Fwd: Volunteer for migration of TEI-SGML to TEI-XML

[John Unsworth]

>Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 11:24:13 +0100
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>From: Alejandro Bia <alex.bia at ua.es>
>Subject: Volunteer for migration of TEI-SGML to TEI-XML
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>I'd like to volunteer as participant in the project about migration of large
>bodies
>of existing TEI resources from SGML to XML. My expertise is in data migration,
>technical documentation and working with TEI-XML at the Miguel de Cervantes
>Digital Library.
>
>I have a BS and a MS degree in Computer Sciences from ORT University, a
>Diploma in Computing and Information Systems from Oxford University and
>I'm finishing my PhD thesis on Computing Methods to Automate the Production of
>Digital Resources in Digital Libraries at the University of Alicante, Spain.
>Currently I'm working as Head of the Research and Development dept. of the
>Miguel
>de Cervantes Digital Library at the University of Alicante.
>
>In the past I've worked as Special-Projects Manager at NetGate (1996),
>Documentation Editor of the GeneXus project at Advanced Research and 
>Technology
>(ARTech) (1991-1994), and worked at the Telephone Traffic Processing Unit of
>ANTEL (1994-1989). I've lectured on Operating Systems, Computer Organization,
>Computer Networks and English for Computer Sciences at ORT University
>(1990-1996). My current interests are digitisation automation by computer
>methods,
>digital preservation, digitisation metrics and cost estimates, texts
>structuring and
>markup languages.
>
>Kind regards,
>Alejandro Bia.-
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>At 12:01 a.m. 09/02/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >Date:    Thu, 7 Feb 2002 21:38:57 -0500
> >From:    John Unsworth <jmu2m at VIRGINIA.EDU>
> >Subject: TEI call for participation
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> >Call for Participation: Migrating TEI Resources to XML
> >
> >The Text Encoding Initiative Consortium has been funded by the National
> >Endowment for the Humanities' Division of Preservation and Access to
> >conduct a two-year project to provide XML support in TEI.  The first phase
> >of this project has been the production of P4, the XML-compliant revision
> >of the TEI Guidelines that will be published this spring.  The second phase
> >will explore the issues involved in migrating large bodies of existing TEI
> >resources from SGML to XML.   To do this, the TEI will convene a workgroup
> >in which selected experts and editors (8 people, total) will work closely
> >with representatives from projects with significant TEI SGML holdings
> >(another 10 people) to diagnose and document the problems, methods, and
> >tools necessary to design and effect a migration from SGML to XML, in
> >TEI.  The workgroup will be funded (travel and expenses) for a one start-up
> >meeting with editors and experts only; one mid-term meeting with project
> >representatives; one final meeting with editors and experts; participation
> >by a technical writer for four months; participation by TEI editors and the
> >TEI executive director for two months;  two one-day meetings for 8 people;
> >and one two-day meeting for 18 people.
> >
> >The TEI Council will appoint the workgroup, and its chair, not later than
> >March 15th, 2002, but it would like to invite members of the SGML, XML, and
> >TEI communities to volunteer as participants in this project.  If you wish
> >to volunteer, please contact
> >
> >tei at tei-c.org
> >
> >by February 28th, and identify yourself as a TEI expert, a data migration
> >expert, or a representative of a project with significant TEI SGML
> >holdings, and provide the Council with a brief account of your
> >qualifications.
> >
> >John Unsworth
> >Chair, TEI Council & TEI Consortium
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>ALEJANDRO G. BIA-PLATAS
>e-mail: abia at dlsi.ua.es, alex.bia at ua.es
>
>Trabajo:
>   Subdirector de Investigación Informática
>   Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
>   Universidad de Alicante (Edificio de Institutos)
>   Apdo. de correos 99, E-03080, Alicante, SPAIN
>   Tel: 34-96-590 9567     Fax: 34-96-590 9477
>   http://cervantesvirtual.com/
>
>Investigación:
>   Dept. de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos
>   Universidad de Alicante, DLSI-EPSA
>   Apdo. de correos 99, E-03080, Alicante, SPAIN
>   Tel: 34-96-590 9335       Fax: 34-96-590 3464
>   http://www.dlsi.ua.es/
>
>Domicilio:
>   Colonia Romana 13, Edif.1, Port.2, 7-E
>   Alicante, SPAIN  CP:03016
>
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