Using this list we hope to foster conversation and information exchange about issues relating to electronic texts, including access, transcription, quality control, copyright and other legal problems, document markup and annotation, teaching applications, and textual analysis. E-DOCS will sponsor reviews of websites and software, distribute information about new developments in the field, host workshops and encourage collaboration among content producers, organizers, and publishers.
Subscriptions are free, and open to all who are interested in electronic documents on the web.
Applicants fill out a short description of their document-related interests. The editors will read every submission, consolidate postings where appropriate, answer technical queries and will assist with subscription problems. While no relevant posting will be arbitrarily refused, the editor may return submissions to the sender for major corrections in grammar, spelling and formatting, or to suggest stylistic improvements and bibliographic citations. The editor will not alter the meaning of messages without the author's permission. The editors will not publish flames, personal attacks, irrelevant items, or items that should go directly to someone else rather than the whole list.