The View From Here: TEI

Possibilities of the

TEI Framework

Project A

Project B

New Elements

TEI Customisation

TEI provides limited support for music: 

  • The <musicNotation> for manuscript descriptions documenting the type of musical notation
  • Embedding the music as a <figure> with <figDesc> and <graphic>, or if you are really weird <binaryObject>
  • Using <notatedMusic> to wrap a description, pointer, and/or graphic of the music at that point
  • Those transcribing spoken texts can use <vocal> and <incident> for sounds interrupting a conversation
  • Metadata for recordings is available with <recordingStmt>, <recording>, <broadcast>, and <media>

Hurrah for MEI!

The View From Here: TEI

By James Cummings

The View From Here: TEI

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