Scholarly electronic text and image service
Encyclopedia
The Scholarly Electronic Text and Image Service (SETIS) is a digital library
platform established by the University of Sydney Library
in 1996. SETIS has since created the largest XML
-based and TEI
-encoded digital collection of Australian studies
texts. SETIS provides and manages the full-text collections for AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource
.
In 2006 SETIS was renamed the Sydney Electronic Text and Image Service to coincide with the founding of the University of Sydney
Library's Sydney eScholarship initiative
.
Digital library
A digital library is a library in which collections are stored in digital formats and accessible by computers. The digital content may be stored locally, or accessed remotely via computer networks...
platform established by the University of Sydney Library
University of Sydney Library
The University of Sydney Library is the library system of the University of Sydney. According to its publications, it is the largest academic library in the southern hemisphere, with a print collection of over 5.1 million items . It is composed of twelve libraries across eight campuses of the...
in 1996. SETIS has since created the largest XML
XML
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
-based and TEI
Text Encoding Initiative
The Text Encoding Initiative is a text-centric community of practice in the academic field of digital humanities. The community runs a mailing list, meetings and conference series, and maintains a technical standard, a wiki and a toolset....
-encoded digital collection of Australian studies
Australian studies
-Subfields:*Australian Aboriginals *Australian languages*History of Australia*Australian literature*Politics of Australia*Economy of Australia*Culture of Australia-Institutions:...
texts. SETIS provides and manages the full-text collections for AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource
AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource
AustLit: The Australian Literature ResourceAustLit is an internet-based collaboration between researchers and librarians from Australian universities designed to comprehensively record the history of Australian literary and story making cultures...
.
In 2006 SETIS was renamed the Sydney Electronic Text and Image Service to coincide with the founding of the University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
Library's Sydney eScholarship initiative
Sydney escholarship
Sydney eScholarship is an innovative set of services provided by the University of Sydney Library to the University of Sydney that integrates the management and curation of digital content with new forms of access and scholarly publication....
.