Summary and Setup

An introduction TEI XML for archivists, cataloguers and other library and information professionals.

This lesson is based on a series of three workshops delivered at The University of Manchester Library in November to December 2019. Learners were given “homework” activities at the end of each workshop. Some time was given at the start of the subsequent workshop to discuss these activities. Those three workshops have been adapted into “episodes” here.

Lesson design by Jane Gallagher, Elizabeth Gow, Dr Jo Edge and Phil Reed.

Special thanks to Prof David Denison, Nuria Yáñez-Bouza, Dr Giles Bergel and Dr Christopher Ohge.

Prerequisites

  • You will need to install an XML text editor. We recommend Oxygen.

TEI puzzle

Episode 1 has a puzzle exercise (fill the blanks) which can worth better on paper. Download the puzzle as a Word document or PDF.

Latin manuscripts

We will be searching an example TEI file of a Latin manuscript. Later, we will be adding to an existing template.

The following files are available under CC BY-NC 4.0 licence unless otherwise stated.

To download XML files, right-click then choose “Save Link As…”.

XML editor

You will need to use an XML text editor. We recommend Oxygen XML, if available.

Free alternatives include:

  • JEdit - a free text editor that works on any platform and includes syntax highlighting for XML and TEI code.
  • TextGrid Lab - a virtual research environment with a variety of tools optimized for TEI/XML development. One of these tools is the XML editor which includes syntax highlighting and validation.

Installing Oxygen

Download Oxygen to your (work) computer – you can find it in The University of Manchester Software Centre.