========================================================================= Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1992 18:28:06 CDT Reply-To: "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" Sender: "TEI-L: Text Encoding Initiative public discussion list" From: "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" Subject: new fascicle of TEI P2 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TEI P2 * * new fascicle now available * * Chapter 21 * * Characters and Character Sets * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * We are happy to announce that a new fascicle of the second draft of the TEI Guidelines for Electronic Text Encoding and Interchange is now available for public comment. As readers of this list will recall, TEI P2 is being distributed for comment as a series of fascicles or part-issues, each containing a complete chapter of P2, as and when the texts were available. (File TEIJ7, "Obtaining the Second Version of the TEI Guidelines," has the details, if you have forgotten). The present fascicle contains chapter 21 of P2, which discusses problems of characters and character sets and provides non-technical guidance on choosing a character set, encoding characters not present in that character set, and preparing documents for interchange. It also introduces the concept of the TEI Writing System Declaration, which will be formally defined elsewhere in the Guidelines (chapter 52, to be precise). Other fascicles will be announced as they become available. Thank you for your patience! Texts of P2 are being made available in a number of different electronic formats. These include plain screen-readable text (filetype DOC), LaTeX (filetype TEX), PostScript (filetype PS) and of course SGML (filetypes P2X and REF). To get electronic copies of this fascicle from the TEI-L fileserver, all you need do is send an ordinary email note to the address LISTSERV@UICVM (or listserv@uicvm.uic.ed) containing the line GET P221 xxx (where xxx is one of the filetypes mentioned above) The documents you request will be returned to you automatically as e-mail messages. Beware! some of the files are quite large, and so may be delayed. You will also receive an automatic notification that the file is on its way to you. (If you receive something illegible in a 'Listserv packed format', please contact one of the editors directly to see about getting you the file in a more useful form.) The same files are available via anonymous FTP from the SGML Project at the University of Exeter. To access these files, your computer system must be on the InterNet. If it is, you should be able to give the command FTP sgml1.ex.ac.uk [ or FTP 144.173.6.61] When you are connected to the Exeter SGMLbox, type the following commands: cd tei\p2\drafts get p221.xxx (where xxx is the filetype as mentioned above; note however that the filename *must* be given in all lower-case letters) For more details on these and other sources of TEI information, please order copies of files EDJ8 MEMO (describes how to retrieve electronic copies of TEI P2 and the various formats in which they are available) EDJ9 MEMO (describes how to request paper copies of TEI P2, for those without electronic mail access) (on the Exeter file server, these may be edj8.doc and edj9.doc) -C. M. Sperberg-McQueen Lou Burnard 17 July 1992 ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 04:41:17 CDT Reply-To: NEUMAN@GUVAX.BITNET Sender: "TEI-L: Text Encoding Initiative public discussion list" From: NEUMAN@GUVAX.BITNET Subject: ACH-ALLC93 Call for Papers ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTERS AND THE HUMANITIES ASSOCIATION FOR LITERARY AND LINGUISTIC COMPUTING 1993 JOINT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ACH-ALLC93 JUNE 16-19, 1993 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C. CALL FOR PAPERS This conference -- the major forum for literary, linguistic and humanities computing-- will highlight the development of new computing methodologies for research and teaching in the humanities, the development of significant new networked-based and computer-based resources for humanities research, and the application and evaluation of computing techniques in humanities subjects. TOPICS: We welcome submissions on topics such as text encoding; hypertext; text corpora; computational lexicography; statistical models; syntactic, semantic and other forms of text analysis; also computer applications in history, philosophy, music and other humanities disciplines. In addition, ACH and ALLC extend a special invitation to members of the library community engaged in creating and cataloguing network- based resources in the humanities, developing and integrating databases of texts and images of works central to the humanities, and refining retrieval techniques for humanities databases. The deadline for submissions is 1 NOVEMBER 1992. REQUIREMENTS: Proposals should describe substantial and original