[tei-council] Possibilities for new file names.

[David J Birnbaum]

Dear James (cc Council),
> I would think that the names would have to:
>
> a) Be able to work in an internationalised context
> b) Be mnemonic or at least instantly recognisable as to which chapter they referred
> c) Not be overly long, so they work as part of URLs
>
> To answer a) I think they need to have some unchanging uninternationalised
> portion.  I had left the two-letter codes in my first suggestion specifically
> for this reason.  It might be better, if and only if the chapter divisions are
> going to remain generally stable, to use the chapter number instead.
>
> So instead of:
>
> HD.xml -> HD-TEI_Header.xml
>
> we might use something like:
>
> HD.xml -> 05-TEI_Header.xml
>
> But I think it would be up to the editors to decide whether the current chapter
> divisions are going to be stable enough for that for the foreseeable future.  If
> they are, I might prefer this.
>   
The former (without the number) is surely going to be more stable in the 
long run.
> With c) there are some problematic chapters where you can't just choose one
> word.... what about Linking, Segmentation, and Alignment, for example?
>   
Either just something like "Linking" or 
"Linking_Segmentation_Alignment", depending on whether we favor brevity 
or completeness. I'd opt for brevity, but that's not a strong preference.

Best,

David