TEI in Libraries: Guidelines for Best Practices Working Group

In April 2008, a joint meeting between the Digital Library Federation (DLF) TEI Task Force and TEI in Libraries SIG was held as part of the DLF Spring Forum in Minneapolis. One of the main points of discussion was the necessary revision of the TEI in Libraries: Guidelines for Best Practices (GBP) to reflect general conformance and any changes brought about by the TEI P5 release. The Guidelines were originally authored by members of the DLF TEI Task Force, but they will fall under the TEI in Libraries SIG purview moving forward. One of our many goals in revising the guidelines is to have official bodies of the TEI-C review and approve the Guidelines for linking to the TEI-C web site for greater exposure. The TEI in Libraries: Guidelines for Best Practices (GBP), originally developed by the Digital Library Federation TEI Task Force, are in need of revision to comply with TEI P5. The GBP are transitioning to be part of the TEI in Libraries SIG purview, and

Priorities

• Revise the TEI in Libraries: Guidelines for Best Practices (GBP) to comply with TEI P5

Each encoding level and the header section needs to be updated to comply with P5. Examples either need to be updated or gathered for each level.