Benefits of Our XML Publishing Infrastructure

Our XML publishing infrastructure gives users the ability to:

• configure book display and branding by collection
• show or hide the table of contents in a frame next to any book section
• choose from several "large print" versions
• search an individual book or across a collection or set of collections; further ability to follow the search down into a specific book, with term highlighting
• control access based on IP address ranges

This infrastructure can be used to build federated collections of high-quality online books, which would:

• offer a "critical mass" of scholarly content that is more likely to generate exposure
• introduce possibilities for increased and more effective user services:
  • unified searching as well as searching by publisher
  • unified browsing as well as browsing by publisher
  • any solution created for one press can be applied to the books of other presses (e.g., alternative formats such as Adobe Acrobat or e-book reader formats)
• make more effective use of infrastructure — we have developed a robust set of tools and services for serving books in XML and now can leverage our investment
• create an environment conducive to building industrial strength preservation services