Compression has been used typically to save disk space and bandwidth. However, from a decade ago, a new family of data structures allows applying compression to save space in main memory as well. The so-called self-indexes are an example of these new structures. They can store a text in space proportional to that of the compressed version of the same text, and at the same time, they allow searc...

Informatique et Egyptologie has tried to place itself in the forefront of encouraging developments in information technology (informatique, Informatik) into use in Egyptology. Issues which have been addressed, and which continue to be addressed, include databases, hieroglyphic word-processors, and the Internet. The stress over the past twenty years has very much been on encouraging developments...

Since 2001, the Scholarly Publishing Office (SPO), a division of the University of Michigan University Library, has published a broad range of scholarly literature in electronic and print form, extending the library’s commitment to the distribution of scholarship by experimenting with innovative methods for publishing to serve the needs of scholars, both at the University of Michigan and around...

France has a long tradition in the publication of mathematics. The very first “mathematics only” journal in the world, the Annales de Gergonne was published from 1810 to 1831 and several of the foremost current mathematical journals are published in France today. This paper will develop the original work of the “MathDoc” team to make accessible these and other journals, and more generally to pr...

Despite numerous advancements in information technology, electronic publishing is still based on the print text model. The natural language textual format prevents programs from semantically processing article content. A semantic model for scholarly electronic publishing is proposed, in which the article conclusion is specified by the author and recorded in a machineunderstandable format, enabl...

As the Human Genome Project (HGP) moves toward its successful completion, an increasing number of individuals are becoming interested in understanding this project and its results. Since the HGP has potentially significant ethical, legal, and social implications for all citizens, the number of individuals who do, or should wish to become familiar with the project is very high. In addition to it...

Suppose they gave a revolution and nobody came? We’re meant to be in the midst of a revolution in life sciences publishing but, for a revolution, it’s awfully quiet. For the moment at least, the ancien régime — in the form of traditional peer review and conventional commercial journals — seems to be winning. The latest fusillade came from Stanford University’s HighWire Press, which has just beg...

WHILECOMPUTERIZATION HAS AFFECTED many library operations, it has had relatively little impact on most humanities work other than to make library collections more accessible within libraries (e.g., the OPAC) and among libraries (interlibrary loan systems). However, recent advances in technology are much more likely to have an immediate impact on arts and humanities work and its relationship wit...