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XML for Ancients

Posted by michael on from the still-pumped-from-using-the-chisel dept.

Andrew writes: "More than 5,000 years ago, the very first information revolution occurred when some unknown research team in Mesopotamia found a way to download and store language through a killer application called "writing.". The cuneiform digital library will have 60,000 texts ready in a couple of years. Using SVG and XML to represent their documents. Similar efforts are underway for hieroglyphics."

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  1. Is access going to be free? by A+Commentor · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Site appears to be slash-dotted already...

    So.. Are these 5000 year old documents going to be freely available or will the database of texts be copyrighted/restricted?

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    1. Re:Is access going to be free? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      If you are behind a proxy server you might see the site even if it is already down. Even if you haven't set it up in your browser there are ways an ISP can setup a proxy so that it is completely transparent to the users.

  2. all bound for mu-mu land by rfsayre · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "justified.dtd" >

    The cuneiforms are justified and ancient.
    and well formed.

    XML is gonna rock you.