You can convwert Word files automatically to TEI/XML here:
http://oxgarage.oucs.ox.ac.uk:8080/ege-webclient/
Once in TEI/XML it's quite easy to move them to EpiDoc.
I would only recommend using FileMaker Pro as an intermediate stage
only if your data/files have a very simple structure.
Notis Toufexis
On 16 July 2011 19:34, Scott Vanderbilt
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> On 7/16/2011 10:01 AM, Schwendner, Gregg wrote:
>
>> I want to convert a put a some data I have compiled in a MS word file into
>> a database that can ultimately be turned into a file compatible with epidoc.
>> I presume this means something easily written in / easily converted to XML.
>> Does this mean FIlemaker Pro exclusively? Would i be better off putting it
>> in Epidoc directly (apart from the problem of lack of access to epidoc
>> training seminars here)?
>
> I would suggest that you import your file into OxygenXML and work with it
> there. I wouldn't use a database unless your source data is highly
> structured. If your Word file is not too heavily formatted, just save it as
> a text file and use that as your starting point. If you have a large file
> with a copious amounts of formatting that you would like to try and preserve
> -- i.e., where, say, bold face text has some semantic significance -- you
> can save your file as HTML and import that into Oxygen. Of course, Word's
> HTML export is laden with extraordinarily verbose tagging that will need to
> be heavily edited in Oxygen. Hard to say where the cost/benefit leans in
> favor of this approach. I just did a rather large project (>10 MB) this way
> and there were many times I regretted not just started from scratch with a
> bare text file.
>
> It's true that acquiring EpiDoc expertise on this side of the Atlantic can
> be a challenge. But the situation is improving all the time. There is a
> major push currently underway to update the Epidoc Guidelines to TEI P5.
> There is a lot of good material on the EpiDoc Summer School pages.
>
> <http://wiki.digitalclassicist.org/EpiDoc_Summer_School>
>
> Also, the Women Writers Project at Brown has some very nice resources on
> their web site. They also hold occasional training seminars over here.
>
> <http://www.wwp.brown.edu/outreach/resources.html>
>
> While there is no doubt a lot of subscriber overlap here, the Markup list is
> the go-to place for questions concerning EpiDoc. Subscribe here:
>
> <http://lsv.uky.edu/scripts/wa.exe?REPORT&z=3>
>
> If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
>
> Good luck.
>
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