Date: Sat, 26 Nov 1994 12:59:19 CST Sender: Public-Access Computer Systems Publications From: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum Subject: The Public-Access Computer Systems Review 5, No. 7 (1994) + Page 1 + ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Public-Access Computer Systems Review Volume 5, Number 7 (1994) ISSN 1048-6542 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Files are available from the University of Houston Libraries' Gopher server: info.lib.uh.edu, port 70. Or, to retrieve an article file as an e-mail message, send the GET command given after the article information to listserv@uhupvm1.uh.edu. CONTENTS COMMUNICATIONS A Gateway Between the World-Wide Web and PAT: Exploiting SGML Through the Web By John Price-Wilkin (pp. 5-27) URL: gopher://info.lib.uh.edu:70/00/articles/ e-journals/uhlibrary/pacsreview/v5/n7/pricewil.5n7 E-mail: GET PRICEWIL PRV5N7 F=MAIL This technical paper discusses how the World-Wide Web can be linked to the PAT system, Open Text's search engine that supports access to SGML-encoded documents. This Web-to-PAT Gateway utilizes the Web's Common Gateway Interface (CGI) capability and SGML-to-HTML filter programs. After briefly overviewing key technical concepts, the paper explains the operation of the Web-to-PAT Gateway, using several examples of how it is employed at the University of Virginia Libraries, including access to text files such as a Middle English collection, the Oxford English Dictionary, and the Text Encoding Initiative's Guidelines for Electronic Text Encoding and Interchange. COLUMNS Casting the Net A User's-eye View of the OPAC By Priscilla Caplan (pp. 28-33) URL: gopher://info.lib.uh.edu:70/00/articles/ e-journals/uhlibrary/pacsreview/v5/n7/caplan.5n7 E-mail: GET CAPLAN PRV5N7 F=MAIL + Page 2 + ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Public-Access Computer Systems Review ----------------------------------------------------------------- Editor-in-Chief Charles W. Bailey, Jr. University Libraries University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-2091 (713) 743-9804 Internet: cbailey@uh.edu Associate Editors Columns: Leslie Pearse, OCLC Communications: Dana Rooks, University of Houston Editorial Board Ralph Alberico, University of Texas, Austin George H. Brett II, Clearinghouse for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval Priscilla Caplan, University of Chicago Steve Cisler, Apple Computer, Inc. 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