Difference between revisions of "TEI Libraries SIG Manifesto"
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| − | Rationale for digitizing (in one sentence): why we make things digital … first principles. Reference CLIR docs. | + | * Rationale for digitizing (in one sentence): why we make things digital … first principles. Reference CLIR docs. |
| − | For different intended uses of content, different types of access mechanisms are needed. | + | * For different intended uses of content, different types of access mechanisms are needed. |
| − | While mass digitization meets many common needs, it’s insufficient for certain purposes, such as: | + | * While mass digitization meets many common needs, it’s insufficient for certain purposes, such as: |
| − | Things that don’t OCR (especially manuscripts and early printed works) and/or are illegible or hard to read in the page image | + | ** Things that don’t OCR (especially manuscripts and early printed works) and/or are illegible or hard to read in the page image |
| − | Source documents that can’t be scanned because they’re too fragile | + | ** Source documents that can’t be scanned because they’re too fragile |
| − | Reference works where you want to be able to search on a headword | + | ** Reference works where you want to be able to search on a headword |
| − | ???? | + | ** ???? |
| − | For such things, we still need a non-proprietary format for representing a digital surrogate of the item that is designed for | + | * For such things, we still need a non-proprietary format for representing a digital surrogate of the item that is designed for: |
| − | data curation | + | ** long-term preservation |
| − | interchange | + | ** data curation |
| + | ** interchange | ||
and which will enable | and which will enable | ||
| − | + | ** visualization | |
| − | + | ** analysis | |
| − | For textual content, the obvious choice is TEI. | + | * For textual content, the obvious choice is TEI. |
| − | TEI encoding can be scoped: you don’t have to (and shouldn’t!) use all of its features. | + | * TEI encoding can be scoped: you don’t have to (and shouldn’t!) use all of its features. |
| − | Encoding is often outsourced, including through AccessTEI. If your project calls for richer encoding, can enrich the outsourced data by doing the higher-level encoding in house. | + | * Encoding is often outsourced, including through AccessTEI. If your project calls for richer encoding, can enrich the outsourced data by doing the higher-level encoding in house. |
Revision as of 20:08, 9 November 2012
Here is our initial outline of a manifesto that states rationales that library administration leaders should consider for supporting TEI. We welcome all comments, edits, and suggested changes!
Outline
Preamble
- Rationale for digitizing (in one sentence): why we make things digital … first principles. Reference CLIR docs.
- For different intended uses of content, different types of access mechanisms are needed.
- While mass digitization meets many common needs, it’s insufficient for certain purposes, such as:
- Things that don’t OCR (especially manuscripts and early printed works) and/or are illegible or hard to read in the page image
- Source documents that can’t be scanned because they’re too fragile
- Reference works where you want to be able to search on a headword
- ????
- For such things, we still need a non-proprietary format for representing a digital surrogate of the item that is designed for:
- long-term preservation
- data curation
- interchange
and which will enable
- visualization
- analysis
- For textual content, the obvious choice is TEI.
- TEI encoding can be scoped: you don’t have to (and shouldn’t!) use all of its features.
- Encoding is often outsourced, including through AccessTEI. If your project calls for richer encoding, can enrich the outsourced data by doing the higher-level encoding in house.
