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Dear list,
I thought I'd expand a bit on the idea that John already mentioned. I
learned in Würzburg that some other SIGs are planning to create
specialized tutorials that cover aspects relevant to the respective
SIG's scope which are not already covered by general introductory TEI
resources like TEI By Example. This sounds like a good idea for our SIG,
too. I'm aware that, basically, the solutions are all in the TEI
Guidelines somewhere, but as we all know, it can be quite tough to make
encoding decisions by only consulting the Guidelines. This is especially
true for the encoding of graphics-related information, which, as far as
I have seen, is not well covered by TEI By Example.
In addition to the examples given by John, I'd like this new
FAQ/Tutorial to tackle basic questions such as
- how to encode the position of images on a page
- how to link images to text
- how to align images with portions of text or vice versa
- how to encode descriptions of images or other image metadata
etc.
So what I'm envisioning is a sort of beginner's guide to handling images
in TEI, either as a FAQ (i.e. self-contained chapters) or a step-by-step
Tutorial (i.e. "what to do when you encounter an image in your text").
As John already mentioned, integration into TEI By Example might also be
a possibility (although I haven't discussed this idea with the TEI By
Example people yet).
What I'd like to know from all of you is:
1. Do you generally think it's a good idea to create such a FAQ/Tutorial?
2. What form would you like this resource to have (e.g. stand-alone
website, integrated into TEI By Example or some other resource, a
Wikiversity resource, ...)?
3. As John already asked: what topics would you like to see covered?
4. Would you like to contribute? (Thank you, Hilde, for already having
said so.)
Personally, I'm still new to TEI, so I won't be the one to come up with
a lot of Best Practices, but I'm willing to contribute to all other
aspects of the creation of such a resource.
Best regards,
Martin
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Martin de la Iglesia
Goettingen State and University Library
Metadata and Data Conversion
Papendiek 14
37073 Göttingen
Germany
phone: +49 551 39 14070
room: 1.411
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Am 30.11.2011 20:05, schrieb John Walsh:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm sending out to the list a report on our Text& Graphics SIG meeting at last month's TEI Meeting in Würzburg. The following people attended the meeting:
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> * Martin de la Inglesias, SUB Göttingen
> * Elena Potapenico, University of Leipzip
> * Anna Klug, KHI Florenz, Max Planck Institute für Kunstgeschichte
> * Martin Andert, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
> * Morfudd Jones, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales
>
> We did not have a set agenda, but introduced ourselves and talked about our various projects, concerns, and ideas about using TEI with documents containing text and images.
>
> We discussed possible activities for the SIG, including leading or participating in a review and revision of the facsimile elements/attributes.
>
> And in follow-up discussions over email with Martin de la Inglesias, Martin suggested that members of our group might work on a FAQ or Tutorial for working with images in TEI documents. This seems to me like an excellent idea, and one we might integrate with ongoing efforts like TEI by Example<http://tbe.kantl.be/TBE/>.
>
> We might start by having a discussion on this list about what such a FAQ/Tutorial would cover. For instance, we might cover the very simple case of using the<figure> tag to include links to images. And using<facsimile> and @facs to link to facsimile page images.
>
> What do others think?
>
> John
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Martin de la Iglesia
Goettingen State and University Library
Metadata and Data Conversion
Papendiek 14
37073 Göttingen
Germany
phone: +49 551 39 14070
room: 1.411
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http://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/
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