An Introduction to XML for Historical and Literary Research (2-part series)

XML is a standard from which many encoding languages are created, and it structures much of the data on the Internet.  XML is a language of the web (as xHTML); it is widely used in mapping and geographic information systems (as KML, the language of Google Maps and Google Earth); it is the basis of TEI, a set of archivals standard for the creation and preservation of electronic texts; and Databases using XML (such as eXist-db and BaseX) are becoming increasingly popular as alternatives to MySQL-based data stores, especially for use with historical and literary materials.  Ubiquitous in computing and relatively easy to learn, XML is a fundamental skill and a powerful way of describing, manipulating, and presenting data and text.

This workshop series introduces the basic concepts and applications of XML, with hands-on exercises in xHTML, KML, and TEI, materials which are constructed around historical documents and literary texts.  These workshops assume no prior knowledge of computing languages, and people of all levels are welcome.