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The broad currently accepted definition of electronic publishing encompasses also yellow-page services on the web. Together with their equivalent on paper, they are an example of diversified publishing. Some of these include validation and authentication steps which are sine qua non requirements for a service worthy of its name. We briefly describe here such a service with its outstanding features and procedures. We also discuss the maintenance processes and illustrate how constraints at the level of the distribution can downgrade an otherwise rich compilation of information.
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Heck, A. (1997). Electronic Yellow-Page Services: The Star*s Family as an Example of Diversified Publishing. In: Heck, A. (eds) Electronic Publishing for Physics and Astronomy. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 224. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0055-4_17
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