The Code of Maya Kings and Queens: Encoding and Markup of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing

Maya hieroglyphic script (300 BCE–1500 CE) is a semi-deciphered logographic and syllabic autochthonous writing system from the Americas and is one of the most significant writing traditions of the ancient world. Because of its incomplete state of decipherment, com...

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Autores principales: Martin de la Iglesia, Franziska Diehr, Uwe Sikora, Sven Gronemeyer, Maximilian Behnert-Brodhun, Christian Prager, Nikolai Grube
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ce726c51f25441fcbe820d210ffa83872021-12-02T11:31:03ZThe Code of Maya Kings and Queens: Encoding and Markup of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing2162-560310.4000/jtei.3336https://doaj.org/article/ce726c51f25441fcbe820d210ffa83872021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/jtei/3336https://doaj.org/toc/2162-5603Maya hieroglyphic script (300 BCE–1500 CE) is a semi-deciphered logographic and syllabic autochthonous writing system from the Americas and is one of the most significant writing traditions of the ancient world. Because of its incomplete state of decipherment, complexity and variation in graphematics, and partially lost lexicon, transliterations cannot be used within the encoding. The project Text Database and Dictionary of Classic Mayan approaches this challenge with an encoding strategy relying on stand-off markup, which is enriched with additional information sources. Using different formats (RDF, XML) and standards (CIDOC CRM, TEI P5), the inscriptions are encoded in a multilevel corpus: (1) a tei_all-compliant schema defining values and rules for the encoding of the text’s topological and structural features, (2) a “Sign Catalogue” for the classification of Maya hieroglyphs, and (3) the tool ALMAH (Annotator for the Linguistic analysis of MAya Hieroglyphs) for linguistic analyses. In this paper, we focus on the TEI schema and highlight our strategy for encoding hieroglyphs without using linguistic transliterations and transcriptions.Martin de la IglesiaFranziska DiehrUwe SikoraSven GronemeyerMaximilian Behnert-BrodhunChristian PragerNikolai GrubeOpenEditionarticleMaya writinghieroglyphic writingdigital epigraphyMaya cultureMesoamericaComputer engineering. Computer hardwareTK7885-7895DEENESFRITJournal of the Text Encoding Initiative, Vol 14 (2021)
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topic Maya writing
hieroglyphic writing
digital epigraphy
Maya culture
Mesoamerica
Computer engineering. Computer hardware
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spellingShingle Maya writing
hieroglyphic writing
digital epigraphy
Maya culture
Mesoamerica
Computer engineering. Computer hardware
TK7885-7895
Martin de la Iglesia
Franziska Diehr
Uwe Sikora
Sven Gronemeyer
Maximilian Behnert-Brodhun
Christian Prager
Nikolai Grube
The Code of Maya Kings and Queens: Encoding and Markup of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing
description Maya hieroglyphic script (300 BCE–1500 CE) is a semi-deciphered logographic and syllabic autochthonous writing system from the Americas and is one of the most significant writing traditions of the ancient world. Because of its incomplete state of decipherment, complexity and variation in graphematics, and partially lost lexicon, transliterations cannot be used within the encoding. The project Text Database and Dictionary of Classic Mayan approaches this challenge with an encoding strategy relying on stand-off markup, which is enriched with additional information sources. Using different formats (RDF, XML) and standards (CIDOC CRM, TEI P5), the inscriptions are encoded in a multilevel corpus: (1) a tei_all-compliant schema defining values and rules for the encoding of the text’s topological and structural features, (2) a “Sign Catalogue” for the classification of Maya hieroglyphs, and (3) the tool ALMAH (Annotator for the Linguistic analysis of MAya Hieroglyphs) for linguistic analyses. In this paper, we focus on the TEI schema and highlight our strategy for encoding hieroglyphs without using linguistic transliterations and transcriptions.
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author Martin de la Iglesia
Franziska Diehr
Uwe Sikora
Sven Gronemeyer
Maximilian Behnert-Brodhun
Christian Prager
Nikolai Grube
author_facet Martin de la Iglesia
Franziska Diehr
Uwe Sikora
Sven Gronemeyer
Maximilian Behnert-Brodhun
Christian Prager
Nikolai Grube
author_sort Martin de la Iglesia
title The Code of Maya Kings and Queens: Encoding and Markup of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing
title_short The Code of Maya Kings and Queens: Encoding and Markup of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing
title_full The Code of Maya Kings and Queens: Encoding and Markup of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing
title_fullStr The Code of Maya Kings and Queens: Encoding and Markup of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing
title_full_unstemmed The Code of Maya Kings and Queens: Encoding and Markup of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing
title_sort code of maya kings and queens: encoding and markup of maya hieroglyphic writing
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