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 ALTO XML schema

This repository contains ALTO schema versions - drafts and final released ones.

In the issues, all open issues and former discussions about changes to the ALTO standard can be found and tracked.

Latest official schema version: Version 4.0 Primary http://www.loc.gov/standards/alto/v4/alto-4-0.xsd Alternate https://cdn.rawgit.com/altoxml/schema/master/v4/alto-4-0.xsd

Summary of changes (details about changes and further documentation are in the repository "Documentation")

• This schema is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0 - "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" ).
• This agreement is given for all versions starting version 2.0 (since hosting by the Library of Congress).
• "The ALTO Editorial Board has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law with confirmation of the original creating authors, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. For the full text see "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode".
• Originally created during the EU-funded Project METAe, the Metadata Engine Project (2001 - 2003), by Alexander Egger (1), Birgit Stehno (2) and Gregor Retti (2), (1) University of Graz and (2) University of Innsbruck, Austria with contributions of Ralph Tiede, CCS GmbH, Germany."

Details about the changes of the version and further documentation can be found in the repository "Documentation"