work. Those that concentrate on the development of new computing methodologies should make clear how the methodologies are applied to research and/or teaching in the humanities, and should include some critical assessment of the application of those methodologies in the humanities. Those that concentrate on a particular application in the humanities (e.g., a study of the style of an author) should cite traditional as well as computer-based approaches to the problem and should include some critical assessment of the computing methodologies used. All proposals should include conclusions and references to important sources. INDIVIDUAL PAPERS: Abstracts of 1500-2000 words should be submitted for presentations of thirty minutes including questions. SESSIONS: Proposals for sessions (90 minutes) are also invited. These should take the form of either: (a) Three papers. The session organizer should submit a 500-word statement describing the session topic, include abstracts of 1000-1500 words for each paper, and indicate that each author is willing to participate in the session; or (b) A panel of up to 6 speakers. The panel organizer should submit an abstract of 1500 words describing the panel topic, how it will be organized, the names of all the speakers, and an indication that each speaker is willing to participate in the session. FORMAT OF SUBMISSIONS Electronic submissions are strongly encouraged. Please pay particular attention to the format given below. Submissions which do not conform to this format will be returned to the authors for reformatting, or may not be considered if they arrive very close to the deadline. All submissions should begin with the following information: TITLE: title of paper AUTHOR(S): names of authors AFFILIATION: of author(s) CONTACT ADDRESS: full postal address E-MAIL: electronic mail address of main author (for contact), followed by other authors (if any) FAX NUMBER: of main author PHONE NUMBER: of main author (1) Electronic submissions These should be plain ASCII text files, not files formatted by a wordprocessor, and should not contain TAB characters or soft hyphens. Paragraphs should be separated by blank lines. Headings and subheadings should be on separate lines and be numbered. Notes, if needed at all, should take the form of endnotes rather than footnotes. References, up to six, should be given at the end. Choose a simple markup scheme for accents and other characters that cannot be transmitted by electronic mail, and include an explanation of the markup scheme after the title information and before the start of the text. Electronic submissions should be sent to Neuman@GUVAX.Georgetown.edu with the subject line " Submission for ACH-ALLC93". (2) Paper submissions Submissions should be typed or printed on one side of the paper only, with ample margins. Six copies should be sent to ACH-ALLC93 (Paper submission) Dr. Michael Neuman Academic Computer Center 238 Reiss Science Building Georgetown University Washington, D.C. 20057 DEADLINES Proposals for papers and sessions November 1, 1992 Notification of acceptance February 1, 1993 Advance registration May 10, 1993 There will be a substantial increase in the registration fee for registrations received after May 10, 1993. PUBLICATION A selection of papers presented at the conference will be published in the series Research in Humanities Computing edited by Susan Hockey and Nancy Ide and published by Oxford University Press. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Proposals will be evaluated by a panel of reviewers who will make recommendations to the Program Committee comprised of: Chair: Marianne Gaunt, Rutgers, the State University (ACH) Thomas Corns, University of Wales, Bangor (ALLC) Paul Fortier, University of Manitoba (ACH) Jacqueline Hamesse, Universite Catholique Louvain-la-Neuve (ALLC) Susan Hockey, Rutgers and Princeton Universities (ALLC) Nancy Ide, Vassar College (ACH) Randall Jones, Brigham Young University (ACH) Antonio Zampolli, University of Pisa (ALLC) Local organizer: Michael Neuman, Georgetown University (ACH) ACCOMMODATION Accommodations for conference participants are available at several locations in the Georgetown area: Georgetown University's Leavey Conference Center The Georgetown Inn One Washington Circle Hotel Georgetown University's Village C Residence Hall LOCATION Georgetown, an historic residential district along the Potomac River, is a six-mile ride by taxi from Washington National Airport. International flights arrive at Dulles Airport, which offers regular bus service to the Nation's Capital. INQUIRIES Please address all inquiries to: ACH-ALLC93 Dr. Michael Neuman Academic Computer Center 238 Reiss Science Building Georgetown University Washington, D.C. 20057 Phone: 202-687-6096 FAX: 202-687-6003 Bitnet: Neuman@Guvax Internet: Neuman@Guvax.Georgetown.edu Please give your name, full mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address with any inquiry.