Generating Tadpoles and Preparing Texts for Encoding

Review and Confirm OT

• Look at the record in the FMP WWP_Transcription database
  • Check the Queries and Comments fields for any red flags
  • Make sure that the information is complete and consistent with the OT
  • If this an OT you are adding to the system, make sure that you have the correct version of the text (the one we want to encode)

• If this is a digital OT
  • Make sure that the Digital box is checked in the OT Information section in FMP
  • Fill in online source information (Google Books, EEBO, etc.) in the OT Notes field in FMP
  • Make sure that the file is saved in the "Office_Texts" folder in the WWP server, using the same naming convention as for TEI files (does this make sense?)
  • Make a backup (where? how?)

Export Tadpole in FMP

• In the Main OT Info view, fill in the filename and Transcription ID fields in the OT Information section
• Hit the Tadpole button
• Find the text you want to create a tadpole for
• Hit the Export Tadpole button
• Choose to save as XML, fill in the file name as appropriate, then hit Save
• Choose grammar FMPXMLRESULT and hit Continue
• Hit Export

Transform Tadpole

• In Oxygen, open the file you just created from wherever you saved it
• Click on the Configure Transformation Scenarios button (the one with the wrench and the red triangle)
• If this is the first time you're configuring the transformation
  • Hit New and select XML Transformation with XSLT
  • Choose a name for your transformation
  • The XML URL field should default to your current file
  • In the XSL URL field, hit the folder icon to navigate to the generate_tadpole stylesheet, currently in the Web repository: /utils/stylesheets/generate_tadpole
  • Select Saxon-PE 9.5.1.7 for the transformer
  • Navigate to Output and chose Prompt for File
• Once you have the transformation set up, select it and hit the Apply Associated button
• Save your file in under_construction