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17 Aug 13:
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Made changes to the underlying HTML code in preparation for
a major system upgrade that is expected by the end of 2013.
These changes should have no, or only small, effects on
the current user experience.
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10 Mar 03:
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Began modifying PDF image facsimile files so that the text has been
recognized, allowing readers to search for key words or phrases.
The first item to be converted to searchable format is
Darwin's The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication.
More PDF image facsimile files will be converted over time.
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10 Sep 00:
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The
Electronic Scholarly Publishing - Digital Books page
is modified, so that users may select whether to see the books list
sorted by author name, or by publication date, or by title. Users can
also determine whether the browse lists are displayed as simple
bibliographic lists, or as annotated bibliographies.
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3 Sep 00:
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The
Foundations of Classical Genetics - Browse page
is modified, so that users may select whether to see the browse list
sorted by author name, or by publication date, or by title. Users can
also determine whether the browse lists are displayed as simple
bibliographic lists, or as annotated bibliographies.
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24 Nov 99:
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The
Genetics in Context - A Comparative Timeline page
is modified, so that the information for each decade
loads as a separate document. This greatly reduces the
load time, and readership of the section rises abruptly.
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5 Sep 98:
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The first ESP facsimile PDF book is produced using
(nearly) completely automated means:
the first edition of Darwin's Origin of Species, making this
rare book available to anyone with a WWW browser.
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A new page is developed:
Genetics in Context - A Comparative Timeline,
This page gives the reader a listing of important events
in the history of genetics (and related sciences), while
also providing a chronology of events of general historical
and cultural significance.
The chronology offers links to related material, at the
ESP site and elsewhere.
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13 Aug 98:
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The
original ESP site at Johns Hopkins is officially
closed and all HTML and PDF documents on the site
are replaced with a MOVED notice, referring users to
the WWW.ESP.ORG site.
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1 Jul 98:
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Development begins on methods to automate the production
of facsimile PDF publications, so that original reprints
and even entire books can be brought rapidly on-line. Completion
of this work is anticipated by October 1998.
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10 Nov 97:
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Methods are developed to support the electronic
publication of documents, using Adobe PDF, that
are IMAGE FACSIMILES of the original first edition.
For example, ESP now offers a copy of
Mendel's original paper in facsimile format.
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25 Jun 97:
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A design is deployed to support the on-line publishing of
ENTIRE BOOKS in HTML format.
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1 May 97:
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ESP receives a grant from the US DOE Human Genome Project to
publish documents establishing the
Foundations of Classical
Genetics web site..
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6 Mar 97:
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A new look-and-feel is developed for the main ESP pages.
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15 Jul 96:
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Application submitted to the US DOE
Human Genome Project
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1 Jul 96:
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ESP.ORG domain name is obtained and a copy of the
original
Johns Hopkins ESP site is established at WWW.ESP.ORG
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