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As you can no doubt tell, I don't know a lot about xquery, database applications, or how data is called/manipulated/displayed in eXist--there's a whole host of other "things I don't know" but that I also don't have names for yet. I'll try to explain what I'm doing in laywoman's terms, but if you know what I'm really …
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With the help of at least (!) one tech-savvy friend and the samples that come with eXisit-db, I've cobbled together a basic prototype of the Novels in Context project! Here's what I've done and learned so far, in addition to some things that don't work, and which I plan to fix: I was able to …
How do we go about constructing a thematic editorial apparatus in TEI? The challenge is generating a thematic schema that is flexible and useful but not overly directive or misleading. I've been meditating on how to mark up thematic elements in a small (but growing!) collection of primary source materials for the study and, primarily, …
This fall, I have a sabbatical--while I'm very much looking forward to getting back into research, and especially to learning more about TEI and XML, it occurs to me that I have a tendency to be more productive the more things I have going on in my life, and so the prospect of a sabbatical …
Tonya Howe 