TEItiedostot

TEItiedostot refers to a collection of files associated with the TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) P5 schema. The TEI is a consortium that develops and maintains a set of guidelines for representing texts in digital form. These guidelines are expressed as a schema, which defines the structure and elements that can be used to mark up text. TEItiedostot, therefore, are the files that implement and utilize this schema.

These files typically include XML (Extensible Markup Language) documents. XML is a markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable. TEI-compliant XML files use TEI elements and attributes to describe various aspects of a text, such as its structure, content, and editorial commentary. For example, elements like <p> for paragraph, <div> for division, or <persName> for person's name are common in TEI.

The TEItiedostot can encompass several types of files. This includes the TEI P5 schema definition itself, often in a RELAX NG or W3C XML Schema (XSD) format. It also includes example TEI documents that demonstrate how to apply the schema to different kinds of texts, from historical manuscripts to modern literary works. Furthermore, TEItiedostot might refer to stylesheets (like XSLT) used to transform TEI XML into other formats (e.g., HTML for web display) or software tools designed for processing TEI-encoded data. The purpose of these files is to facilitate consistent and rich digital representation of textual information, enabling advanced analysis, searching, and display of digitized texts.