[tei-council] sex confession

[Sebastian Rahtz]

Syd Bauman wrote:

>Solutions
>---------
>Some possible solutions are:
>1. Add a new numeric code, say "7", that means "mixed", to data.sex.
>2. Use
>     attribute sex { data.sex | "mixed" }
>   for sex= of <personGrp>
>3. Change the datatype so that the values are "not known", "male",
>   "female", and "not specified", and then use #2.
>4. Remove "mixed" from the possible values of sex= of <personGrp> and
>   either
>   a) say "you can't say that -- tough", or
>   b) say "if sex= is *not* specified, it is presumed to be mixed"
>5. Remove sex= from <personGrp> entirely -- if you want to know,
>   check the children[1]
>  
>
My preference is for 4, followed by 5,  followed by 2.

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