Module 2: The TEI Header

You can test what you've learned in the tutorial for TEI by Example Module 2: The TEI Header by taking the following quiz.

It consists of a number of multiple choice questions, each providing a number of possible answers. Select the answer you think is correct by clicking it. There are 2 possibilities:

The answer is correct: hurrah! a popup box appears telling you why this is the correct answer. You can still check why the other answers are incorrect by clicking them. This will not reduce your score, though.
The answer is incorrect: pity, but you get a second chance! A popup box tells you why the answer is incorrect. You can still choose the other answers until you find the correct one. Mind you, until you clicked the correct answer, each incorrect answer will reduce your score.

What is the function of the <teiHeader> section in a TEI document?
1. It should contain the transcription of the title page.
2. It indicates a title of a section in the document.
3. It provides a required meta-description of the text.
4. It provides an optional meta-description of the text.
What is wrong with following TEI header:
```
<teiHeader>
 <revisionDesc>
 <change when="2007-02-29">File created</change>
 </revisionDesc>
 <fileDesc>
 <sourceDesc>
 No source, born digital
 </sourceDesc>
 <titleStmt>
 <title>A TEI header exercise</title>
 </titleStmt>
 </fileDesc>
</teiHeader>
```
<teiHeader xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
<revisionDesc>
<change when="2007-02-29">File created</change>
</revisionDesc>
<fileDesc>
<sourceDesc>
No source, born digital
</sourceDesc>
<titleStmt>
<title>A TEI header exercise</title>
</titleStmt>
</fileDesc>
</teiHeader>
1. Nothing, all fine.
2. 2007 wasn't a leap year
3. The <fileDesc> element must precede <revisionDesc>.
4. - The <fileDesc> element must precede <revisionDesc>.
 - The <titleStmt> element must precede <sourceDesc>.
 - There's no <publicationStmt>.
What does the <publicationStmt> element indicate?
1. Publication details of the electronic text.
2. Publication details of the source text.
3. Information about the specific edition of the electronic text.
4. Whether or not an electronic text belongs to the public domain.
How would you bibliographically describe the source text for an electronic text?
1. ```
<teiHeader>
 
 <profileDesc>
 <bibl><author>Thomas Hardy</author><title>Tess of the Durbervilles</title>.</bibl>
 </profileDesc>
 
</teiHeader>
```
 <teiHeader xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
 
 <profileDesc>
 <bibl>
 <author>Thomas Hardy</author>
 <title>Tess of the Durbervilles</title>
 .</bibl>
 </profileDesc>
 
 </teiHeader>
2. ```
<teiHeader>
 
 <fileDesc>
 <sourceDesc>Thomas Hardy, Tess of the Durbervilles</sourceDesc>
 </fileDesc>
 
</teiHeader>
```
 <teiHeader xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
 
 <fileDesc>
 <sourceDesc>
 Thomas Hardy, Tess of the Durbervilles
 </sourceDesc>
 </fileDesc>
 
 </teiHeader>
3. ```
<teiHeader>
 
 <fileDesc>
 <sourceDesc>Thomas Hardy, Tess of the Durbervilles</sourceDesc>
 </fileDesc>
 
</teiHeader>
```
 <teiHeader xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
 
 <fileDesc>
 <sourceDesc>Thomas Hardy, Tess of the Durbervilles</sourceDesc>
 </fileDesc>
 
 </teiHeader>
4. ```
<teiHeader>
 
 <fileDesc>
 <publicationStmt><bibl><author>Thomas Hardy</author><title>Tess of the Durbervilles</title>.</bibl></publicationStmt>
 </fileDesc>
 
</teiHeader>
```
 <teiHeader xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
 
 <fileDesc>
 <publicationStmt>
 <bibl>
 <author>Thomas Hardy</author>
 <title>Tess of the Durbervilles</title>
 .</bibl>
 </publicationStmt>
 </fileDesc>
 
 </teiHeader>
Which statement is most accurate? The encoding description (<encodingDesc>) is...
1. ...a mandatory part of the TEI header documenting the character encoding of the electronic document.
2. ...an optional part of the TEI header documenting how the electronic text relates to its source text.
3. ...a section of the TEI header for documenting the tags that occur in the electronic document.
4. ...the part of the TEI header recording the editorial policy w.r.t. hyphenation.
Where would you describe the languages occurring in a document (<langUsage>)?
1. Under <encodingDesc>, next to the description of the XML tags in the document.
2. In the profile description (<profileDesc>).
3. In the <titleStmt> subsection of the file description, next to the description of the title, author, etc. of the text.
4. In the revision description.
How would you record the fact that the TBE crew ('TBEcrew') created a file on September 1 2009, and you ('me') corrected it on November 23 of the same year?
1. ```
<teiHeader>
 <fileDesc>
 
 <editionStmt>
 <change who="#me" when="2009-11-23">corrections</change>
 <change who="#TBEcrew" when="2009-09-01">file created</change>
 </editionStmt>
 
 </fileDesc>
 
</teiHeader>
```
 <teiHeader xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
 <fileDesc>
 
 <editionStmt>
 <change who="#me" when="2009-11-23">corrections</change>
 <change who="#TBEcrew" when="2009-09-01">file created</change>
 </editionStmt>
 
 </fileDesc>
 
 </teiHeader>
2. ```
<teiHeader>
 
 <revisionDesc>
 -2009/11/23: corrections by me 
 -2009/09/01: file creation by the TBE crew
 </revisionDesc>
</teiHeader>
```
 <teiHeader xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
 
 <revisionDesc>-2009/11/23: corrections by me
 -2009/09/01: file creation by the TBE crew</revisionDesc>
 </teiHeader>
3. ```
<teiHeader>
 
 <revisionDesc>
 <revision who="#me" when="2009-11-23">corrections</revision>
 <revision who="#TBEcrew" when="2009-09-01">file created</revision>
 </revisionDesc>
</teiHeader>
```
 <teiHeader xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
 
 <revisionDesc>
 <revision who="#me" when="2009-11-23">corrections</revision>
 <revision who="#TBEcrew" when="2009-09-01">file created</revision>
 </revisionDesc>
 </teiHeader>
4. ```
<teiHeader>
 
 <revisionDesc>
 <change who="#me" when="2009-11-23">corrections</change>
 <change who="#TBEcrew" when="2009-09-01">file created</change>
 </revisionDesc>
</teiHeader>
```
 <teiHeader xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
 
 <revisionDesc>
 <change who="#me" when="2009-11-23">corrections</change>
 <change who="#TBEcrew" when="2009-09-01">file created</change>
 </revisionDesc>
 </teiHeader>
The TEI header of a text corpus...
1. ...is only necessary when there is general information to record.
2. ...makes the TEI headers of the separate texts redundant.
3. ...records the common meta-information about all texts.
4. ...must accumulate all information of the TEI headers of the different corpus texts

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