opposed to HTML links, which can reference just one destination each.
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Archival Description/Information Retrieval |
EAD
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Maintained in the Network Development and MARC Standards Office of the Library of Congress in partnership with the Society of American Archivists
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Short for Encoded Archival Description. These standards define principles and criteria for designing, developing, and maintaining an encoding scheme for archive and library finding aids. The standard accommodates registers and inventories of any length describing the full range of archival holdings, including textual and electronic documents, visual materials and sound recordings.
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