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Copyleft 2005 by Julia Flanders and the Brown University Women Writers Project.

 Given at the winter 2005 TEI Workshop 2005-02-26/27 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

None, this TEI Lite P4 XML file is the source, although it is based on a previous slide set Julia had created in PowerPoint.

 Mon, 28 Feb 05 Syd Bauman workshop co-presenter Updates for use on TEI website
What is Text Encoding?

The process of describing textual information… …explicitly… …using markup Text encoding is the transformation of textual content into data, using markup

Motives for text encoding To store information for the long haul Protect against platform and software changes To analyse information Express/capture analytical viewpoints of the text Provide for processing To share information with others Allow for interchange of data Allow for meaningful discussions of encoding methods
What is the TEI? The TEI … is a membership organization exists to make your life better and easier, not worse and more difficult isn’t the answer to absolutely everything (just many things)
What is the TEI’s Domain? Primary sources: historical, literary, cultural, etc. Text archives Scholarly editions Digital libraries Research data Linguistic data Dictionaries Sociological data, qualitative analysis Any structured information Digital publications Academic writing Digital monographs Web publication