Difference between revisions of "Global division of the XML/TEI file"

Revision as of 11:50, 26 April 2017

An XML/TEI file consists of several mandatory and, if so desired, optional sections, that are each encoded within their own XML elements:

The TEI Header, which contains the metadata about the text in a <teiHeader> element (mandatory).
If relevant, a facsimile section for identifying the digital image files of the source in a <facsimile> element (optional).
The actual transcription of the text in a <text> element (mandatory). This element will also include annotation.

This is how the elements are coded in the XML file:

<teiHeader>
 <!--...-->
</teiHeader>
<facsimile>
 <!--...-->
</facsimile>
<text>
 <body>
  <!--...-->
 </body>
</text>

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 # The [[TEI Header]], which contains the metadata about the text in a <teiHeader> element (mandatory).
-# If relevant, a [[Facsimile (Mondrian)|facsimile]] section for identifying the digital image files of the source in a <facsimile> element (optional).
+# If relevant, a [[Facsimile|facsimile]] section for identifying the digital image files of the source in a <facsimile> element (optional).
-# The actual [[Transcription|transcription]] of the text in a <text> element (mandatory).
+# The actual [[Transcription|transcription]] of the text in a <text> element (mandatory). This element will also include annotation.
-This is how the elements would be displayed together in an XML file:
+This is how the elements are coded in the XML file:
 <pre>
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 </pre>
-Other matters, such as the introduction, preliminary pages and [[Secondary files|secondary files]], are not included in the XML/TEI file. How and where those matters are included in the digital edition differs from project to project. The number of XML files used for a single edition as well as the way in which the individual elements are filled in can also vary per project.
 ==See also==