Re: Images for an etext

). I'd like to include the illustrations in the xml
version I produce - I have a scanner and can produce suitable files - so I'd
appreciate a quick rundown on exactly how to do this (or a reference to an
existing xml markup where it's been done).

I don't think there are any examples yet:>).

Use the graphic,

<graphic desc="picture from through the looking glass"
href="alicepict.png"/>

or the blockgraphic element.

<blockgraphic>
<title>humpty Dumpty</title>
<graphic desc="picture from through the looking glass"
href="alicepict.png"/>
<caption>The kings horses try to put Humpty together again</caption>
</blockgraphic>

> Query 3a:
> Is the .png format likely to be best for these pen-and-ink illustrations,
or
> would .gif files, which can contain only 2-bit color information (all that
> is needed here) be a better choice in this case?

The reason 'png' or 'jpeg' is suggest is that they are in the public domain.
As you may know there are some copyright/patent issues surounding gif's.
Some lawyers are actually trying to collect royalties!!

frank

----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Parker <RobParker(at)access.net.au>
To: Gutenberg list <hwg-gutenberg(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 4:57 AM
Subject: Images for an etext


> I'm currently marking up "Through the Looking Glass", and I'm using an old
> "dead-tree" copy, and a more recent annotated copy ("The Annotated Alice",
> by Martin Gardner), to help me figure out what's what.
>
> Query 3:
> Both hard copies I have contain a number (according to the older book, 50)
> of illustrations by John Tenniel. The
> http://www.hwg.org/HWG/opcenter/Gutenburg/markup1a.html page says: "Most
of
> the e-texts will not have illustrations. If you wish to add an
illustration
> from the original text then you can, but great care must be taken that it
is
> from the original text, and not added in some recent addition. We would
> suggest the use of the '.png' format for illustrations."
>
> I'm as certain as I can be that Tenniel's illustrations were in the
original
> edition (and presumably also in the Millenium Fulcrum 1.7 edition, which
is
> what the etext says it is). I'd like to include the illustrations in the
xml
> version I produce - I have a scanner and can produce suitable files - so
I'd
> appreciate a quick rundown on exactly how to do this (or a reference to an
> existing xml markup where it's been done).
>
> Query 3a:
> Is the .png format likely to be best for these pen-and-ink illustrations,
or
> would .gif files, which can contain only 2-bit color information (all that
> is needed here) be a better choice in this case?
>
> Rob
>
>

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