Literary and Linguistic Computing Advance Access originally published online on May 12, 2009
Literary and Linguistic Computing 2009 24(3):297-306; doi:10.1093/llc/fqp018
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Teaching TEI: The Need for TEI by Example
Department of Information Studies, University College London, London, UK
Centre for Scholarly Editing and Document Studies, Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature, Gent, Belgium
Correspondence: Melissa Terras, Department of Information Studies, Henry Morley Building, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. Email: m.terras{at}ucl.ac.uk
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The Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)1 has provided a complex and comprehensive system of provisions for scholarly text encoding. Although a major focus of the ‘digital humanities’ domain, and despite much teaching effort by the TEI community, there is a lack of teaching materials available, which would encourage the adoption of the TEI's recommendations and the widespread use of its text encoding guidelines in the wider academic community. This article describes the background, plans, and aims of the TEI by Example project, and why we believe it is a necessary addition to the materials currently provided by the TEI itself. The teaching materials currently available are not suited to the needs of self directed learners, and the development of stand alone, online tutorials in the TEI are an essential addition to the extant resources, in order to encourage and facilitate the uptake of TEI by both individuals and institutions.