Obtaining the Second Version of the TEI Guidelines (P2) C. M. Sperberg-McQueen & Lou Burnard, TEI Editors Text Encoding Initiative University of Illinois at Chicago (M/C 135) Box 6998, Chicago, Illinois 60680 U.S. U35395@uicvm.uic.edu +1 (312) 996-2981 Fax: +1 (312) 996-6834 Oxford University Computing Service 13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX1 6NN, ENGLAND lou@vax.ox.ac.uk +44 (865) 273238, 273200 Fax: +44 (865) 273275 Document Number: TEI ED J7 21 April 1992 Version 2, April 27, 1992 Version 2 of the Guidelines for the Encoding and Interchange of ______________________________________________ Machine-Readable Texts (P2) will be made available both in paper form ______________________ and in electronic form, unlike the first version (TEI P1), which was available only in paper form. Rather than issuing TEI P2 as a complete, comprehensive, single vol- ume work, the TEI will publish each section of TEI P2 as soon as it has been approved by the drafting committee and the editors. A complete description of the sections is included in the accompanying memo, "Note on the Structure and Contents of TEI P2" (TEI ED J6). Each part or fascicle will be placed on the fileserver here at UICVM in a variety of electronic formats, and we will also be maintaining mailing lists in Europe and the US for those who prefer to receive paper copy. In Asia, those wishing to obtain paper copies should contact Syun Tutiya Department of Philosophy Faculty of Letters Chiba University 1-33 Yayoi-cho Inage, Chiba 263 JAPAN Fax: +81-43-256-7032 (effective from May, 1992) E-Mail: teijc@culle.l.chiba-u.ac.jp In addition, individuals and organizations in Asia wishing to receive electronic versions through Japanese networks may contact Mr. Tutiya at the above E-Mail address. [It is likely that an anonymous ftp/uucp site will be established in Japan for direct use by Asian recipients.] An announcement will be made on TEI-L and JTEI-L (the Japanese TEI discussion list) each time a new fascicle is made available, with full instructions on how to obtain copies by all of these means. To obtain a list of files on the TEI-L fileserver, send a note to Listserv@uicvm or Listserv@uicvm.uic.edu with no subject line and the single line * Index TEI-L If you wish to obtain one of the files listed on the fileserver, send another note to Listserv@uicvm or Listserv@uicvm.uic.edu with the single line * Get For example, if you are interested in obtaining the file TR1W4 Script you would send a note to Listserv with the command * Get TR1W4 SCRIPT The filetype indicates whether a document is marked-up -- "MEMO" files are in plain ASCII, while "SCRIPT" files are in Waterloo GML or a varia- tion of GML. Some files may be marked up in TEX or LATEX. We expect to make P2 files available with the following filetypes: P2X: SGML-tagged P2X MEMO: ASCII MEMO LISTING: printer files with ANSI carriage control characters in column LISTING 1 TEX: TeX or LaTeX TEX LISTPS: Postscript LISTPS Each P2 part will include a full table of contents for the whole draft, indicating the current status of each part. This is so that, whichever part you receive, you will be able to tell both where it belongs in the whole work and which other parts are available to date. Each part will also be accompanied by a 'user response form' for com- ment, but comments are of course welcome in whatever format is most con- venient, particularly those directed to TEI-L. This serial mode of publication has the major benefit of simplifying the review of the Guidelines for the reader. Not everyone has the time or inclination to comment on a volume the size of P1 when it lands on the desk all of a piece, while individual chapters on specific topics can perhaps be more readily and speedily considered. We hope that this means the quality and quantity of public comment will increase: you can help by commenting yourself or by making sure that other interested per- sons in your organization who may not have access to e-mail are made aware of the drafts as they come. Thank you for your interest -- we look forward to incorporating the suggestions you make in a future version of the Guidelines. Version 2, April 27, 1992