Intensive Introduction to TEI
August 10-12, 2006
Description
This course provides a high-powered introduction to text encoding with the TEI Guidelines, the most widely used and supported text encoding language for humanities documents. The course also offers a quick introduction to XSLT stylesheets. It is aimed at an audience of IT professionals, academics, and librarians. Familiarity with HTML and the basic concepts of text markup will be useful, but these concepts will be reviewed at the start of the course. By the end of the course, attendees will have encoded simple documents and will be familiar with the essential components of TEI encoding.
The course will start with an overview of the basic concepts of XML, text markup, and text encoding standards. It will cover all of the most commonly used TEI elements, as well as more specialized encoding for manuscript transcription, parallel texts, and transcription of primary sources. Presentations will be accompanied by intensive hands-on exercises and ample time for discussion, questions and answers. The final portion of the course will provide an overview of TEI publication tools and an introductory hands-on review of XSLT stylesheets. The course will conclude with a discussion of larger strategic issues: funding, sustainability, and where to get further help and information.
The course will be taught by staff from the Scholarly Technology Group and the Women Writers Project at Brown University, including Julia Flanders and Syd Bauman. It is coordinated through Conference Services at Brown University.
Logistics
The course will begin on the morning of Thursday August 10 at 9:00. Classes will run from 9:00 to 5:30, followed by a reception on Thursday and Friday evening. Lodging is available on the Brown campus, a short walk from the classroom, in air-conditioned single rooms with shared bathroom. Meals are on your own; there is a wide range of eating possibilities within a very short walk. Internet access is available in your room, and access to email is also available in computer clusters near the classroom.
The course fee is $425 ($475 after June 25), and dormitory accommodation is an additional $40 per night. Hotel accommodation is also available. To register for the course, please fill out the registration form and return it by mail or fax to the address given on the form.
About the instructors
Julia Flanders is the Director of the Brown University Women Writers Project, a long-standing TEI encoding project, and currently serves as the Vice-chair of the TEI Consortium. Syd Bauman also works at the Women Writers Project, and is the North American Editor of the TEI Guidelines. They have taught TEI workshops at the University of Victoria, the University of Illinois, Wheaton College, and at several TEI members' meetings.
Course schedule
All classes will be held in the CIT building, at the corner of Thayer and Waterman Streets.
Thursday, August 10
8:30 Registration, CIT second floor balcony.
9:00-10:00 Introductions and overview of text encoding and the TEI.
Quick break
10:15-12:00 Lecture with hands-on:
- basic concepts of XML and TEI
- practice using an XML editor
- simple encoding exercise
12:00-12:30 Questions and discussion
12:30-1:30 Lunch on your own
1:30-3:15 Lecture with hands-on: Basic text components and hands-on encoding practice
Quick break
3:30-5:00 More advanced elements and hands-on exercises with a variety of sample documents.
5:00-5:30 Document and project analysis
6:00 Group dinner at a local restaurant.
Friday, August 11
9:00-10:00 Overview of the TEI header
Quick break
10:15-12:00 Lecture on advanced topics:
- figures
- manuscript transcription
- overlap
- regularization
- rendition
- other topics as requested
12:00-1:00 Lunch on your own
1:00-2:45 Hands-on exercises on advanced samples
Quick break
3:00-5:00 Customizing the TEI and creating TEI schemas:
- Why customize? document and project analysis
- Using Roma to generate custom TEI schemas
5:00-5:30 Using the TEI Guidelines
6:00 Food at the Scholarly Technology Group, with show and tell of STG's XML projects, adjourning to the Grad Center Bar.
Saturday, August 12
9:00-1:00 XSLT and CSS: Stylesheet basics with hands-on exercises
1:00-2:00 Lunch on your own
2:00-2:30 Developing and managing TEI projects: how to participate in the TEI, places to go for more information and help.
Quick break
2:45-5:00 Presentations on participants' projects, final questions and discussion.