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TEI  

Definition

  • The Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) is a consortium which collectively develops and maintains a standard for the representation of texts in digital form, its guidelines collectively define a type of XML format intended primarily for the addition of semantic information to digital text and commonly used in the fields of the humanities, social sciences, and linguistics.

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Entry terms

  • Text Encoding Initiative, TEI-XML

Source

  • Ide, Nancy, and Jean Veronis. 1995. Text Encoding Initiative: Background and Context. Edited by Nancy Ide. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.

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http://purl.org/knot/thesaurus/tei

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