What is teit?

Teit, or TEI-T, is a data format and protocol primarily used in the context of Text Encoding Initiative (TEI). It's used to represent TEI data using a simplified, lightweight structure based on JSON.

TEI itself is a widely-used standard for the representation of texts in digital form. It provides a rich set of elements and attributes for encoding various aspects of a text, including its structure, content, and metadata. TEI documents are typically encoded in XML.

TEI-T offers a way to represent TEI data in a JSON-based format, making it potentially easier to work with in web-based applications and other contexts where JSON is preferred. It is intended to be a simplified and streamlined alternative to using the full TEI XML schema directly. By using a JSON based format it is aimed to be more developer friendly and to enable easier data manipulation.