Encoding Guide. Conversion Basics

Reel Container
Each reel will be digitized as a single XML file.
Name it according to its reel number as shown in boldface in the Microfilm Coverage Chart:
Reel 01 1639 - 1777
Reel 02 1778 - 1780
Reel 03 1781 - 1782
Reel 04 1783 - 1784
Reel 05 1785 - 1787
Reel 06 1788 - 1793
Reel 07 1794 - 1796
Reel 08 1797
Reel 09 1798
Reel 10 1799 - 1800
Reel 11 1801 - 1808
Reel 12 1809 - 1811
Reel 13 1812 - 1813
Reel 14 1814
Reel 15 1815
Reel 16 1816
Reel 17 1817
Reel 18 1818
Reel 19 1819
Reel 20 1820
Reel 21 1821
Reel 22 1822
Reel 23 1823
Reel 24 1824
Reel 25 1825
Reel 26 1826 - 1827
Reel 27 1828 - 1830
Reel 28 1831 - 1834
Reel 29 1835 - 1837
Reel 30 1838 - 1840
Reel 31 1841 - 1842
Reel 32 1843 - 1845
Reel 33 1846 - 1851
Reel 34 1852 - 1860
Reel 35 1861
Reel 36 1862
Reel 37 1863
Reel 38 1864
Reel 39 1865 - 1866
Reel 40 1867 - 1870
Reel 41 1871 - 1879
Reel 42 1880 - 1895 undated

Encoding Standard
UTF-8: Encode all characters in UTF-8. If this is not possible, use numeric Unicode character references. Do not use X(HTML) named entities.

Schemas
The MHS will provide a RelaxNG schema for validation of files.