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27 Dec 2019 23:00

Call for Applications: Digitizing & Encoding Seals: SigiDoc and RTI-Dome in action

We invite applications for a two-day workshop in digitizing and encoding ancient seals, hosted by the Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities (VeDPH) at the Department for the Humanities, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, January 20-21, 2020.

Lessons and hands-on training will be offered by Alessio Sopracasa (Sorbonne University, Paris), Simona Stoyanova (University of Nottingham), Martina Filosa (University of Cologne), and Marcel Schaeben (CCeH, University of Cologne).

To apply for a place on this workshop, please send an application to vedph@unive.it by December 27 including a brief description of your interest in the workshop as well as your scholarly background. Basic knowledge of TEI-XML as well as of Ancient/Byzantine Greek are desirable.

Monday, Jan 20th
13:00 Welcome
13:15 Introducing SigiDoc - A digital standard for describing seals 
14:15 Digitizing seals - A practical introduction to RTI 
15:30 Coffee Break
16:00-19:00 Encoding seals - Introduction to EFES (metadata encoding, inscription tagging)

Tuesday, Jan 21st
09:00 Indexing and authority files
10:00 Coffee Break
10:30 Faceted search and other features
12:00 Lunch Break
13:00 Hands-on training SigiDoc/EFES
14:30 Evaluation of the RTI test results
15:00 Coffee Break
15:30-17.00 Hands-on training SigiDoc/EFES

Application deadline: 27 December 2019
Contact: vedph@unive.it

 

Organized by

Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici; VeDPH; University of Cologne; CCeH; TerzaMissioneDSU

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