AUTHOR GUIDELINES
January 14, 2001. Subject to revision.
Topics covered in these guidelines:
Introduction
Oideion - Performing Arts Online seeks scholarly submissions in
performing arts (music, verbal art, dance and theatre) that take
advantage of the multimedia capabilities of the World Wide Web,
that is, use audio, graphics, or video and preferably integrate text and multimedia. Text-only manuscripts will be considered inappropriate. Although the journal is hosted by
the International Institute
for Asian Studies, contributions need not be restricted to
Asia.
Authors are expected to clear all issues of copyright prior to submitting the article and to submit a detailed statement about all copyright issues with the article.
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Oideion manuscript format
A Web article may be conceived in many different ways, for instance as one text arranged in sections and illustrated with images, audio and video examples; or as non-sequential or multiply-branching texts dealing with different aspects of the chosen topic. It can simulate a conference presentation. Include audio, graphics, or video illustrations as in a conference paper.
Web articles need not be limited to the conference presentation model. Hypertext links (non-sequential or multiply-branching texts) free the author to experiment with non-linear and user-directed pages.
Music &
Antropology and Ethnomusicology Online
offer other examples of multimedia Web style.
Manuscripts should be submitted in text-only, WP 5.1 - 7.0 or MS Word format.
Manuscripts submitted in text-only format should clearly show the location and content of multimedia illustrations.
Multimedia files should be submitted with the manuscript whenever possible.
Shorter articles should be contained in a single file with links from a table of contents to individual sections. Longer articles should be divided into smaller files and linked by an opening page. The size of inline graphics files should be kept small. Larger graphics, audio, and video files can be accessed through links in the main text and displayed by auxiliary programs.
Provide a brief description in the text of what each multimedia example is meant to illustrate.
Links to other Web documents can be included. As more scholarly publications become available on the Web, authors can offer readers the choice of a citation, a quotation, or a link to the complete article.
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Multimedia and Technical Support
Graphics
A Web document may include inline graphics (of small size), which the Web browser program normally displays, and external graphics, which auxiliary applications display. External graphics can be linked to an optional thumbnail inline graphic (100x100 pixels) in the text. Graphics should use .gif or .jpeg format. Graphics in Macintosh's PICT can be converted to .gif
Audio
Audio files should be in .wav, .au or .mpeg format. They should be monaural, 16-bit, 11 kHz frequency, about ten to twenty seconds. Larger files may be negotiated with the editors.
Video
Video files should be preferably in MPEG or Quicktime format (160x120 pixels, 15 frames-per-second). Size possibly contained in 2 MB. Larger files may be negotiated with the editors.
If local help is not available, the editors can assist authors with preparing multimedia files.
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Submissions
Authors should send an their article including an abstract and the number and types of multimedia illustrations, to Oideion editor Wim van Zanten in one of the following ways:
Accepted submissions will be prepared in HTML format by the editors, or if necessary by the author and editors in collaboration, and published on the Web.
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