News
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Stockholm ALTO Board meeting agenda
2009-08-11
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ALTO Editorial Board established
2009-08-11
Schema
- Version 2.0 (current release version)
- Version 1.4 (previously hosted by CCS)
- Version 1.1.041 (previously hosted by LC NDNP)
Listserv
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- XML Schemas
- Version 2.0 (official)
- The Library of Congress now serves as the official mainteance agency for ALTO versions 2.0 and higher. The current 2.0 version of the schema entirely implements the previous 1.4 version of the schema with two exceptions: the addition of a loc.gov namespace URI, and an updated URI import reference for the inclusion of XLink functionality.
- Versions prior to 1.4 were maintained and hosted by CCS Content Conversion Specialists .
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Library of Congress XLink Schema
- The standard XLink Schema used in all applicable Library of Congress XML Schemas. The XLink Schema is imported into the ALTO 2.0 schema by default.
- Technical Center
ALTO (Analyzed Layout and Text Object) is a XML Schema that details technical metadata for describing the layout and content of physical text resources, such as pages of a book or a newspaper. It most commonly serves as an extension schema used within the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Schema (METS) administrative metadata section. However, ALTO instances can also exist as a standalone document used independently of METS.
