Fwd: Re: going forward

[John Unsworth]

Here's news from Consuelo Dutschke; I have not yet replied, and I am on my 
way out to Illinois this afternoon, so it will probably be tomorrow before 
I do.  I solicit your suggestions for that reply, especially those of you 
(Matthew, Merrilee, David B.) on the mss task force...

John

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>Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 21:27:09 -0500 (EST)
>From: Consuelo W Dutschke <cwd3 at columbia.edu>
>Sender: cwd3 at columbia.edu
>To: John Unsworth <jmu2m at virginia.edu>
>cc: Ambrogio Piazzoni <piazzoni at librs6k.vatlib.it>
>Subject: Re: going forward
>
>
>John,
>
>Many thanks for your kind message, and at the same time, apologies for
>silence.  I'm only gradually coming back on board, and it does take time.
>In fact, I'm in California for the rest of this month, recuperating under
>my husband's watcheful eye.  Aside from the pleasures of having someone
>else cook for you (not negligible!), California also means that I'm only
>some 100 miles from Merrilee, not 3000, and we've talked on the phone, and
>agreed that we need to finish the dtd ourselves as a first step.
>
>Ambrogio and I have considered where the dtd stands, and we feel confident
>that this last section of work is doable by the end of this month; we also
>feel that this is an obligation on the part of our group.  Nor would it be
>fair of us to expect others to attempt to evaluate this dtd when a section
>of it is missing.
>
>Also, the project Digital Scriptorium used this dtd (or what may turn out
>to be a subset of this dtd) for part of its data; we have subcontracted
>out the display and searching on this data and are just now at the end of
>the grant that funded this work.  Delay of ca. one month will also bring
>the advantage of the report of our subcontractor on this work; she may
>point out areas of concern that need addressing.
>
>Hoping that this works with your plans for moving the TEI along (as we
>move our little piece along as well),
>all best,
>\Consuelo
>
>On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, John Unsworth wrote:
>
> > Consuelo,
> >
> > I haven't corresponded with you directly since your recent hospitalization,
> > so let me first say that I'm relieved you're still with us, and I'm sorry
> > if my request for resolution of the manuscript description work was in any
> > way a worry during this period--but I'm guessing you had more significant
> > worries.  Just the same, I would like do what I can to lighten your load,
> > so let me offer this way of moving forward.
> >
> > The TEI Council will establish a task force, from among its own members, to
> > reconcile the work of the two manuscript description efforts and produce a
> > single set of recommendations for revision to the guidelines.  This task
> > force will consist of Matthew Driscoll,  Merrilee Proffitt, and David
> > Birnbaum.  When they have drafted their documentation, we'll send it to you
> > for review and comment, revise as necessary, and take it to the full
> > council for adoption.  If you agree that this is a reasonable way to
> > proceed, it would be helpful if you could email or snail-mail me any work
> > in progress that might help this group complete the task--they are eager to
> > complete the task.
> >
> > Thanks for your help to date, and best wishes for a speedy recovery.
> >
> > John Unsworth
> >
>
>Consuelo W. Dutschke, Ph.D.
>Curator, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
>Rare Book and Manuscript Library
>Columbia University
>535 W. 114th Street
>New York NY 10027
>
>phone: 212-854-4139     fax: 212-854-1365     e-mail: cwd3 at columbia.edu