[tei-council] Re: webRoma

[Sebastian Rahtz]

Syd Bauman wrote:
> Ah! That's what it was. webRoma will generate <classSpec> elements
> that do not have (the required) type= attribute.
>   
ok, have made a trac ticket to remind me
>
> While we're talking about webRoma, one of the things I really feel
> needs to be improved is the interface to <valList> & data.enumerated.
> At the very least when an ODD is read in, the "List of values" field
> on the "Add a new attribute" page (which is often used for changing
> attributes) should be pre-populated with the values found in the
> existing <valList>. Also the "Closed list" question should probably
> include all three possibilities, no? ("closed", "open", and "semi").
>   
ok, agreed, ditto.
> Lastly, although to my knowledge we have still not entirely
> straightened the data.enumerated vs. valItem/@ident issue, I think
> (perhaps incorrectly) that we are still of the opinion that <valList>
> should only be used in combination with certain datatypes[1]. If
> there are datatypes with which we feel a value list should not be
> specified (data.count jumps to mind), I think the webRoma front-end
> should reflect this.
>   
how is it to know, though? where will these rules be
expressed.

I agree its not quite nice as it is.

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