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XML (eXtensible Markup Language) for Teaching and Research

Agenda


Day 1: Introduction to XML
7:00-8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:30-9:00 a.m. Welcome and Review of Schedule
9:00-10:00 a.m. Overview of Applications of XML
10:00-10:15 a.m. Break
10:15-12:00 noon Hands-on Introduction to XML Encoding and Validation. <oXygen/> will be introduced here as well.
12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:15-2:00 p.m. An Academic Encoding Scheme: TEI
  • What is it?
  • Why was it developed?
  • How is it being used?
2:00-3:00 p.m. Another example of how XML is already being used at small liberal arts colleges: RSS.
3:00-3:15 p.m. Break
3:15-4:30 p.m. Open Lab Time: participants explore sites that use TEI, RSS, and other encoding schemes
5:00-6:30 p.m. Dinner
6:30-8:30 p.m. Evening activities

Day 2: Two tracks:
7:00-8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:30-10:00 a.m. Teams present their project ideas to and discuss them with the group
10:00-10:15 a.m. Break
10:15-12:00 noon Track 1: A Pedagogical Model is Presented
Track 2: Overview of tools: using Oxygen for XML manipulation
12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:15-3:00 p.m. Track 1: Hands-on encoding with TEI Lite
Track 2: Introduction to XPath and XSLT
3:00-3:15 p.m. Break
3:15-4:30 p.m. Track 1: Hands-on encoding with the full TEI DTD
Track 2: Working with XPath and XSLT
5:00-6:30 p.m. Dinner
6:30-8:30 p.m. Evening activities: Open Lab Hours for groups to work on projects.


Day 3: Devloping Project Ideas, Building Support for XML Projects
7:00-8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:30-10:00 a.m. Track 1: Hands-on session. Participants work on encoding texts they brought to the workshops.
Track 2: Project lab time.
10:00-10:15 a.m. Break
10:15-12:00 noon Groups from Track 1 and 2 get back together and discuss with each other what they have learned.
12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:15-3:00 p.m. Groups present any changes they have made to their project ideas with the rest of the group, based on what they learned at the workshops
3:00-3:15 p.m. Break
3:15-4:30 p.m. Where do we go from here? How do we support XML projects in our own institutions? Between institutions? Reaching out to other organizations?
4:30-5:00 p.m. Workshop Evaluation
5:00-6:30 p.m. Dinner
6:30-8:30 p.m. Evening activities

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