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Preserving Written Treasures for the Ages via Digital Makeover - Global Challenges. Dennis McCafferty | Date: 09-28-10 | 0 Comments Print PDF Global Challenges When it comes to books, "the classics" are part of what makes Europe's history so rich in culture. Unfortunately, due to fire, water damage and/or simply the passage of time, many great works are in various states of decay. But IBM and the European Union are now deploying a series of innovative technology and collaboration efforts to ensure these treasures are digitally preserved forever. in Share 0 The book "Magic: Principles of Higher Knowledge" has maintained a following for centuries now because author Karl Von Eckartshausen conveyed such a profound sense of spiritual insight within the book's pages. The original copy was damaged by fire and water in 1943, and has remained that way for decades.

The new collaborative project seeks to digitally preserve rare and culturally significant texts. Freegal Music : Your New Music Library : Home. World Public Library Association. Groupe. Home Page. NetGalley : NetGalley. New 3D books tell truly tall tales | Video | Reuters.com. Jouve - Jouve. Inkling - Interactive textbooks for iPad. Six Voices. ECTACO - Electronic Dictionary, Handheld Electronic Dictionaries, Electronic Translator, Translation Software, Ebook Reader. Safari Books Online - Home. Book-brainstorming. Introduction Given analysis and research done on book-examples and book-formats, this page documents various thoughts and strawman proposals for a book microformat. Many of the class names proposes are suitable for other forms of extended prose, such as articles and longer notes. Table of Contents Background HTML is a general-purpose markup language used for electronic documents, mostly for onscreen reading.

Some content, however, is more suitable for other kinds of presentation and being able to reuse the same content for different media types has been a design goal of HTML and CSS. It has been shown possible to use HTML as a format for book publishing. The main motivation for developing a microformat for book is to encourage reuse of content for different media types. The scope of the term "book" has no clear limits when applied to texts made public on the Internet.

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