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profiles
The Guides are supplemented by profiles
that offer background information (eg about the shape of
past communications revolutions) or consider particular
companies and issues in more detail.
Currently available
Profiles are:
Revolutions
The Revolutions profile
considers past communications revolutions, examining
economic and technology studies, histories and other
writing.
e-Business Books
The ebiz profile comments
on the best and worst of writing about the dot com
business: primers, case studies, memoirs, biographies.
News
There's a multi-page profile on internet news
sources.
Print
As background to the electronic publishing guide the Print
profile considers printing: publishing, typography,
illustration, readership, retailing, the book in the
digital era.
Media
The Media groups
profile offers a map of major media groups, particularly
those with a substantial Australian presence, as an aid in
understanding electronic publishing and the new economy.
The Web
The Web profile discusses the
evolution of the web, past and future. It points to
resources for the web's history, biographies and studies
of companies and institutions.
ICANN Wars
The ICANN profile supplies
an introduction to the operation of ICANN, the most
contentious agency for governance of the net.
Metadata
A brief introduction to the mysteries of metadata,
the information used to identify documents on the web.
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