TEI Summer School 2009

1. Introduction

The TEI @ Oxford Summer School is a week-long course introducing the recommendations of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) for encoding of digital text. It combines in-depth coverage of the latest version of the TEI Recommendations for the encoding of digital text with practical implementation. It includes an introduction to mark-up, explanations of the TEI Guidelines, and approaches to publishing TEI texts. Numerous practical exercises expose you hands-on experience of a wide range of TEI customisation, editing, and publication.

Each day will include a guest talk during which real-life projects using TEI will be demonstrated and explained.

If you are a project manager, research assistant, or encoder working on any kind of project concerned with the creation or management of digital text, this course is for you.

The course runs from Monday 20 July - Friday 24 July, 2009. It runs from 10:00 - 18:00 each day. The start time is set to benefit those commuting, or those who want to look around Oxford in the early morning.

2. Course Structure

2.1. Monday 20 July, 2009: Getting Started

10:00 - 11:00

General introduction to the TEI, markup, and XML

talk-01-intro.pdf[LB]

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:00

Exercise: Document Description

exercise-01-Document_Description.pdf[SR]

12:00 - 12:30

Introduction to the oXygen XML editor

talk-02-oxygen.pdf[JC]

12:30 - 13:00

Exercise: Basic oXygen Editing

exercise-02-Basic_oXygen_Editing.pdf[JC]

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:00

Introduction to TEI Infrastructure and Core Elements

talk-03-core.pdf[SR]

15:00 - 15:30

Exercise: Creating TEI Documents

exercise-03-Creating_TEI_Documents.pdf[SR]

15:30 - 16:00

Introduction to Customising the TEI with Roma

talk-04-customizing.pdf[LB]

16:00 - 16:30

Coffee Break

16:30 - 17:00

Exercise: Using Roma

exercise-04-Using_Roma.pdf[LB]

17:00 - 18:00

Pip Willcox: ‘a creature native and indued / Unto that element’: TEI and the Shakespeare Quartos Archive

[PW]

2.2. Tuesday 21 July, 2009: Metadata and Manuscripts

10:00 - 11:00

TEI Header and Metadata

talk-05-header.pdf[LB]

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:30

Introduction to Manuscript Description

talk-06-msdesc.pdf[MD]

12:30 - 13:00

Exercise: Describing a Manuscript in TEI

exercise-05-Describing_a_Manuscript.pdf[JC]

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:00

Transcription

talk-07-transcription.pdf[MD]

15:00 - 15:30

Exercise: Using <choice> in Editions

exercise-06-Using_choice_in_editions.pdf[SR]

15:30 - 16:00

Gaiji: Dealing with Non-Standard Characters

talk-08-gaiji.pdf[MD]

16:00 - 16:30

Coffee Break

16:30 - 17:00

Facsimile

talk-09-facsimile.pdf[MD]

17:00 - 18:00

Matthew Driscoll: The ENRICH Project and TEI Customisation

enrich-en.ppt

18:30 - 20:30

ENRICH Project Drinks Reception atCherwell Boathouse. It may be possible to rent a punt afterwards or stay for supper in the restaurant should you desire.

2.3. Wednesday 22 July, 2009: Using Your Texts

10:00 - 11:00

Tools for publication and analysis of TEI documents

talk-10-teitools.pdf[LB]

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:00

TEI XSLT Stylesheets for Transformation

talk-11-teixsl.pdf[SR]

12:00 - 12:30

Exercise: Using the TEI Stylesheets to Transform Your XML

exercise-07-Using_the_TEI_Stylesheets.pdf[SR]

12:30 - 13:00

TEI and Databases

talk-12-databases.pdf[OE]

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:00

Names, Dates, People and Places

talk-13-names_people_places.pdf[MD]

15:00 - 15:30

Exercise: Recording Names, People and Places

exercise-08-Names_People_and_Places.pdf[LB]

15:30 - 16:00

Introduction to XPath

talk-14-xpath.pdf[JC]

16:00 - 16:30

Coffee Break

16:30 - 17:00

Exercise: Searching with XPath in oXygen

exercise-09-XPath_in_oXygen.pdf[JC]

17:00 - 18:00

Oyvind Eide: TEI and Cultural Heritage Information

[OE]

Suggested Evening Event: Romeo and Juliet, by Oxford Shakespeare Company, in the Walled Garden, Wadham College, 19:30 performance, Booking Information (Cost Not Included, you must book yourself!)

2.4. Thursday 23 July, 2009: Deconstructing Your Texts

10:00 - 11:00

Introduction to XSLT

talk-15-xsl_intro.pdf[SR]

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:00

Exercise: Basic XSLT

exercise-10-Basic_XSLT.pdf[SR]

12:00 - 12:45

Linking and Analysis

talk-16-linking_analysis.pdf[LB]

12:45 - 13:00

Exercise: Processing Linking with XSLT

exercise-11-Linking_with_XSLT.pdf[LB]

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 14:45

Language Corpora and Spoken Texts

talk-17-corpora_spoken.pdf[JC]

14:45 - 15:30

Automated Markup Tools

talk-18-automated_markup.pdf[LB]

15:30 - 16:00

Exercise: Image Markup Tool

exercise-12-Image_Markup_Tool.pdf[JC]

16:00 - 16:30

Coffee Break

16:30 - 17:00

TEI@Oxford Projects

talk-19-tei_at_oxford.pdf[SR]

17:00 - 18:00

John Pybus: A Virtual Research Environment for the Study of Documents and Manuscripts:
supporting collaborative reading of ancient texts

[JP]

Suggested Evening Event: Informal visit to local pub. (Cost Not Included)

2.5. Friday 24 July, 2009: Exploring Your Data

10:00 - 11:00

More Advanced XSLT Transformations

talk-20-xslt_advanced.pdf[SR]

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:00

Exercise: Advanced XSLT

exercise-13-Advanced_XSLT.pdf[SR]

12:00 - 12:30

Introduction to Xaira

talk-21-xaira.pdf[LB]

12:30 - 13:00

Exercise: Basic Xaira Use

exercise-14-Basic_Xaira_Use.pdf[LB]

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 14:45

Introduction to XQuery and XML Databases

talk-22-xquery.pdf[JC]

14:45 - 15:30

Towards TEI-related mashups

talk-23-tei_mashups.pdf[SR]

15:30 - 16:00

Exploring the TEI Community

talk-24-tei_community.pdf[LB]

16:00 - 16:30

Coffee Break

16:30 - 17:30

Conclusions and Group Discussion

[ALL]

Suggested Evening Event: For those staying over in Oxford, you may enjoy Bill Spectre's Oxford Ghost Trail, leaving outside Oxford Castle Unlocked at 18:30. (Cost Not Included)

3. TEI Guidelines

Available in various languages, starting with English