The Charles Brockden Brown archive www.brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/ aims to encode and make searchable some 984 primary texts using XTF xtf.cdlib.org/  and TEI P5 www.tei-c.org/index.xml  encoding standards.

In our session, we would like to talk about the meaning and function of “archives” and the kinds of issues we encountered in selecting, editing, coding, and rendering texts for a variety of users. The role of interface design and metadata use are of particular interest, along with more fully understanding how TEI encoding can be applied to such projects.

Our  talk would be based on a slide presentation given at the Sorbonne in Paris last fall, and updated to reflect more recent developments with the project’s interface.

Mark Kamrath, Will Dorner, Syd Bauman

I’ve seen lately that a lot of people are interested in doing creative, hack-a-thon-y things with data they’ve got. Let’s share some data-wrangling expertise?

• Post a dataset, and data-wranglers might:
• Suggest better ways to structure the data
• Convert it into code-friendly designs
• Get creative about what could be done with it

Idea is to take data and mix it with people who like to work with data in all forms, and make it more happy for both!

UPDATE: Due to the snow, my flight was canceled so I won’t be able to attend THATCamp. If someone wants to adopt this session idea, please go ahead and I’ll watch from afar! (Larry?)