(Description of an XML/HTML site built for coursework at the University of Washington iSchool follows)
I created this site as a project for the Technical Foundations of Information course at the University of Washington iSchool. I had a couple of goals:
Learn about XML and using XML to organize information and create a publication--in this case a website Learn more about the ogham characters and present it in a clear and precise way I succeeded in the first task to some extent. Regarding the second task, I do present some information here, but let me be clear:
THE INFORMATION PRESENTED HERE HAS BEEN TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THE WIKIPEDIA PAGES CITED BELOW, AND POURED INTO THE FORM YOU SEE HERE FOR THE PURPOSE OF LEARNING HOW TO USE XML SCHEMAS, INSTANCES, AND TRANSFORMS.
I had hoped to spend some time reading The Scholars' Primer--cited below both from the Internet Archive and the Hathi Trust--and to present the information about characters based on my close reading of this text. I should have known that I'd be more than busy enough learning about XML and wouldn't have time for this. I will say here that I understand that book to be a significant source on the ogham characters. If I understand correctly, it summarizes a lot of what is known about the characters based on manuscripts and other sources, and is where much of what I found at Wikipedia came from.
Sources: Ogham: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A Wikipedia page on the Ogham characters
Bríatharogam: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A Wikipedia page on the Bríatharogam
Ogham alphabet: From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository A Wikimedia Commons gallery of Ogham characters
Ogham (Unicode block): From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A Wikipedia page with details on the Unicode block for the Ogham characters
Auraicept na-éces: The scholars' primer; being the texts of the Ogham tract from the Book of Ballymote and the Yellow book of Lecan, and the text of the Trefhocul from the Book of Leinster
Auraicept na n-éces: the scholars' primer; being the texts of the Ogham tract from the Book of Ballymote and the Yellow book of Lecan, and thetext of the Trefhocul from the Book of Leinster; ed. from eight manuscripts, with introduction, translation of the Ballymote text, notes, and indices by George Calder.