Electronic Texts
May 2001
This course will provide a practical exploration of electronic texts and related technologies such as ebook formats. Drawing on the experience and resources available at UVa's Electronic Text Center, the course will cover the following areas:
- how to create archival-quality etexts;
- Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) for etext development and use;
- eXtensible Markup Language (XML) for etext development and use;
- ebook and other non-web browser output options from SGML and XML.
As a focus for our study of etexts, we will create TEI-tagged versions of manuscript items, either from your own work or from a wonderful set of Civil War letters at the University of Virginia.