TEI by Example Module 0: Introduction to Text Encoding and the TEI 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

Digitally born

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 practise with real-life examples. The theory of the tutorial modules can be tested in interactive tests and exercises.

 en-GB integrated examples in a single file
TEI P5 (XML)

Finally, this example illustrates how a TEI P5 (XML) encoding of the sample text could look. The latest version ot the TEI Guidelines specify a descriptive encoding scheme in XML format. As you’ll see, there are much similarities with the TEI P3 encoding of the previous example: all structural and semantic text features can be indicated and labeled with fairly intuitive element names. Still, some differences stand out: in TEI P5, all elements must have end tags in TEI P5, all attribute values must be surrounded by quotes some basic element names have changed (e.g., the first element of any TEI P5 text is now called TEI) in TEI P5, many details of the text ontology have been changed, some elements have been revised, improved, deleted, or added

The TBE tutorials will guide you through the most important sections of the TEI Guidelines that should enable you to encode the most common features of different text genres, and derive TEI encoding schemes according to your needs.

Review: an electronic transcription

Published as an example for the Introduction module of TBE.

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 Review

Die Leiden des jungen Werther by Goethe is an exceptionally good example of a book full of Weltschmerz.

 A TEI P5 XML example