20.553 TEI Workshops @ Kalamazoo

               Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 20, No. 553.
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         Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 06:14:30 +0100
         From: Dot Porter <dporter_at_UKY.EDU>
         Subject: TEI Workshops @ Kalamazoo

The Medieval Academy of America Committee on Electronic Resources is
pleased to announce two TEI workshops to be held at the International
Medieval Congress, Kalamazoo, MI, in May 2007. Both workshops will be
on Thursday, May 10 (sessions 32 and 138; see
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/sessions.html for complete
conference schedule).

1) XML and the Text Encoding Initiative Workshop I: Introduction to
TEI Encoding

This workshop offers an introduction to best practices for digital
scholarship, taught by a medievalist, James C. Cummings, specifically
for medievalists. Instruction includes introductory-level XML and
structural encoding, as well as new TEI P5 standards and guidelines,
markup concerns for medieval transcription, and a brief consideration
of XML Editors. Assignments will be completed during the following
clinic.

2) XML and the Text Encoding Initiative Workshop II: Advanced TEI Encoding and
Customization

This workshop offers advanced instruction in advanced topics in TEI
encoding and
the customization of the TEI for an individual project's needs, taught
by a medievalist, James C. Cummings, specifically for medievalists.
Instruction includes metadata for medieval manuscript description,
advanced-level concepts of TEI P5 modularization, schema generation
and customization for individual projects, and a brief survey of
related technologies. Assignments will be completed during the
following clinic.

Dr. Cummings works for the Oxford Text Archive, University of Oxford.
He holds a PhD from the University of Leeds, and he has extensive
experience leading TEI workshops.

Both workshops are limited to 14 participants, and registration is required.

The fee *per workshop* is $45/$60 (Medieval Academy
members/nonmembers) for pre-registration, $55/$70 for walk-ins
(pending available space).

Please send contact information and a check payable to Medieval
Academy of America c/o

Dorothy Carr Porter
RCH
351/352 William T. Young Library
Univ. of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0456

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