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XML and Early English Manuscripts: Extensible Medieval Literature
Author(s) -
Powell Kathryn
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
literature compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.158
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 1741-4113
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-4113.2004.00061.x
Subject(s) - sgml , markup language , xml , computer science , ruleml , document type definition , xhtml , world wide web , document structure description , linguistics , programming language , philosophy
This article is intended to introduce literary scholars to the use of markup languages in general and the Extensible Markup Language (XML) in particular in the creation of electronic texts based on early English manuscripts. It is not a how‐to, but primarily a survey of recent work. It notes the limitations of some popular markup languages, such as Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), in terms of storing, reproducing and disseminating information about medieval manuscripts, and explains ways in which XML could be used to overcome some of these limitations. It also describes the use of XML in a research project based at the University of Manchester's Centre for Anglo‐Saxon Studies.