[tei-council] Ne release of P5

[Lou Burnard]

Actually, the note Sebastian posted was written (and signed) by me, so 
it isn't really fair to blame him for its content.

I took the view that, since we do have a new element biblItem in this 
release, it is as well admit to its existence. I don't see that it's a 
PR disaster -- it's the truth of the current situation that we have some 
unsatisfactory work which needs further examination -- quite a lot of it 
in fact, not just this element.

What harm will there be in later saying "biblItem" removed -- if that's 
what we decide to do?

I dont think there's any need to call attention to the fragility of this 
particular element (I'm sure there are plenty of others equally fragile) 
but would be curious to know if other council members feel we should do so.

Lou

Christian Wittern wrote:

>Council members,
>
>Over at the TEI-L, Sebastian posted the announcement for the new
>development release of P5.  All looked very nice, except one line,
>which caught my eye --
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>* new <biblItem> element added
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>Sebastian, if you look at the minutes from the Paris meeting, you will
>see that there is no agreement to add (or now, keep) biblItem.  In
>fact, we were supposed to debate how the other bibl s can do what
>some people think biblItem is needed for, rather than go with
>biblItem. Syd is doing some work do evaluate this, but was not ready
>last Friday, thus it got postponed.  
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>It looks therefore like a PR desaster to me at the moment. We should
>post announcements like the current one first to the council list for
>review and then go public with them, I think.
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>The other question is what to do now?  I would propose to post an
>additional note that explains that biblItem has been added, but not
>been approved, so it might go away anytime.  We might then take the
>opportunity to solicit opinions about it as well.
>
>What do the other council members think?
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>All the best,
>
>Christian
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