AN OVERVIEW OF ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING

Abstract

Provides a definition on electronic publishing, as well as the various componentsincluding the necessary infrastructure, the technology required, the productionprocesses and the means of distribution. Some brief accounts of exemplary models of electronic publishing are given and discussed. The main issues and problems which may be encountered when migrating from print to electronic publishing are also addressed. These include SGML or HTML marking-up of archive. Indicatetransactions data received by the Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, a prototype electronic journal.