Digital Editions and Corpora

This training session introduces the TextGrid Repository, a portal run by the Göttingen State and University Library (SUB). The repository provides access to digital editions and corpora from numerous projects spanning various disciplines, genres, languages and historical periods. Although the majority of the collections are in German, other projects focus on different languages, such as Sanskrit, Spanish, French, etc. A very brief introduction to the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) will also be provided. The training session takes place at regular intervals and is open to people at all career stages, from students to postdocs and professors. The focus is on those in the humanities or those who work with texts as primary sources. No technical knowledge is required.

• Dates: The training session takes place at regular intervals. You can find the current dates at the bottom of this page or in the event calendar.
• Audience: The training is open to people at all career stages, from students to postdocs and professors. The focus is on individuals in the humanities or those who work with texts as primary sources.
• Format: 45-minute presentation + 45 minutes of hands-on practice
• Organizational details: Registration is not required. No technical knowledge is necessary.
• Language: The language of the session will be English.
• Contact: José Calvo Tello (calvotello@uni-goettingen.de), Max-Ferdinand Zeterberg (zeterberg@uni-goettingen.de)

The Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) is one of the most widely used technologies for encoding texts and metadata in the humanities and digital humanities. In numerous projects, not only literary texts are encoded in TEI, but also other document types such as digital editions, linguistic research data, historical sources, etc. The Göttingen State and University Library (SUB) is actively involved in advising and supporting researchers in these fields; amongst other things, the SUB is continuing to develop the TextGrid Repository, a repository for TEI- and XML-encoded documents from corpora, collections or digital editions.

The training session is divided into two blocks, each with a specific objective: in the first block, the TextGrid Repository is introduced and the import workflow is briefly explained. In the second session, participants have the opportunity to briefly present their own materials (language of the texts, number of documents, project status, specific features) and receive personalised advice on publication and the import process. It is possible to attend only the first session.

• Dates: The training session takes place at regular intervals. You can find the current dates at the bottom of this page or in the event calendar.
• Audience: The training is open to people at all career stages, from students to postdocs and professors. The focus is on individuals in the humanities or those who work with texts as primary sources.
• Format: 45-minute presentation + 45 minutes of hands-on practice
• Organizational details: Registration is not required. No technical knowledge is necessary.
• Language: The language of the session will be English.
• Contact: José Calvo Tello (calvotello@uni-goettingen.de)

The Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) is one of the most widely used technologies in the humanities and digital humanities for encoding texts and metadata. In numerous projects, it is not only literary texts that are encoded in TEI, but also other types of documents such as digital editions, linguistic research data, historical sources, etc. The Göttingen State and University Library (SUB) is actively involved in advising and supporting researchers in these fields; amongst other things, the SUB is continuing to develop the TextGrid Repository, a repository for TEI- and XML-encoded documents from corpora, collections or digital editions.
In this session, we will provide an introductory overview of XML and TEI for those with a background in the humanities. No prior knowledge is required. During the session, we will provide examples of simple documents that participants can work on during the session and later on their own. If they prepare their example correctly, they will have the opportunity to submit it to us for publication. This will result in a small publication of research data in XML-TEI format being made available in the TextGrid Repository. This publication will be citable and will contain a persistent identifier (PID).

• Dates: The training session takes place at regular intervals. You can find the current dates at the bottom of this page or in the event calendar.
• Audience: The training is open to people at all career stages, from students to postdocs and professors. The focus is on individuals in the humanities or those who work with texts as primary sources.
• Format: hands-on practice
• Organizational details: Registration is not required. No technical knowledge is necessary.
• Language: The language of the session will be English.
• Contact: José Calvo Tello (calvotello@uni-goettingen.de)

The Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) is one of the most widely used technologies in the humanities and digital humanities for encoding texts and metadata. In numerous projects, it is not only literary texts that are encoded in TEI, but also other types of documents such as digital editions, linguistic research data, historical sources, etc. The Göttingen State and University Library (SUB) is actively involved in advising and supporting researchers in these fields; amongst other things, the SUB is continuing to develop the TextGrid Repository, a repository for TEI- and XML-encoded documents from corpora, collections or digital editions.

The repository offers various ways to access the data, including via the browser-based portal and via APIs. In this session, we will demonstrate how to interact with the data using the Python library tg-clients. More specifically, we will use Jupyter Notebooks hosted by the GWDG and the NFDI. Jupyter Notebooks allow users with no knowledge of XML-TEI or Python to interact with the code and data in pre-prepared notebooks, as well as to write their own code. In the first part, we will demonstrate how the portal simplifies the use of Jupyter Notebooks and we will look at basic queries. In the second part, there will be an opportunity to attempt more complex tasks, for example using various NLP libraries and visualisation options.

• Dates: The training session takes place at regular intervals. You can find the current dates at the bottom of this page or in the event calendar.
• Audience: The training is open to people at all career stages, from students to postdocs and professors. The focus is on individuals in the humanities or those who work with texts as primary sources.
• Format: 45-minute presentation + 45 minutes of hands-on practice
• Organizational details: Registration is not required. No technical knowledge is necessary.
• Language: The language of the session will be English.
• Contact: José Calvo Tello (calvotello@uni-goettingen.de)