The 1997 AARE Conference Papers Collection is presented in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) to allow better utilisation of the internet's power as a medium of communication. This means that figures and tables can be presented in a more user friendly way. Having all papers in HTML among other things means that the document set is key word searchable world wide.
One of the processes used to allow us to present your papers in HTML is 'document to HTML conversion routine'. One of the drawbacks of this process is that when converting a less popular word processor format of document into HTML, the appearance of the document can be changed and - or corrupted, including text omissions. This can be likened to a translation from spoken English into sign language. While the main body of the conversation is still received, the finer points can sometimes be lost or distorted.
The result is that some of the documents received by AARE Office on disk or by email, did not process into HTML correctly and hence are not included in the 1997 Collection. In some cases documents were received in a corrupt form, or in a little supported format. If you find a paper that does not have full content, or errors, please e-mail the author of that paper. Most presenters have included their e-mail addresses in the paper, and some are 'hot linked' to the internet, but in the cases where an e-mail address has not been included, readers may write by e-mail to the AARE office requesting the address of the presenter in question. The AARE e-mail address is:
100355,2247@compuserve.com
In 1998 all presenters are being requested to supply AARE Office with HTML copies of their papers with all tables and figures included or referenced with a URL to a server computer where the graphic is located.