What is LEAF-Writer?
LEAF-Writer is a free web-based semantic encoding editor that allows you to mark up documents without installing proprietary software or learning how to code. LEAF-Writer is part of the Linked Editing Academic Framework (LEAF) suite of Commons tools. With LEAF-Writer you can embed meaningful tags in texts so that they can be formatted, processed, analyzed, visualized, shared, and reused.
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LEAF-Writer: Standards-Based Text Encoding
LEAF-Writer supports the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) standard for encoding scholarly content, including customized schemas. Unlike other approaches to text encoding, you focus on the document rather than the underlying code (although you can edit in source-view, as well). You see your tags in a sidebar view as well as by toggling their appearance on or off within the text.
LEAF-Writer: Linked Open Data Ready
LEAF-Writer lets you look up and select identifiers for named entity tags (persons, organizations, places, or titles) from the following Linked Open Data authorities: DBPedia, Geonames, Getty, LGPN, VIAF, and Wikidata – or you can insert links to other external authorities, or link to your own internal identifiers. You can also create linked open data Web Annotations as you tag.
How Do I Use LEAF-Writer?
LEAF-Writer Commons allows you to open an XML file from your desktop or from the Cloud via a GitHub repository. You can also use one of LEAF-Writer’s genre-specific templates (Letter, Poem, Prose, Blank) to get started. This kind of flexibility supports solo editing or collaboration with colleagues working together on a project. When you’ve finished encoding you can export your file in XML, HTML, or Markdown format to do further work or publish your text on a website.
How Do I Get Started With LEAF-Writer?
- Follow the LEAF-Writer step-by-step instructions
- Watch one of the video tutorials
- Contact Diane Jakacki (dkj004@bucknell.edu) in Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship for assistance