Epigraphy.info

A Collaborative Environment for Digital Epigraphy

Epigraphy.info Workshop III – EpiDoc & Technical Training

Vienna, 27th – 30th May 2019

Tutors: James Cowey, Tom Elliott

Download programme as PDF

Latest version of Programme (Google Doc)

Google Doc for comments, notes, questions, ...


Before coming to the workshop, please undertake the following steps:

Optional (but recommended) reading in advance:


Monday, 27th May 2019, Erika-Weinzierl-Saal, University of Vienna – Main Building, left wing, 1st floor, Universitätsring, 1010 Wien

09:30 – 12:30 Session 1
09:30 - 10:20Block 1A: Intro to encoding and computing conventions
10:20 - 10:50coffee
10:50 - 11:40Block 1B: Unique identifiers
11:40 - 11:50break
11:50 - 12:30Block 1C: Common formats: CSV and JSON

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 – 18:00 Session 2
14:00 - 14:50Block 2A: Common formats: CSV, JSON and XML
14:50 - 15:00break
15:00 - 15:50Block 2B: Publishing, downloading, joining, and merging datasets
15:50 - 16:20tea
16:20 - 17:00 (sic)Block 2C: Questions and clarification
17:00 - 17:10break
17:10 - 18:00Block 2D: Intro to TEI XML and EpiDoc

19:00 – Social Dinner (location tba)


Tuesday, 28th May 2019, Erika-Weinzierl-Saal, University of Vienna – Main Building, left wing, 1st floor, Universitätsring, 1010 Wien

09:30 – 12:30 Session 3
09:30 - 10:20Block 3A: Monday recap and questions
10:20 - 10:50coffee
10:50 - 11:40Block 3B: EpiDoc: encoding the text
11:40 - 11:50break
11:50 - 12:30Block 3C: EpiDoc: encoding descriptive information (metadata)

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 – 18:00 Session 4
Track 4A:
Encoding EpiDoc in OxygenXML
Track 4B:
Encoding EpiDoc in Papyri.info
14:00 - 14:50
14:50 - 15:00breakbreak
15:00 - 15:50
15:50 - 16:20teatea
16:20 - 17:10 (sic)
17:10 - 17:20breakbreak
17:20 - 18:00Joint session: experiences, results, questions

Wednesday, 29th May 2019, Erika-Weinzierl-Saal, University of Vienna – Main Building, left wing, 1st floor, Universitätsring, 1010 Wien

09:30 – 12:30 Session 5
09:30 - 10:20Block 5A: Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
10:20 - 10:50coffee
10:50 - 11:40Block 5B: Digital Text Services (Thibault Clérice via Skype)
11:40 - 11:50break
11:50 - 12:30Block 5C: Pelagios (Rainer Simon)

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 – 18:00 Session 6
14:00 - 14:50Block 6A: EpiDoc Web Pages with XSLT
14:50 - 15:00break
15:00 - 15:50Block 6B: Hosting EpiDoc on the web with EFES (Gabriel Bodard via Skype)
15:50 - 16:20tea
16:20 - 17:10 (sic)Block 6C: Hosting EpiDoc on the web with CETEIcean (Hugh Cayless via Skype)
17:10 - 17:20break
17:20 - 18:00Block 6D: Style and substance: comparing EpiDoc files from different projects

Thursday, 30th May 2019, Alte Kapelle am Campus, University Campus, Spitalgasse 2-4 / Court 2.8, 1090 Wien

09:30 – 12:30 Session 7
09:30 - 10:20Block 7A: Linked Data and RDF
10:20 - 10:50coffee
10:50 - 11:40Block 7B: Identifiers, Vocabularies, and Authority Control
11:40 - 11:50break
11:50 - 12:30Block 7C: Questions and conclusions