Week 9: Text Objects 1

Summary

Weekly Learning Objectives

• Use Oxygen software to create a valid TEI XML file.
• Define XML, XML elements, and XML attributes.
• List commonly cited benefits of XML.

Before class: Readings, resources, and tasks

Readings

• Witten, Ch. 4, pp. 152-213.
• Video: A brief introduction to markup, part 1.
• Video: A brief introduction to markup, part 2.
• TEI Consortium (2017). A Gentle Introduction to XML

Optional Readings

• Renear. “Text Encoding” from A Companion to Digital Humanities (2004) at http://digitalhumanities.org:3030/companion/view?docId=blackwell/9781405103213/9781405103213.xml&chunk.id=ss1-3-5&toc.depth=1&toc.id=ss1-3-5.

Tasks

• By Thursday 5pm, respond to this week’s discussion.
• Install Oxygen XML software from https://iuware.iu.edu/.

In class

• slides
• Genre Encoding Exercises
• TEI Encoding Exercise: Fan Mail (for submission in Canvas)
• Metadata Crosswalking Lab