A computer then compared the two files, which were then corrected manually. After this first correction, two different readers would compare the text against the original to check for mistakes.
中研院計算中心表示，該資料庫早期由人工校閱四至七次，後來改採新式電腦與人工混合校對﹘﹘文件先交由不同人員分別打字成二份原始電子檔，然後用電腦程式比對二份文件的不同處，進行人工修正，是為初校，然後再由專業人員進行二次人工校閱。