The Evolution of the Text Encoding Initiative: From Research Project to Research Infrastructure

It is twenty-five years since the Text Encoding Initiative was first launched as a research project following an international conference funded by the US National Endowment for the Humanities. This article describes some key stages in its subsequent evolution from research project into research inf...

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Publicat a:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/jtei,
Autor principal: Burnard, Lou
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicat: Journal of the Text Encoding Initiative 2013
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Accés en línia:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumari:It is twenty-five years since the Text Encoding Initiative was first launched as a research project following an international conference funded by the US National Endowment for the Humanities. This article describes some key stages in its subsequent evolution from research project into research infrastructure. The TEI's changing nature, we suggest, is partly a consequence of its close and highly responsive relation with an active user community, which may also explain both its longevity and its effectiveness as a part of the digital humanities research infrastructure.