P4 to P5

[Sebastian Rahtz]

Syd Bauman wrote:
>>I now imagine
>>  <TEI xmlns="http://namespace.tei-c.org/" teiversion="5">
>>how does that strike others?
> I'd still like to know if it makes sense to use a URN instead of a
> URL, and if not, why not.

let me be the first to come out and admit I don't really understand what 
a URN, as opposed to a URL, is.......

> The version number is too imprecise. Although we prefer to avoid
> doing it, we do make real changes between major releases. I'm in
> favor of something along the lines of "P4:2002-05".

I am in favour of simple numbering. its what most people do. This will 
be major release 5.0, the revision will be 5.1, etc. why complicate it 
with date notations? numeric versions have the BIG BIG advantage that 
they can be read by software:

  <xsl: if test="/TEI/@teiversion &gt; 5.1">.....

ebastian

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