In message <46D2A82C.6070003@oucs.ox.ac.uk> Sebastian Rahtz
<sebastian.rahtz@oucs.ox.ac.uk> writes:
> Conal Tuohy wrote:
> > If you don't have digital images or coordinates, then I think the only
> > advantage you'd get from using <facsimile> is being able to associate
> > individual pages with their surrogate images (I don't think you can do
> > this with <surrogates>).

No, you can too associate a <surrogates> with an image of it, using the @facs
attribute!

But since Sebastian doesn't have any images, I don't see the relevance of this
remark anyway.


> indeed. and I can also use the <surface> thing, since I am dealing with
> multi-surface originals (gravestones) with zones on them.  I am wondering
> if I could say
> 
>  <facsimile>
>      <surface>
>        <label>west face</label>
>         <zone>
>            <label>name</label>
>             <bibl>...</bibl>
>             <graphic url="s789.jpg"/>
>        </zone>
>        <zone>
>             <label>poem</label>
>             <bibl>...</bibl>
>        </zone>
>    </surface>
>    <surface>
>       <label>north side</label>
>    </surface>
> </facsimile>
> 
> i.e. I would not record coordinates at all for <zone>, but rely
> on the <label> to textually describe the area I am describing.


This is major tag abuse. Count yourself lucky it's a bank holiday so I can't
send the men with the funny waistcoats round.


> 
> To achieve this, I would need
> 
>     * <label> added to content model of <zone> and <surface>
>     * <bibl> added to content model of <zone> and <surface>
> 
> I suggest that these would be generally useful anyway.
> 

At a stretch I could see a case for <label> or <desc>.


> In general, where do you suggest we store technical information
> about the image referred to by <graphic>?
> ie date, lighting conditions, method (infra-red, b/w),
> photographer etc.

METS. In the header.


> 
> Or am I moving into other territory?
> 

Looks like injun country to me.


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