BOOKS AT VIRGINIA: Rare Book School 2004

Electronic Texts and Images

David Seaman

This syllabus outlines the major subjects for each day. Each morning will start with a brief review and reminder of the salient features of the previous day.

Monday:

am: Introductions; A Practical Introduction to SGML and XML

pm: Using the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) DTD.  Using TEI files.

Tuesday:

am: Text and Image Scanning -- a hands-on session

pm:  Data control and MARC interchange: the TEI header and other metadata issues; project planning and funding.

Wednesday:

am: The Great Transcription: using the TEI Guidelines for manuscript materials

pm: Transcription and mark-up continues; Introduction to stylesheets and transformations

Thursday:

am: Another form of XML: the Encoded Archival Descriptions DTD;

pm: Digital images of textual items: creation, manipulation, uses, and control.

            Visit to Special Collections.

Friday:

am: The Great Parsing: validating TEI documents.

pm: XML as an interchange format: automated TEI to HTML conversion; demonstration of TEI to ebook conversions The final product and review.