Elizabethan court day by day workshop

Welcome to Coding Elizabeth's Court, a workshop for the Elizabethan Court Day by Day project.

Dataset Overview

The Elizabethan Court Day by Day is a dataset compiled by Marion E. Colthorpe and licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International. This dataset compiles a day-by-day account of Queen Elizabeth's court for every day of her reign including: her travels, the individuals who came and went from her court, gifts received, entertainments viewed, etc.

The Elizabethan Court Day by Day project aims to mark up this dataset with eXtensible Markup Language (XML). With the help of volunteer coders, we will use the mark-up to extract the data from each entry so that we can see larger patterns in the events of Queen Elizabeth's reign.

Workshop Overview

Here's where you come in. You have been invited to participate in extracting information from these records of historic events by identifying the people, places, and types of events involved. We will teach you everything you need to know about XML, and support you as you explore the language and its usage working on this dataset.

Dictionary of Tags

<event > <label type=”date”></label> (for processing)

<name> as often as needed, differentiated by person, group, nation <placeName> as often as needed <bibl> <evidence> if needed

</event>

Please note: this page is currently under construction.