[Corpora-List] Question

[Barry Morley]

>>   I would like to ask you a question: is it possible
>> to convert a plain document (written in the word
>> processor 'word') into a XML one??

> If "plain" means ASCII-text with linefeeds, you can
> simply write a perl script like
>
> while(<>) {
>   chomp;
>   print "\<line>";
>   print $_;
>   print "\</line>\n";
> }

For future automated studies, try using the Dublin Core Metadata Schema (See
http://dublincore.org for the standard) in such a Perl script.

Barry

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Barry Morley
Research and Development Unit for English Studies
University of Liverpool
L69 3BX