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(Not really) Mastering TEI and XML, a rudimental tutorial

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This post will hopefully help you to get a general understanding of what coding a TEI file in XML language is and what it’s good for. Please note that I am definitely not an expert on this topic, and I … Continue reading

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Searching for non existent errors

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Searching for nonexistent Errors The task is fun Should be easily done Fifteen mistakes  Waiting to be found Happy to partake I start this round. …….. Going through every line This header looks fine. Searching for errors In this faulty … Continue reading

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Coding for <term ref=gloss1> blutige Anfänger </term>

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<TEI xmlns=”http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0″>     <teiHeader>         <fileDesc>             <titleStmt> <title> Coding for <term ref=gloss1> blutige Anfänger </term> </title>                 <author> Jule Wolters </author>                   >/titleStmt>          </teiHeader> <text>          <body>          <div type=”introduction”>          <head type=”subTitle”> Introduction</head> <p> Hello everyone! Welcome to my blog entry about our second Coding lesson … Continue reading

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Discovering the world of TEI & XML: My first university lesson!

Hey everyone! I just attended my first university lesson on TEI & XML and I must say, it’s not just about codes and brackets. It’s like unveiling a secret language behind digital humanities! Let’s dive in. So, what’s the difference … Continue reading

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Working on ‘Why the Broom’s Neck is Tied’

Introduction Going into my first session of the Demarginalising Orature class I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I knew it was going to be something quite different from what I’d done before, and I was excited to learn something … Continue reading

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Presenting our Codes

This week we presented the codes we did for homework and talked about difficulties and problems. Some of the problems mentioned were: making sure that all the tags are closed, finding quotes in the text so it can be properly … Continue reading

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How to Code: Songs, Footnotes and Glossary

This week we started the session going over some common mistakes and mishaps from our homework. After Anne and Michael pointed out the mistakes we got some time to correct our codes so we could move on to the next … Continue reading

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Coding the Folktale: Errors

In our 4th session, May 4th, first we did a recap of the previous session, elaborating on the header, followed by a quick exercise finding possible errors in the examples Then, we reviewed basic elements of coding: Then we focused … Continue reading

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Introduction to TEI and XML

In our second session (April 27th), we were introduced to TEI and XML. First, we learned that TEI is an acronym for Text Encoding Initiative, which is used to create data from scratch, store data and transform data in machine/computer-readable … Continue reading

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Introduction to Orality, Literacy and Performance

Orature is a living tradition precisely because orality, its base, is always at the cutting edge of the new and the experimental in word and experience.” (Ngugi wa Thiog’o. Globalectics: Theory and the Politics of Knowing. Columbia University Press, 2012, p.83.) 26th of … Continue reading

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