A key element of the success of the project
was the ability to manipulate directory content and use it in different
systems. Keyboarded directories were tagged for display as XML document
and manipulated to function a GIS environment. Before getting to the
specifics of tagging and punctuation, the team had to first define
what functionality a directory should have and how that would be replected
in the standards and procedures for data preparation as well as in
the back-end programming of the tools.
- A
guide to Boston city directories and their functionality in the
TDL (pdf)
- Outlines the functionality and the formation of Boston city directories
as TEI P4 XML text documents deliverable in the Tufts Digital Library
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