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The Technologies Which Underpin Electronic Publishing

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Electronic Publishing for Physics and Astronomy

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library ((ASSL,volume 224))

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Astronomy as a discipline is essentially online and digital. It thus offers an ideal framework for the examination of current trends in electronic publishing. Electronic publishing is driven on the winds of various underlying technologies. We look at a number of these, focusing on information access and retrieval.

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  1. Faculty of Informatics, Magee College, University of Ulster, Londonderry, BT48 7JL, Northern Ireland

    F. D. Murtagh

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    André Heck

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Murtagh, F.D. (1997). The Technologies Which Underpin Electronic Publishing. In: Heck, A. (eds) Electronic Publishing for Physics and Astronomy. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 224. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0055-4_4

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