TEI Guidelines (P5)

Business Profile

Core Value Proposition

TEI Guidelines provides infrastructure for developing machine-actionable cultural heritage texts.

Target Customer

Libraries, museums, publishers, and individual scholars working on online research, teaching, and preservation of texts.

Key Differentiator

Open-source, customizable TEI schemas with modular design and active community since 1994; produced via Roma customization, GitHub hosting, and multiple distribution channels.

Implementation Timeline

Not specified

Pain Points

1Lack of standardized, machine-actionable encoding for cultural heritage texts
2Need for customizable schemas to fit different project requirements
3Disparate encoding practices across libraries/museums/publishers

Key Features

1TEI Guidelines and schemas
2Customization via Roma and ODD
3TEI Modules including TEI Header, dictionaries, transcriptions, etc.
4Stand-off Markup and linking/segmentation
5GitHub hosting, Debian packages, Zenodo distribution
6oXygen editor distribution

Target Customer Industries

Client Results

1Supports online research, teaching, and preservation of texts by libraries, museums, publishers, and scholars.

Competitive Advantages

1Open-source and freely accessible resources
2Extensive modular framework enabling customization and extension
3Long-standing adoption across libraries, museums, publishers, and scholars since 1994
4Multiple delivery channels (GitHub, Roma, oXygen, Debian, Zenodo)

Key Benefits

1Interoperable encoding for cultural heritage works

2Customizable schemas via Roma and ODD

3Active community and open-source distribution

4Broad adoption by libraries, museums, publishers, and scholars

Additional Product Information

Product Description

The TEI Guidelines provide the infrastructure for encoding and exchanging machine-actionable cultural heritage texts, with modular schemas and extensive documentation. They are open-source and designed to be customized for different projects.

Target Market

Libraries, Museums, Publishers, Academic Researchers and Projects

Unique Value Proposition

Open-source, highly customizable TEI encoding standards with a long history of adoption, enabling interoperable, machine-actionable encoding for cultural heritage texts.

Technical Requirements

Access to TEI resources (schemas, documentation); ability to use Roma for customization; can be used with oXygen XML Editor; available via GitHub; Debian packages; Zenodo

Pricing Model

Open source; freely accessible; downloadable from GitHub and Zenodo; Debian packages available

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