Although XML Document Type Definitions provide a mechanism for specifying, in machine-
readable form, the syntax of an XML markup language, there is no comparable mechanism …

This article presents the rationale and the proposal of a preliminary architecture of a formal
ontology of the Text Encoding Initiative markup language. The reasons to have a formal and …

Existing schema languages can lead to overdesign. They offer more choices than are
necessary for purely descriptive (as contrasted with prescriptive) situations. A potential …

By" identity conditions" we mean a method for determining whether an object x and an
object y are the same object. Identity conditions are arguably an essential feature of any …

The problem that “XML formally governs syntax only–not semantics” has been a serious
barrier for XML-based data integration and the extension of current Web to Semantic Web …

We examine the conceptual model of the “bibliographic universe” presented in IFLA's
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) and argue, applying ontology …

The lack of a standard formalism for expressing the semantics of an XML vocabulary is a
major obstacle to the development of high-function interoperable digital libraries. XML …

The BECHAMEL system is a knowledge representation and inference environment for
expressing and testing semantic rules and constraints for markup languages. Written in …

This thesis treats the sociotechnical notion of genre as a conflation of a communicative
situation and a community of practices involved in producing and using documents. It …

The ECHO DEPository project is a digital preservation research and development project
funded by the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) …