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Journal Article:
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ID no. (ISBN etc.): 1361-3200
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BibTeX citation key: hodgkin.56
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Hodgkin Adam (2001). « Reference books on the web ». Ariadne, n° 30.
Added by: Khatira Odin 2005-10-22 23:45:27 Last edited by: Laure Endrizzi 2005-10-22 23:45:27
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Abstract
Reference books have been ‘published’ on the web for some years. Several hundred dictionaries are freely available. Many specialist encyclopaedias and subject reference works have been converted to become experimental web services(1).This wave of reference publishing follows no concerted plan. There is no formal market for these services and perhaps there never was an expectation of profit. The early development of the web has been like this. Most of the notable achievements lacked a clear commercial motivation and this has led to the extraordinarily rich and varied choice that the web provides. But unfettered innovation has its downside. Although there are many good reference books on the web, the experimental and haphazard fashion in which they have been launched means that they are not as useful or as ‘findable’ as one might wish. The lack of system is particularly wasteful in the case of reference resources. The web could provide a more useful, reliable and consistent reference service. (...)
Added by: Laure Endrizzi
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