Text Encoding Initiative

by Nancy Ide

The Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) <em>Guidelines for Electronic Text</em> <em>Encoding and Interchange</em> are the result of over six years' work by dozens of scholars from all over the world. As such, they represent a pioneer effort in an area where only occasional and isolated attempts were made before. They will certainly serve as the primary basis for encoding texts in electronic form for the foreseeable future. <br/> The work of participants in the TEI not only involved consideration of problems of text encoding that are likely to be with us for decades to come, but also required the...