26 November 2026

26 and 27 November 2026

HLCEES, Alsterterrasse 1, 20354 Hamburg

The workshop is open to students of all traditions; knowledge of oriental languages is not necessary.

 It is meant for participants who may need to understand and actively use XML encoding in their research.

Prerequisites

1. Please make sure that you have studied the following materials in advance:

•  Using XML - 1 – Introduction: Explaining Mark-up https://lecture2go.uni-hamburg.de/l2go/-/get/v/60972 15 Minutes
•  Using XML - 2 – XML Definitions https://lecture2go.uni-hamburg.de/l2go/-/get/v/60974 30 Minutes
•  Using XML - 3 - TEI, Schema, Guidelines https://lecture2go.uni-hamburg.de/l2go/-/get/v/61048 30 Minutes
•  Beta maṣāḥǝft project concept and digital architecture https://www.betamasaheft.uni-hamburg.de/news/20220405xml/presentation-bm-2022.pdf (for those not already familiar with the Beta maṣāḥǝft project)

2. Please make sure that you have an XML editor (preferably Oxygen) installed on your laptop. NB Oxygen offers a free trial period of 30 days, after that one would need a paid licence.

3. Recommended: https://tei-c.org/about/ 

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Tentative programme .

26 November

9-11 : TEI for basic markup of texts for editing and commenting: theory and examples

11-11:15 : Break

11:15-13:00 : Exercise in text mark up. Transcription and collation (testing colLatex)

13:00-14:00 : Lunch

14:00-16:00 : Individual exercise time

27 November

9-10 : Review of exercises, questions and answers

10-11 : TEI for manuscript description. Basic concepts. Transformation and visualization

11-11:15 : Break

11:15-13:00 : Exercise in some elements of manuscript description with XML.

13:00-14:00 : Lunch

14:00-15:00 : Individual exercise time and/or some deeper insights into the Bm platform (depending on the needs)