DH 190

Scholarly Text Encoding

Week 8 

March 6, 2015

SCHEMAS!

But first...

A <3 to <3 on why metadata is important and why good metadata is even better

A brief history of information organization and retrieval

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Google1998.png

Ghost of Metadata Present

#hashtag

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python

A brief future of information organization and retrieval

http://schema.org

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48204903

Okay, but TEI... 

Why do you need a schema?

• Every TEI project is different
• Validate your XML
• Necessary for software
• Multiple types: Relax NG Compact, Relax NG XML, W3C Schema, DTD.

ODD = One Document     Does It All

• Blueprint or "formal expression" of your customizations 
• Necessary for humans (and Roma)
• Just another TEI document 

Associate Schema...

Version Control

<revisionDesc>

Dropbox and Box