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Quickstarts Getting Started Introduction Learn about the Project Working Team Communication Role-based Email Email Distribution Lists Team Meetings Project Management Software Tracking Hours and Payroll Tools for Remote Work Remote Access VPN Virtual Co-working Spaces Set up your Workstation Set up SVN Check out the Repository Set up Oxygen Access the Repository Update and Commit Files Research Hygiene and Daily Routine Introduction to Markup Introduction What is Markup? Terminology MoEML’s Markup Language Exercises in Oxygen Tagging Survey of London Introduction Tagging Bibliographical Codes Proofing the Transcription Line Beginnings and Hyphens Line Groups Renditions Marginal Notes Tagging Dates, Organizations, Toponyms, and People Tagging Dates Tagging Organizations Tagging Toponyms Tagging People Common Mistakes Adding Organizations Introduction Lesser Livery Companies Other Early Modern Organizations and Offices Adding Places Introduction Determining whether to Add a Place Creating New Location Documents Rerouting Closely Related Places Adding Temporal Data Researching Locations and Writing Abstracts Citing Sources Adding People Introduction Lord Mayors and Sheriffs Families Member of a Livery Company Unknown Person Possibly the same person? Latin Epitaphs Common Mistakes

Setup Your MoEML Workstation Access Files from the Subversion (SVN) Repository Introduction About the SVN Repository Linux Users Windows Users Mac Users Tips and Tricks Creating a New xml:id Get the Most out of Oxygen Introduction Add Code Templates for Special Characters Set Up Schematron Validation Adjust Validation Settings for Files with XInclude Find and Replacing Encoded Text Wrap XML Code

Encoding Instructions Understand MoEML’s Website and Document Structure Introduction Static Website Build Document Collection Document Structure Simple Documents Location Documents Database Files Bibliography (BIBL1.xml) Personography (PERS1.xml) Glossary (GLOSS1.xml) Orgography (ORGS1.xml) Linkography (LINKS1.xml) Paratext (Info Pages) Boilerplate Text General Encoding Practices Introduction Use the div Element Add Draft Content to a Published Document Encode Spaces Truthfully Encode Editorial Notes Encode Words and Phrases in a Language other than English Encode Special Characters Encode Non-standard Characters Encode Roman Numerals Use Split Tags to Represent Overlapping Hierarchies Encode a Table Index Praxis Documentation Tag an Interesting Snippet Add the MoEML Decorative Daisy as a Block Element Create a MoEML teiHeader Introduction Responsibility Statements respStmt in Primary-Source Files Responsibility Statements in Database Files Document Type Taxonomy List of All Document Types Revision Descriptions Link Content to Pages and Databases Introduction Link to MoEML Webpages Link to External Webpages Check and Fix External Links Link to YouTube Videos Link to Audio Files Graphics Markup (Tag) and Pull Data from Databases Link to Location Files Link to People in PERS1.xml Link to Reference Material in BIBL1.xml Link to Glossary Terms in GLOSS1.xml Link to Organizations in ORGS1.xml Link to Related Documents in LINKS1.xml Geocode MoEML Locations Basics of GIS Locations Resources for Finding Geo-coordinates Manually Find Geo-coordinates Introduction to OpenStreetMap Nominatim Introduction to HCMC World Map for Drawing Encode a Location on the Agas Map Encode Style Introduction TEI versus CSS Use TEI to Style a Text Use CSS to Style a Text Use the rendition Element and rendition Attribute Standardized Renditions Standardized Renditions for Library Texts Standardized Renditions for Survey of London Style Survey of London Page Width Blackletter Typeface Chapter Headings Dropcaps Running Headers Page Numbers Signature Numbers Catchwords Marginal Labels Indentation Changes in Typeface Complex Cases Encode Persons Add a Historical or Literary Person Encode the Root Element Encode Names Encode Life Dates Note Biographical Information Example Entries Research a Historical or Literary Person Add Modern Contributors Encode the Root Element Encode Names Note Biographical Information Example Entries Further Resources Encode Dates Introduction When to Encode a Date Encoding Julian Dates Encoding Regnal Dates The Range of Dating Elements Attributes for Date Ranges Examples Uncertainty, Imprecision, and Evidence How Dates are Rendered Encode a Primary Source Transcription Introduction Conventions for Diplomatic Transcriptions Prepare an EEBO Transcription Workflow Pass 1: Basic Document Structure Encode the Front Matter Encode the Main Text in the Work Encode the Back Matter Pass 2: Interpolations and Supplied Characters (Gaps) Pass 3: Encode Bibliographical Codes Encode Line Beginnings and Hyphens Encode Page Beginnings Encode Forme Works Encode Last-word Wraps Pass 4: Encode MoEML Dates, Names, and Toponyms Pass 5: Styling and Conservation Specific Instructions for Encoding a Mayoral Pageant Book Encode a Library Text Introduction Transcribe a Library Text Transciption Conventions Unicode Characters Special Characters Irregularities Textual Gaps Encode a Library Text Front Matter Page Breaks Figures Style a Library Text Page Width Text Alignment Standardized Renditions Changes in Typeface Superscripts Tag a Library Text

Content Guidelines Guide to Editorial Style Introduction General Practice Using this Guide Tone and Verb Tense Spelling and Capitalization Punctuation Italicization Dates and Numbers Quotation and Transcription Citation Parenthetical Citation Works Cited List Social Media Guidelines MoEML’s Social Media Culture MoEML Etiquette Frequency and Style of Posts/Tweets Formatting Tweets The MoEML Blog Related Resources

Further Resources Quick Links Praxis Search Index for Praxis A-Z Document Index Down for Everyone or Just Me? Applications for Encoders Search the MoEML Praxis Access the Index for Praxis Find an Item in the Document Collection Identify Unmapped Locations Check if MoEML is Down