XML: The Nuts and Bolts
Department of Computer Science
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
12-14 December 2001

This three-day hands-on workshop provides an introduction to the theory
and practice of markup languages, with special emphasis on using
Extensible Markup Language (XML) for humanities-based research. It is
ideal for anyone involved in or planning a digitisation project who
would like to understand the philosophy, theory and practicalities of
encoding in XML with particular emphasis on the Text Encoding Initiative
Guidelines (TEI) and Encoded Archival Description (EAD).

Participants have the option of registering for the first day only, or
for the entire three days. Day I is ideal for people who are considering
a digitisation project and want to have an understanding of the theory
and practice of text encoding using TEI or EAD.

Days II and III are ideal for individuals who wish to gain more in-depth
knowledge of both XML and text encoding.

Schedule
Day I
· Introduction to mark-up languages: HTML/SGML/XML
· Introduction to mark-up following the Text Encoding Initiative
Guidelines

Day II
· DTDs: The nuts and bolts
· Reading simple DTDs (elements, attributes, entities, declarations)
· Writing a DTD
Day III
· Theory of encoding
· Stylesheets for XML
· Designing a TEI Header
· Metainformation
· Schemas

Further information is available on the Computer Science English
Initiative Website   http://www.ucd.ie/~cosei

To register or for additional details, please contact
Susan Schreibman    [log in to unmask]
Early registration is advised as places are strictly limited