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Welcome to the EpiDoc Tutorials and Syllabus site.

This site collects video tutorials and other training resources that can be used to support teaching and learning of EpiDoc – the use of TEI XML for ancient documentary texts such as those on papyri, inscriptions, seals, and other supports.

Workshop syllabi

Curated syllabi and workshop programmes, including lists of tutorials and slideshows.

• Workshop and other syllabi

All EpiDoc short tutorials

An unsorted list, this page will contain links to all EpiDoc training tutorials and videos as they are produced.

• All EpiDoc video tutorials

EpiDoc tutorials at other sites

You may still find some of these older introductions to text encoding and EpiDoc useful.

• EpiDoc at Sunoikisis Digital Classics
• EpiDoc training materials from Digital Classicist
• A list of past workshops up to 2021 with links to programs and syllabi is also available on Digital Classicist.

Other XML Training

Those new to EpiDoc might also find general training in XML and/or TEI useful. A good general introduction to XML at W3 Schools might be a useful start, and the Wikipedia entry for XML includes an introduction to processing interfaces and practices.

The TEI website has a section on learning the TEI, including a Teach Yourself TEI guide. Training events are listed at the TEI current events page.

For information and advice on more advanced XML tools, such as XSLT, XQuery or Solr for publishing, indexing and searching EpiDoc files, see the page on Software