[tei-council] egXML

[Lou Burnard]

Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
> I propose that the long description of this be reworded as
> follows:
> 
> 
> <remarks><p>The element itself is in
>  the namespace <ident
>  type="ns">http://www.tei-c.org/ns/Examples</ident>.
>  The TEI Guidelines use the same namespace for the body of the
>  example itself, and they are validated against the TEI scheme by the
>  production process of the TEI. User extensions or other schemas
>  may this use this
>  namespace, or any other, for the content of <gi>egXML</gi>.
>  The content may also be well-formed enclosed in a CDATA marked
>  section. If the content is not well-formed XML, the more general
>  <gi>eg</gi> element should be used in preference.</p></remarks>
> 
> 
> 
> Does this upset anyone? I have committed it to SF, but it
> can obviously be changed ad lib.

Stylistically I think this is a whole lot worse. Too many "itself"s, and 
the referent of "they" is not there. "this use this"????

<remarks> are intended for particular usage remarks, not "long 
description". What Conall requested was a rewrite of the <desc> element, 
I think.

I will have a hack at it this evening.

> 
> The reason for having <egXML> in the funny namespace is to allow
> us to say
> 
> <egXML xmlns="....">
>    <l>quoth the Raven, <q>neverore</q></l>
> </egXML>
> 
> without having to tinker with the <l> element. It
> makes the cut and paste a lot easier.
> 
> This setup was done some years ago, for what seemed like
> good reasons, and it may be that I am just used to it
> despite its madness. It is also implemented, which
> is a non-trivial issue at this point :-}

It seems completely natural to me now...


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