[tei-council] what to do with dating attributes -- VOTE!

Christian Wittern wittern at kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Sat Feb 17 19:30:43 EST 2007


Well, after some more consideration, here is my vote.


Syd Bauman wrote:
> Issue: name of main dating attr (date= vs value=)
> Solution: leave 'em as is
> Vote:
> 
>      _X_ I have considered issue, and agree with proposed solution
> 
> 
> Issue: classes -- @dur and @value in same or different attr classes?
> Solution: split 'em into separate classes
> Vote:
> 
>      _X_ I have considered issue, and agree with proposed solution
> 
> 
> Issue: keep <distance>?
> Solution: nuke it
> Vote:
> 
>      _X_ I have considered issue, and agree with proposed solution
> 
> 
> Issue: keep precision= of <date>
> Solution: nuke it
> Vote:
> 
>      _X_ I have considered issue, and agree with proposed solution
> 
> 
> Issue: method of expressing known day & month, unknown year, or
>        specific possible dates within a range
> Suggestion: defer to P5 1.x.
> Vote:
> 
>      _X_ I have considered issue, and agree with proposed solution
> 
> 
> Issue: constraint of date-regularization attributes: W3C, ISO, other
> Suggestions:
> A ("attribute level"): duplicate current attrs for each different system
> B ("datatype level"): create duplicate datatype for each different
>                       system
> C ("class level"): create classes for each set of attrs from
>                    different systems; possibly implement with a new
>                    module so attrs are added when that module is
>                    loaded (like att.metrical gets added to
>                    att.divLike when verse is loaded)
> D ("all-in-one"): differentiate system by value's syntax
> 
> Vote:
> 
>          I have considered issue, and agree with proposed solution:
>      _X_ C

(Sebastian has somehow convinced me that D is not really feasible...)

Christian


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  Christian Wittern
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