TEI to HTML Converter - Digital Humanities Tool

Convert TEI XML to HTML for scholarly editions, archival projects, and historical texts. Browser-based, private, preserves semantic markup.

Note: First conversion initializes Pandoc WebAssembly (~55MB). Subsequent conversions are instant.

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Accepts .xml, .tei, .teiCorpus files

TEI XML Input

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Common TEI Elements

TEI Element	Description	Usage
`<teiHeader>`	Metadata header	Document description and encoding
`<text>`	Main text container	Contains body, front, back matter
`<body>`	Main text body	Primary content of document
`<div>`	Text division	Chapters, sections, poems
`<p>`	Paragraph	Basic text block
`<hi>`	Highlighted text	Emphasis, italics, bold
`<persName>`	Person name	Historical figures, authors
`<placeName>`	Place name	Geographic locations
`<date>`	Date reference	Temporal information
`<note>`	Annotation or note	Editorial commentary
`<quote>`	Quotation	Cited passages
`<lg>`	Line group	Stanzas, verse paragraphs
`<l>`	Line of verse	Poetry, drama lines
`<pb>`	Page break	Original page boundaries

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Frequently Asked Questions

TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) is a comprehensive XML standard for encoding literary and historical texts in the humanities. It provides over 500 elements for marking up manuscripts, editions, correspondence, drama, poetry, and scholarly annotations. TEI is the de facto standard for digital humanities projects, electronic editions, and cultural heritage digitization worldwide.

Common elements including teiHeader, text, body, div, p, hi (highlight), persName, placeName, date, note, quote, lg (line group), l (line), pb (page break), milestone, ref, corr, sic, choice, and many more. The converter handles both TEI P4 and TEI P5 formats.

Yes. TEI is specifically designed for encoding historical texts, critical editions, and manuscript transcriptions. This tool converts TEI markup to readable HTML while preserving editorial annotations, critical apparatus, and structural markup common in scholarly digital editions.

TEI is specialized for humanities scholarship and literary texts, providing elements for textual criticism, manuscript description, linguistic annotation, and historical context. Unlike DocBook (technical documentation) or HTML (presentation), TEI captures the intellectual content and scholarly interpretation of historical texts.

Absolutely. All conversion happens locally in your browser using Pandoc WebAssembly. Your TEI-encoded manuscripts, critical editions, and research materials never leave your device and are not uploaded to any server. Perfect for unpublished scholarship and sensitive archival materials.

TEI enables rigorous scholarly encoding of texts with semantic markup that preserves editorial decisions, textual variants, and historical context. It's used by major projects like the Perseus Digital Library, Women Writers Project, Oxford Text Archive, and hundreds of university digital humanities initiatives for long-term preservation and scholarly analysis.

Yes. You can paste TEI XML directly or upload .xml, .tei, or .teiCorpus files from your computer. The tool reads the file content and converts it to HTML instantly, rendering both structural elements and inline critical apparatus.

TEI elements like,(apparatus entry),(reading),(lemma),(correction), and(as written) are converted to HTML with appropriate semantics. Editorial annotations typically appear as footnotes or inline annotations in the HTML output.

TEI elements for people (), places (), organizations (), dates (), and other named entities are converted to HTML with appropriate semantic tags. This preserves the scholarly identification of historical persons, locations, and events.

Yes. TEI provides specialized elements for drama (,,), poetry (,), and verse drama. The converter handles these theatrical and poetic structures, preserving line breaks, stanza divisions, stage directions, and speaker attributions in the HTML output.

Common TEI Elements

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