The TEI Header

 

  1. Overview
  2. Annotated description of key tags within the TEI Header template
  3. Blank TEI Header template
  4. TEI Header template example
  5. Sample Dublin Core Meta Data

 

Overview [up]

Every TEI-conformant text must carry such a set of descriptions, prefixed to it and encoded as described below. The set is known as the TEI header, tagged <teiHeader>, it consists of the following major parts:


The overall structure of the <teiheader> looks like this:

<teiHeader>
<fileDesc> <!-- ... --> </fileDesc>
<profileDesc> <!-- ... --> </profileDesc>
<revisionDesc> <!-- ... --> </revisionDesc>
</teiHeader>


Annotated description of key tags within the TEI header Template [up]

 

 

Blank TEI Header Template: [up]

In the following template, the brackets ("[...]") denote places where the encoder must fill in pertinent information.

<teiHeader>
<fileDesc>
<titleStmt>
<title>[ARTICLE TITLE]: electronic edition. </title>
<author>[AUTHOR NAME]</author>
<respStmt>
<resp>XML markup by</resp>
<name>[NAME]</name>
</respStmt>
<respStmt>
<resp>[DESCRIPTION]</resp>
<name>[NAME]</name>
</respStmt>
<funder>SSHRC through the MCRI program</funder>
</titleStmt>
<publicationStmt>
<publisher>Institute for Globalization and the Human Condition, McMaster University</publisher>
<pubPlace>Hamilton, Ontario, Canada</pubPlace>
<date>[DATE]</date>
<distributor>Text Analysis Portal for Research (TAPoR)</distributor>
</publicationStmt>
<seriesStmt>
<title>Sample Research Article Published in 2003 by the Institute for Globalization and the Human Condition, McMaster University, Canada with support from SSHRC.</title>
</seriesStmt>
<notesStmt>
<note>[NOTES]</note> <note>[DUBLIN CORE SET OF META TAGS HERE]</note>
</notesStmt>
<sourceDesc>
<p>[PROSE DESCRIPTION SPECIFYING THE PROVENANCE OF THE TEXT]</p>
</sourceDesc>
</fileDesc>
<profileDesc>
<langUsage>
<language id="en" usage="100" wsd="wsd.en">
Canadian English</language>
</langUsage>
<textClass>
<keywords>
<term type="subject"/>
<term type="audience"/>
<term/>
</keywords>
</textClass>
</profileDesc>
<revisionDesc>
<change>
<date calendar="Gregorian" value="YYYY-MM-DD">MM-DD-YYYY</date>
<respStmt>
<resp>XML Markup</resp>
</respStmt>
<item>[DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE]</item>
</change>
<change>
<date calendar="Gregorian" value="YYYY-MM-DD">MM-DD-YYYY</date>
<respStmt>
<resp>XML Markup</resp>
</respStmt>
<item>[DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE]</item>
</change>
</revisionDesc>
</teiHeader>


TEI Header Template Example [up]

The following example is a properly encoded TEI Header of a reseach article:

<teiHeader>
<fileDesc>
<titleStmt>
<title>Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities : electronic edition. </title>
<author>G. B. Madison</author>
<respStmt>
<resp>XML markup by</resp>
<name>Stevens, Alex</name>
</respStmt>
<respStmt>
<resp>Research article editors</resp>
<name>Rhoda E. Howard</name>
</respStmt>
<funder>SSHRC through the MCRI program</funder>
</titleStmt>
<publicationStmt>
<publisher>Institute for Globalization and the Human Condition, McMaster University</publisher>
<pubPlace>Hamilton, Ontario, Canada</pubPlace>
<date>2003</date>
<distributor>Text Analysis Portal for Research (TAPoR)</distributor>
</publicationStmt>
<seriesStmt>
<title>Sample Research Article Published in 2003 by the Institute for Globalization and the Human Condition, McMaster University, Canada with support from SSHRC.</title>
</seriesStmt>
<notesStmt>
<note>This is the template for a Research Article.</note>
</notesStmt>
<sourceDesc>
<p/>
</sourceDesc>
</fileDesc>
<profileDesc>
<langUsage>
<language id="en" usage="100" wsd="wsd.en">
Canadian English</language>
</langUsage>
<textClass>
<keywords>
<term type="subject"/>
<term type="audience"/>
<term/>
</keywords>
</textClass>
</profileDesc>
<revisionDesc>
<change>
<date calendar="Gregorian " value="2002-10-07">10-07-2002</date>
<respStmt>
<resp>Template Author</resp>
</respStmt>
<item>Entry created by Alex Stevens and edited by Geoffrey Rockwell</item>
</change>
<change>
<date calendar="Gregorian" value="2003-01-11">01-11-2003</date>
<respStmt>
<resp>Template Author</resp>
</respStmt>
<item>Entry edited by Alex Stevens</item>
</change>
</revisionDesc>
</teiHeader>

Sample Dublin Core Meta Data [up]

The values listed below are for demonstration purposes and will need to be modifed accordingly.

<notesStmt>
<note><![CDATA[
<link rel="schema.DC" href="http://purl.org/dc">
<meta name="DC.Title" lang="en" content="Research Article, Globalization Compendium">
<meta name="DC.Creator" content="Editors of the Compendium">
<meta name="DC.Subject" lang="en" content="Globalization, Human Condition">
<meta name="DC.Description" lang="en" content="Compendium Research Article">
<meta name="DC.Publisher" content="McMaster University">
<meta name="DC.Contributor" content="Stevens, Alex; Rockwell, Geoffrey">
<meta name="DC.Date" scheme="WTN8601" content="2003-01-23">
<meta name="DC.Type" content="Interactive.Multimedia">
<meta name="DC.Format" content="text/xml">
<meta name="DC.Identifier" content="">
<meta name="DC.Language" content="English">
<meta name="DC.Rights" content="Text copyright Globalization Institute, McMaster University.">]]></note>
</notesStmt>

 


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