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Reference information on editorial practices, TEI-encoding standards, and image sources.
TEI Style Manual
TEI encoding practices for the Knowledge Project.
Foreign Text
Tagging words or phrases in a different language, planned for v2.

Reference
Reference information on editorial practices, TEI-encoding standards, and image sources.
- Editorial standards
  The following editorial principles are employed in creating this digital edition.
- Image Sources
  Bibliographic information on image sources.
- Naming Conventions
  Lists the naming conventions we use for editions, sections, folders, and files.
- TEI Style Manual
  TEI encoding practices for the Knowledge Project.
  - Author Names
    Encoding author initials at the end of entries.
  - Bidirectional Text
    Managing Hebrew and Arabic Text
  - Callouts
    How to encode callouts included in the text from the 11th ed. supplied by Project Gutenberg.
  - Citation, Drama, Speech, and Verse
    Encoding elements for verse and drama passages, planned for v2.
  - Cross References
    Encoding for cross references, planned for v2.
  - Entry Terms
    Encoding entry terms.
  - Foreign Text
    Tagging words or phrases in a different language, planned for v2.
  - Formulas
    Encoding math and chemical formulas in TEI, planned for v2.
  - Images
    Treatment of images in EB11 files from Project Gutenberg.
  - Lists
    Formatting lists in TEI
  - Music
    Encoding musical notes and staffs, planned for v2.
  - Notes
    TEI encoding of foot- and marginal notes.
  - Page Numbers
    Specifies encoding method for page numbers in TEI.
  - Source Text Problems
    Indicate where text in the print edition is missing, illegible, or apparently incorrect.
  - Subdivisions
    Encoding for subdivisions in entries, planned for v2.
  - TEI tag
    Encoding instructions for the TEI tag
  - Typographical Values
    TEI encoding we use for semantically significant typographical features, with their CSS equivalents.
- Unicode Characters
  List of Unicode characters and entities used frequently in the Encyclopedia and not on the standard US keyboard.

Foreign Text

Tagging words or phrases in a different language, planned for v2.

The default language for all files in English. Words or phrases in other languages are tagged with @xml:lang.

Where the word or phrase concerned is already distinguished from the rest of the text by virtue of its function (for example, because it is a title, a technical term, a quotation, a mentioned word, etc.) then the global @xml:lang attribute is used to specify additionally that its language distinguishes it from the surrounding text. Any element in the TEI scheme may take an @xml:lang attribute.

Where no other element is available, <foreign> with the @xml:lang may be added.

Source: https://www.tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/en/html/CO.html#COHQHF.