TEI by Example Module 2: The TEI Header Ron Van den Branden Edward Vanhoutte Melissa Terras Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing (ALLC) Centre for Data, Culture and Society, University of Edinburgh, UK Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH), University College London, UK Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH), King’s College London, UK Centre for Scholarly Editing and Document Studies (CTB) , Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature, Belgium
Centre for Scholarly Editing and Document Studies (CTB) Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature Koningstraat 18 9000 Gent Belgium
ctb@kantl.be Edward Vanhoutte Melissa Terras Centre for Scholarly Editing and Document Studies (CTB) , Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature, Belgium Centre for Scholarly Editing and Document Studies (CTB) , Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature, Belgium Gent
Centre for Scholarly Editing and Document Studies (CTB) Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature Koningstraat 18 9000 Gent Belgium

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9 July 2010 TEI by Example. Edward Vanhoutte editor Ron Van den Branden editor Melissa Terras editor

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TEI by Example offers a series of freely available online tutorials walking individuals through the different stages in marking up a document in TEI (Text Encoding Initiative). Besides a general introduction to text encoding, step-by-step tutorial modules provide example-based introductions to eight different aspects of electronic text markup for the humanities. Each tutorial module is accompanied with a dedicated examples section, illustrating actual TEI encoding practice with real-life examples. The theory of the tutorial modules can be tested in interactive tests and exercises.

 en-GB technical revision corrected significant typo (biblStruct for biblFull), removed ref around gi release corrected typos + examples creation
Desiderius Erasmus: Colloquia familiaria

This example features the TEI header for the transcription of Colloquia familiaria, a series of colloquia written by Desiderius Erasmus. They are encoded and made available by the Stoa Consortium, University of Kentucky.

This is an excellent example of a TEI header. The file description provides the minimal information sections about the title and responsibilities of the electronic text, its publication, and its source. Editorial principles are documented in encodingDesc, which also has a statement about sampling decisions in samplingDesc (see section 2.3.2 The Sampling Declaration of the TEI Guidelines). It also contains a formal declaration of a reference system, for which it makes use of refState elements (see section 2.3.5.3 Milestone Method of the TEI Guidelines). Two classification systems are declared in classDecl: Library of Congress Subject Headings and Library of Congress Classification. The next header section, profileDesc, contains the actual classification of the text according to both systems, in textClass. This is a nice illustration of two classification strategies: using natural language keywords (keywords) or abstract classification codes (classCode). Also, the languages of the text are formally declared in langUsage. Finally, a complete revision history is available in revisionDesc.

Colloquia familiaria Desiderius Erasmus Encoded by Jennifer K. Nelson Gretche Ermer A. Ross Scaife Cultural Heritage Language Technologies NSF-EU Stoa Consortium Lexington, KY
Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures 1055 Patterson Office Tower University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40506-0027 url:http://www.stoa.org
2002-09-05 Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536 Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami colloquia familiaria ad optimarum editionum fidem diligenter emendata, cum succincta difficiliorum explanatione Ed. stereotypa Lipsiae sumptibus Ottonis Holtze 1867-1872 771 p. (2 vols) ; 15 cm.

Editorial notes in the Holtze edition have not been reproduced

Original punctuation conventions in the Holtze edition have been retained as much as possible

Hyphenated words that appear at the end of the line in the Holtze edition have been reformed

Italics are recorded without interpretation

 Library of Congress Subject Headings Library of Congress Classification Latin Ancient Greek Dialogues, Latin (Medieval and modern) Folly -- Early works to 1800 PA8501 [ed] added text of "De utilitate colloquiorum ad lectorem" [ed] expanded TEI header to include more information, e.g. LC subject headings and LC classification [markup]: began tei-compliant markup Adapted from a TEI P4 XML encoding of the header for Desiderius Eramus’ Colloquia Familiaria (Erasmus, 1872).
Erasmus, Desiderius. 1867-1872. Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami colloquia familiaria. Lipsiae: sumptibus Ottonis Holtze. Encoded and made available by the Stoa Consortium, University of Kentucky at . Higginson, Thomas Wentworth. 1885. Letter of November 7, 1885. Encoded and made available by the Lincoln Electronic Text Center of the University of Nebraska at . Islam, Mubina. 2004. A Selection of Sonnets: electronic edition encoded in XML with a TEI DTD. Unpublished Master’s Dissertation, London: University College London. Marlowe, Christopher. 1616. The Tragedie of Doctor Faustus. Encoded and made available by the Perseus Digital Library. Available online at . Shakespeare, William. 1978. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. Edited by Alexander, Peter. London: Collins. Whitman, Walt. 1890. After the Argument. Manuscript encoded and made available by the Walt Whitman Archive at . Wilde, Oscar. 1930. The Importance of Being Earnest. In: Plays, Prose Writings and Poems. London: Everyman. Encoded and made available by CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork. Available online at .