The Anglo-Saxon Poetry Project

For inclusion in the TEI Application Page

Form posted from TEI website on 2006-5-9Historical MaterialsAnglo-Saxon PoetryEnglishAnglo-Saxon20 September 2007Chris Ruotolo Converted to TEI P5 09 May 2006

Norman Daoust, Jim London, and Jack WatsonCreated using newproj webform

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Description: The ASPP is a collaborative effort to present examples of Anglo-Saxon poetry and varied translations in the electronic context of the World Wide Web. We provide a suggested method for coding and tagging Anglo-Saxon Poetry using the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) standard.

Implementation description: The inherent challenges of presenting a comparative tool for Anglo-Saxon are evident; online visual representation and electronic preservation of the uniqueness of Old English multiplies the challenge exponentially. For clarity and standardization of tagging and simplicity of presentation, the TEI standards of XML best preserve the poems. The extensible nature of TEI will also accommodate increasing complexity of tagging associated with research, analysis and data processing concerns. The collaborative nature of the ASPP is served well by dynamic pages permitting contribution from interested scholars.

Contact:

Norman Daoust, Jim London, and Jack WatsonUniversity of New Brunswick

Fredericton, NB

E3B 5A3 CanadaTel: Fax: Email: norman.daoust@unb.ca