The Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)
February 14, 2024, 2:00-3:30 pm EST
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Presented by: Joey Takeda
Duration: 90 minutes
Description: This workshop will introduce the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI): the de facto standard in the humanities for creating digital texts. In this workshop, we will discuss the scholarly and technical affordances are of using the TEI, answering why it is that so many digital humanities resources—including Early English Books Online (EEBO), Eighteenth Century Collections Online, and the Women Writers Project—use TEI to enrich their digital archives. We will also discuss the wide variety of tools and platforms built by the TEI community for creating, sustaining, and publishing TEI encoded texts. No prior experience with markup languages, text encoding, or the digital humanities necessary.
Biography
Joey Takeda is a Developer in the Digital Humanities Innovation Lab at Simon Fraser University. He holds an MA in English Literature from the University of British Columbia and is currently an MLIS student at the University of Alberta. He sits on the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) Technical Council (2023–2027) and has previously worked on various TEI projects, including The Winnifred Eaton Archive, the Map of Early Modern London, and the Landscapes of Injustice Digital Archive.