Purpose of the Archimedes Bundle Conventions

An Archimedes bundle is a collection of one or more source texts and related objects from the Archimedes Project Repository, arranged according to the conventions specified in this document. Grouping repository objects into bundles provides a convenient, meaningful association of objects for upload to and download from the repository. In addition, Arboreal implements certain default behaviors that simplify working with primary texts in bundles:

1. The bundle structure enables the Archimedes DTD and essential related files to be stored separately from the primary text files and to be referenced automatically by Arboreal and any XML-compliant software.

2. When a primary text in an Archimedes bundle is loaded, Arboreal automatically loads the main catalog file in the bundle.

3. Morphology files in an Archimedes bundle are automatically loaded as needed.

4. The bundle structure allows Arboreal to find large page images and thumbnail figures automatically.