The Consolidated Schema

The Consolidated Schema

This repository hosts the Consolidated Schema, a customized TEI P5 schema written in TEI’s ODD. It’s used by:

• The Bodleian Libraries
  • Senmai (general MSS)
  • Medieval
  • Hebrew
  • Genizah
  • Georgian
  • Armenian
  • Tibetan (Karchak)
• Cambridge University Library
  • CUDL
• Fihrist
  • fihrist-mss
• The University of Manchester
• Lancaster University

Documentation & Deployment

The HTML documentation and RelaxNG schema are automatically generated and published at https://tei-for-special-collections.github.io/consolidated-schema/ whenever its ODD is updated.

Creating Your Own Schema based on the Consolidated Schema.

To base your own TEI customization on the Consolidated Schema, add the following source attribute to your <schemaSpec>:

<schemaSpec
  source="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tei-for-special-collections/consolidated-schema/refs/heads/main/releases/odd/consolidated-schema.compiled.odd"
/>

Provided Customizations

We have provided two customisations in this repository.

• Cambridge Digital Collection Platform uses odd/cdcp.odd.
• Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries uses odd/manuscripts-catalogue.odd.