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Creating Electronic Text Resources
Electronic text is one of the most useful forms in which to provide scholarly
electronic resources, providing enhanced abilities to search, retrieve
and analyse the work. It can also be one of the more time-consuming and
intellectually challenging forms of work to produce. The lins below provide
useful information for anyone preparing to embark on a text digitization
project. Because of its critical importance in the production of scholarly
electronic resources, we have devoted a separate section below to the
Text Encoding Initiative, which provides an SGML/XML format for encoding
of a variety of works.
General Works
Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)
- TEI Consortium Page
This is the home page of the Text Encoding Initiative Consortium,
which has produced the most widely employed text format for the creation
of scholarly resources. If you are considering creating a digital
version of a print resource for scholarly use, you should not proceed
without at least some knowledge of TEI and its capabilities.
- The Electronic
Text Center Introduction to TEI and Guide to Document Preparation, Electronic
Text Center, University of Virginia
An introduction to the use of TEI by the Electronic Text Center at
UVA, one of the more prominent institutions in the production and
use of electronic text.
- TEI Text Encoding in
Libraries: Draft Guidelines for Best Encoding Practices, Perry Willett,
Indiana University
A draft set of guidelines for the use of TEI in libraries, developed
as a result of a workshop on TEI and XML in libraries held at the
Library of Congress.
- Markup Guidelines for Documentary
Editions, David Chesnutt, Susan Hockey, C. M. Sperberg-McQueen
A set of guidelines for the use of the Model Editions Partnership
(MEP) document type, a subset of TEI, intended for the production
of historical documentary editions in electronic format. Includes
some useful pointers to information on SGML and tools for text markup.
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