Titre de la diapositive Unité mixte de recherche 7118 Jessika Perignon Meeting TEI Council Lyon 1er avril 2009 Meeting TEI Council Lyon 1er avril 2009 Accueil diaporama

Context of the project European Research Council (ERC) Program Title : History of the French Political Lexicon Critical edition of the very first translation into French of the City of God by Augustine translated by Raoul de Prelles in the 14th century –5 volumes containing 22 books Scientific and editorial goals –Electronic publishing –Paper publication –Generation of index and glossary

TEI usage in the project Use of typical tags for manuscripts ( ) Tags for critical apparatus (, ) Tags for specific written forms (pilcrow : )

TEI usage in the project Use of tag to do the critical apparatus Identification of parts in foreign language Use of –Links to the digitized images (in cooperation with the BNF)

TEI usage in the project Abbreviations with a special character : – gl ou tonnie « Standard » abbreviations : – Indexation : – Glossary : – Classic tags : –,, …

Conclusion - questions The TEI fits ours needs for this project. But: –Novice users can be reluctant to encode documents in TEI because of its complexity –WYSIWYG tools are not the panacea (Oxygen Author) Remarks specific to this project : –distinction between index and glossary ? –Abbreviation (P4 : more simple than )