Session 1 (Feb. 8, 2001)
Introduction to codes and formats of East Asian electronic resources

General announcements regarding
    1. The objectives of ths course (open ended, discoursive)
    2. The Dates and scheduling, particularly in March
    1. The make-up of each workshop session (incl. last 30 min. as an exercise part)
    2. The PCs in this room

Code, Encodings and fonts

The differences

Active and passive modes

Markup languages (HTML, DHTML, HTMLS, XML, SGML etc.)

What is localization?

On browser behaviour

On System integration and native operating systems
Downloading fonts or software (zip-files etc.)
Printing files (off- or online)

Resources Types

Directories

Bibliographies

Dictionaries

Fulltext databases (with or without mark-up)

Important URLs to remember:
1. The East Asian Collection http://www.library.wisc.edu/guides/EastAsia/

Part 2: Exercises (note the mingliu font!)

  1. Search in Google for e-zines in Japanese
  2. Use Chinese to search in Google for the term wenxuan 文選
  3. Find an online dictionary for Buddhist religious terms (and consequently compare entries)
  4. Try to locate the telephone directory for Lhasa, Tibet (tibetonline.net)
  5. Does Napster include Chinese or Japanese pop songs?
  6. Determine the source encoding for the URL http://www.kyoto-be.ne.jp/joyou-jhs/judou.htm, and for the URL http://www.szeasy.com/
  7. Locate and maneuver within image databases related to (East) Asia (such as fotoasia.com etc.