Dos and don’ts in TEI schema customization. An introduction to the ODD specification

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Upcoming community meetup on July 2, 2024 17:00 CEST

Data modelling is the keystone of DIgital Scholarly editing, thus the importance of well-thought-out schemas in XML-based editions. In this sense, the TEI Guidelines and related resources play a crucial role in aiding scholars throughout the formalisation of a schema, together with the well-known benefits of having datasets that are compliant with this technical standard.

However, many projects use a TEI customisation that wasn’t conceived for being implemented in real Humanities projects, TEI All, arguably a hindrance towards interoperability.

In this community meet-up we will talk about ODD, a specification format that enables the customisation of TEI P5 in a literate programming fashion. We will do an overview of existing resources that assist scholars in the creation of schemas adapted to their project requirements.

The meeting will take place on Teams.