Machine Recording of Textual Information During the Publication of Scientific Journals

摘要

A program of research was undertaken to develop publishing and computer processing techniques for recording textual data in machine form at the time of primary journal publication. The purpose of recording journal data in machine form is so that it can be processed with the aid of machines to form secondary products, such as indexes and abstract journals. The approach to this objective consisted of two steps. The first, and most important, step of the project was the development of a system for recording journal articles so that text items were identified according to their functional end use. Next, transformation procedures were developed to convert the recorded data to the forms of the primary journal, indexes, abstract publications, and a data file. (Author)