Markup, XML, TEI

"Miguel de Cervantes wrote Don Quixote"

Procedural

Miguel de Cervantes wrote Don Quixote

Descriptive

 MarkupMiguel de Cervantes wrote Don Quixote
 Visualizationname {font-weight: bold;} title {font-style: italic;} 
 Process<xsl:for-each select="//name">

XML Golden Rules 

 An element consists of a start-tag, optional content, and an end-tag. <persName>Miguel de Cervantes</persName>
 An element may have attributes, each consisting of a name and a value. Miguel de Cervantes
 An XML document may contain processing instructions or comments. <? xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="visualize-tei-xml.css"?>

 Elements and attributes are case sensitive. <name> ≠ <Name>
 Empty elements can use a minimized tag syntax. <pb/> =
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TEI basic structure (root element = <TEI>)

TEI basic structure

<teiHeader>

TEI basic structure

<teiHeader>

TEI basic structure

<text>

TEI basic structure

<text>

TEI basic structure

<text>

Classes of elements

  • grouped semantically: names, places, titles, ...
  • grouped structurally: divisions, paragraphs, verses,...

    • Verse and name annotation

    <body>

  <persName>Doris</persName>, qui sait qu'aux vers quelquefois je me plais,
  Me demande un sonnet, et je m'en désespère:
  Quatorze vers, grand Dieu! Le moyen de les faire?
  En voilà cependant déjà quatre de faits.

</body>

    Atributtes inside of elements

     Provides a unique identifier for any element:  @xml:id 
     Provides a name or number for any element:  @n 
     Specifies the language of any element:  @xml:lang 
     Characterizes the element in some sense:  @type 
     Specifies the visual appearance (rendition):  @rend, @style, @rendition

    Atributtes and elements

    <body>
   
      Doris, qui ſait qu'aux vers quelquefois je me plais,
      Me demande un Sonnet; & je m'en deſeſpere:
      Quatorze vers, grand Dieu! le moyen de les faire!
      En voilà cependant desja quatre de faits.
  
</body>

    Metatextual markup for editions

    Enriched with corrections, regularizations, expansions
     Groups alternative encodings:    
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     Corrected error:   
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    Markup for corrections

    <body>

      Doris, qui ſait qu'aux vers quelquefois je me plais,
      Me demande un Sonnet; & je m'en deſeſpere:
      Quatorze vers, grand Dieu! le moyen de les faire!
      En voilà cependant 
		
			desja
			déjà
		 
            quatre de faits.

</body>

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