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Edward Vanhoutte° & Ron Van den Branden*
Royal Academy of Dutch Language & Literature °*
University College London Centre for Digital Humanities°
LLC: The Journal of Digital Scholarship in the Humanities (OUP) °*
edward.vanhoutte@kantl.be
ron.vandenbranden@kantl.be Digital Humanities Summer School @ KULeuven – 18/09/2013
Editing Correspondence with TEI
[3 chances to opt out]
So You Want to Edit Correspondence?
● Description
● Transcription
● Annotation
So You Want to Edit Correspondence
with TEI?
● Description
● Transcription
● Annotation
→ Encoding
Encoding
● Model
● Vocabulary
● Syntax
● Praxis
Model
● Theory of the text
● Definition of the text
What is a letter?
Siegfried Scheibe
By a "letter" we understand written messages, information or
orders which are meant to inform other persons (the addressee)
and which were not written for publication. As a rule, they have
a standard form beginning with a salutation, ending with a
signature and frequently containing a date
What is a letter?
Postal Definition
An informative writing in the form of an address to one or more
absent persons sealed, provided with an address and sent.
What is a letter?
Communicative definition
Roman Jakobson [1960]
Model
Vocabulary
6 Constituent Functions
● sender (<sender>)
● message itself (<body> of the letter)
● recipient (<recipient>)
● references to extra linguistic reality
eg. <title>, <name>, <place>, <date>, etc.
● language of the letter (<language>)
● physical features of a letter
eg. the collation (<collation>)
eg. features of the envelope(<envelope>)
Vocabulary
6 Communicative Functions
● emotive: expressivity, register
● poetic: way in which a message attracts attention
to its own internal organisation (eg. Rendition)
● conative: stylistics
● referential: grammar
● meta-lingual: glosses, annotations
● phatic: pragmatics
starting and maintaining the contact
(eg. <opener>, <closer>)
Vocabulary & Syntax
TEI: Text Encoding Initiative
Vocabulary & Syntax
TEI: Text Encoding Initiative
The TEI Guidelines are designed to be customized, and
specific projects and disciplinary groups often create
customized versions reflecting particular needs and
practices.
Vocabulary & Syntax
TEI: Text Encoding Initiative
● no dedicated TEI module
● scarce practice in digital letter editing
→ Customized extension of TEI = DALF
Vocabulary & Syntax
DALF: Digital Archive of Letters in Flanders
1. Standard TEI subsets
2. Modifications of standard TEI vocabulary & syntax
<elements> @attributes !content models
3. New vocabulary & syntax
<elements> @attributes !content models
Vocabulary
& Syntax
StreuLet.dtd
[1998]
Vocabulary & Syntax
dalf.dtd [2003] & Documentation
http://ctb.kantl.be/project/dalf/
Praxis
Praxis
No other part of your edition will express your theory &
interpretation of the text more than the encoding.
Praxis
No other part of your edition will express your theory &
interpretation of the text more than the encoding.
→ So you better love it
Praxis
No other part of your edition will express your theory &
interpretation of the text more than the encoding.
→ This is modeling @ work
DALF
Digital Archive of Letters in Flanders
● Digital
● Archive
● Letters
● Flanders
DALF
Digital Archive of Letters in Flanders
● Long-term project
● Umbrella project
● Developing general methodology for
letter editions
● Stimulation the international debate
● Empowering digital editing of letters
So You Want to make a Digital Edition
of Letters?
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Editing Correspondence with TEI [3 changes to opt out]

  • 1. Edward Vanhoutte° & Ron Van den Branden* Royal Academy of Dutch Language & Literature °* University College London Centre for Digital Humanities° LLC: The Journal of Digital Scholarship in the Humanities (OUP) °* edward.vanhoutte@kantl.be ron.vandenbranden@kantl.be Digital Humanities Summer School @ KULeuven – 18/09/2013 Editing Correspondence with TEI [3 chances to opt out]
  • 2.
  • 3. So You Want to Edit Correspondence?
  • 4.
  • 6. So You Want to Edit Correspondence with TEI?
  • 7.
  • 8. ● Description ● Transcription ● Annotation → Encoding
  • 10. Model ● Theory of the text ● Definition of the text
  • 11. What is a letter? Siegfried Scheibe By a "letter" we understand written messages, information or orders which are meant to inform other persons (the addressee) and which were not written for publication. As a rule, they have a standard form beginning with a salutation, ending with a signature and frequently containing a date
  • 12. What is a letter? Postal Definition An informative writing in the form of an address to one or more absent persons sealed, provided with an address and sent.
  • 13. What is a letter? Communicative definition Roman Jakobson [1960]
  • 14. Model
  • 15. Vocabulary 6 Constituent Functions ● sender (<sender>) ● message itself (<body> of the letter) ● recipient (<recipient>) ● references to extra linguistic reality eg. <title>, <name>, <place>, <date>, etc. ● language of the letter (<language>) ● physical features of a letter eg. the collation (<collation>) eg. features of the envelope(<envelope>)
  • 16. Vocabulary 6 Communicative Functions ● emotive: expressivity, register ● poetic: way in which a message attracts attention to its own internal organisation (eg. Rendition) ● conative: stylistics ● referential: grammar ● meta-lingual: glosses, annotations ● phatic: pragmatics starting and maintaining the contact (eg. <opener>, <closer>)
  • 17. Vocabulary & Syntax TEI: Text Encoding Initiative
  • 18. Vocabulary & Syntax TEI: Text Encoding Initiative The TEI Guidelines are designed to be customized, and specific projects and disciplinary groups often create customized versions reflecting particular needs and practices.
  • 19. Vocabulary & Syntax TEI: Text Encoding Initiative ● no dedicated TEI module ● scarce practice in digital letter editing → Customized extension of TEI = DALF
  • 20. Vocabulary & Syntax DALF: Digital Archive of Letters in Flanders 1. Standard TEI subsets 2. Modifications of standard TEI vocabulary & syntax <elements> @attributes !content models 3. New vocabulary & syntax <elements> @attributes !content models
  • 22. Vocabulary & Syntax dalf.dtd [2003] & Documentation http://ctb.kantl.be/project/dalf/
  • 24. Praxis No other part of your edition will express your theory & interpretation of the text more than the encoding.
  • 25. Praxis No other part of your edition will express your theory & interpretation of the text more than the encoding. → So you better love it
  • 26. Praxis No other part of your edition will express your theory & interpretation of the text more than the encoding. → This is modeling @ work
  • 27. DALF Digital Archive of Letters in Flanders ● Digital ● Archive ● Letters ● Flanders
  • 28. DALF Digital Archive of Letters in Flanders ● Long-term project ● Umbrella project ● Developing general methodology for letter editions ● Stimulation the international debate ● Empowering digital editing of letters
  • 29. So You Want to make a Digital Edition of Letters?