28 September 2020

Hands-on online workshop, 28-30 September 2020

The objective of this workshop is to train the interested students in the use of TEI XML in their everyday work, with the focus on manuscript cataloguing. No preliminary knowledge of XML is required.

The workshop is offered by Pietro Liuzzo, the Technical Lead of the project Beta maṣāḥəft.

Up to 10 places are available; please apply to aethiopistik"AT"uni-hamburg.de by 3 August 2020 by sending us an email with your name, affiliation, and background.

(The applicants to the Summer School in Ethiopian and Eritrean Manuscript Studies, 21-25 September 2020, wishing to take part in the training, have to check the appropriate box in their application).

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Tentative Programme

Monday 28 September: What encoding means

 9:00-10:30 Theory

Introduction to XML

Introduction to TEI

Introduction to the Beta maṣāḥəft Guidelines

break

11:00-12:30 Practice

First editing attempts (main TEI components)

Tuesday 29 September: Encoding of manuscripts

9:00-10:30 Theory

BM schema

BM guidelines on Manuscripts cataloguing and structure of Manuscripts records

BM guidelines for taxonomy and authority files

break

11:00-12:30 Practice

Manuscript encoding (simple)

Wednesday 30 September: Encoding of manuscripts 2

9:00-10:30  Theory

Working in the digital research environment with individual research purposes

BM and manuscript strata

Art themes and images

break

11:00-12:30 Practice

Manuscript encoding (composite / complex)