Developing a TEI-based Approach for Encoding Premodern Islamic
Résumé
This paper presents a TEI-based approach for encoding premodern Islamic texts, focusing on the development and application of a standardized TEI XML schema.
Over the past decade, TEI XML models for Arabic have primarily addressed linguistic and grammatical issues, particularly in encoding Arabic lexicons and managing textual variations in manuscripts. However, the need for a comprehensive and consistent workflow for encoding premodern Islamic texts remains largely unmet. The Badr Project aims to fill this gap by proposing a TEI XML text database that covers sources up to the 14 th century. This database emphasizes key Islamic texts structured around the hadith format, linking the content of a text (matn) to a chain of guarantors (isnād). The paper outlines the rationale behind the selection of tags and attributes used in encoding, describes the semi-automatic encoding process, and explores the research possibilities enabled by this method. The proposed approach facilitates the extraction and quantification of named entities, thereby opening new avenues for the study of premodern Islamic texts and historiography.
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