TEI XML Conversion Services

TEI XML Creation Services

TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) is a set of guidelines written in a source format called 'ODD' ('One Document Does it All') which includes the TEI source code, the TEI schemas, and the prose documentation for encoding machine-readable texts, mostly in the linguistics, humanities and social sciences.

SunTec Digital can help you convert large volumes of textual and research material in TEI XML format with complete precision. We have been extensively supporting academic institutions, libraries, museums, publishers, and individual scholars to digitally present literary and linguistic texts, journals, manuscripts, historical archives, dictionaries, research papers, books, transcribed text, spoken corpora, and facsimiles, etc., for the purpose of teaching, web research and information security.

Our proficient team of experienced professionals is well-trained to perform even the complex conversion processes and deliver the final output within the committed time frame and budget. Outsource TEI XML conversion services to SunTec Digital for hassle-free, accurate conversions and saving operational costs.

Producing Educational, Scholarly, and Research Material in TEI XML Format

With our rich experience and technical competency, we accurately convert files from HTML, PDF, and other formats into TEI XML documents, and vice-versa. We can also encode the major structural and presentational features of letters, prose, and poetry using TEI XML format.

The TEI XML conversion services specialist team at SunTec Digital strictly adheres to the TEI guidelines for text encoding:

Using specialist vocabularies like SVG, MathML, and XInclude, whenever required
Collection of TEI elements, defining: descriptions, examples, elements and attributes, content models and data types, constraints, information on how it can be used, equivalences, etc.
Managing infrastructure of model and attribute classes

Our TEI XML creation services providing teams are adept at working with the following tools and technologies to transform the content in TEI XML:

XSLT for XML transformation
XSL FO for XML document formatting
XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON for web display
XQuery, Xpath, XForms, RDF, and SPARQL for searching and indexing

Tools like Oxygen, TEI Boilerplate, Omeka, OxGarage, existDB, etc., to simplify the TEI XML conversion process

TEI XML Conversion: Our Workflow

To facilitate the interchange of scholarly information, our teams can create documents in TEI XML format, conforming to P5, the latest version of the TEI Guidelines, or as requested by the client.

Step One: Document Analysis

Deciding the number of items that are to be reviewed
Looking through the materials and preparing a list of all the 'features' present

Studying the content & structure of the documents

Step Two: Requirement Assessment

Understanding the type of documents used by the client

Analyzing the content of reference queries

Step Three: TEI Tag Set Compilation

Comparing text features with the project requirements to find out referencing, structural and semantic needs

Sample encoding

Step Four: Encoding Guidelines to Follow

Devising a solution corresponding to the source files, TEI version standard, document structure, etc.
File naming scheme
DTD or Schema
Tag list
Character encoding

Attachments
XML/TEI Sample
Normalization, authority control & cross-referencing
Structural & semantic features that require additional explanation

Step Five: Text Encoding

Digitizing the original files and documents
Performing both manual & automated Quality Control on image files, and document the results
Running auto QC on XML files

Performing automated DTD and Schematron validation on XML files, and making the necessary changes
Verifying the TEI file names
Uploading the encoded file to the client-server

Final Step: Delivering TEI-conformant documents, validated against the TEI Schema.

Getting Started!

To find out how SunTec Digital can help you with TEI XML Conversion Services to create and convert files into TEI XML-conformant documents, kindly email us at info@suntecdigital.com. We will get back to you shortly with all your queries related to our TEI XML conversion..