NEH Budget and Work-plan Revision for the TEI Consortium project, Research and Demonstration, Preservation and Access, National Endowment for the Humanities

Workplan:

Year 1:

1. Guidelines redone in XML, with XML-compliant examples: one full week of work from each of the two editors. Travel for two editors to one (week-long) meeting. $5,538.46

2. Develop XSL tools for producing XML and SGML DTDs plus the guidelines themselves, replacing P1 Snobol tools. One month from Lou Burnard plus two person-months each from technical staff at Oxford and Virginia, and technical participation from the TEI executive director. Travel for all participants to two meetings. $29,928.33

3. Guidelines revised to talk about XML, not just SGML, throughout. Two months from each of two TEI editors, and two months from technical writer. No travel. $14,166.67

Contributed: Survey of library, scholarly, and other representative users who use TEI in SGML, collecting of samples of their work, and selection of a limited number of projects to participate in the year-two task force on SGML to XML migration.

Year 2:

4. Task Force on SGML to XML conversion of legacy TEI data, in which selected TEI experts and editors (8 people, total) work closely with representatives from projects with significant TEI SGML holdings (another 10 people) to diagnose and document the problems, methods, and tools necessary to design and effect a migration from SGML to XML, in TEI. One start-up meeting with editors and experts only; one mid-term meeting with project representatives; one final meeting with editors and experts. Participation from TEI technical writer for four months, participation of TEI editors and executive director for two months. Travel to two one-day meetings for 8 people, travel to one two-day meeting for 18 people. $67533.33

5. Specifications for software tools (including a testing suite for minimal TEI conformance) in response to results of task force. Specifications generated by TEI editors, travel to one meeting. $6548.46

Budget:

Salaries & Wages		year	month	week
Steven DeRose, Editor		80000.00	6666.67	1666.67
Lou Burnard, Editor		80000.00	6666.67	1666.67
Sebastian Rahtz, Consultant		80000.00	6666.67	1666.67
Tone Merete Bruvik, Executive Director		80000.00	6666.67	1666.67
Kirk Hartings, Consultant		60000.00	5000.00	1250.00
Technical Writer		60000.00	5000.00	1250.00
1) Implementing ED W69 (before ACH/ALLC 2001)					NEH	Cost Sharing	Total
	Editors, 2 weeks work				1666.67	1666.67	3333.33
	Travel (include. Expences)				4000.00		4000.00
	Subtotal				5666.67	1666.67	7333.33
2) XSLT tools for DTD & Guidelines					NEH	Cost Sharing	Total
	Lou Burnard, 1 month				3333.33	3333.33	6666.67
	Steven DeRose, non				0.00		0.00
	Sebastian Rahtz, 1 months				6666.67		6666.67
	Kirk Hastings, 1 month				5000.00		5000.00
	Executive Director, 1 week				1666.67		1666.67
	Travel (include. Expences)				11595.00		11595.00
	Subtotal				28261.67	3333.33	31595.00
3) Rewriting the Guidelines					NEH	Cost Sharing	Total
	Editors, 2 month				6666.67	6666.67	13333.33
	Technical Writer, 1.5 months				7500.00		7500.00
	Subtotal				14166.67	6666.67	20833.33
Project managment
	Exec.dir. 1.5 months				5000.00	5000.00	10000.00
Subtotal - first year of the project:					53095.00	16666.67	69761.67
4) Task force beginning in May 2002		Travels	Days		NEH	Cost Sharing	Total
	5 independent persons, report to Tone Merete Bruvik
	1 startup meeting, 5 + 1 + 2 = 8 persons x 1 day	8.00	8.00
	1 workshop: 5 + 1 + 2 + 10 = 18 persons x 2 day	18.00	36.00
	1 meeting, 5 + 1 + 2 = 8 persons x 1 day	8.00	8.00
	Travel:				34000.00		34000.00
	Expences				5200.00		5200.00
	Editors, 1.5 month				6666.67	3333.33	10000.00
	Executive Director, 1.5 month				6666.67	3333.33	10000.00
	Technical Writer 3 months				15000.00		15000.00
	Subtotal				67533.33	6666.67	74200.00
5) Redesigning Pizza Chef
	Spec. Ediotors, 1 week				1666.67		1666.67
	Travel (include. Expences)				4410.00		4410.00
	Subtotal				6076.67	0.00	6076.67
Project managment
	Exec.dir. 1.5 months				5000.00	5000.00	10000.00
Subtotal - second year of the project:					78610.00	11666.67	90276.67
TOTAL					131705.00	28333.33	160038.33