[tei-council] incompatible datatypes for same-named attributes

Syd Bauman Syd_Bauman at Brown.edu
Sat Apr 14 13:07:35 EDT 2007


>  a) Surely @type should consistently enumerated or word? (though the 
> effect is the same, in practice)

Yes, type= should always be data.enumerated.


>  b) something niche like @cRef must surely mean the same in all 4 
> places? simply an error

Yes, I think so, but would have to check


> Is this an important matter? It seems so to me. Shall I add a
> specific ticket to trac and assign to (Syd?)?

Yes, it is important, but since it's error-checking and not new
stuff, it should be deferred until after Berlin.


> BTW, Syd, note the remaining "targets". is that deliberate, or a
> smidgeon of unfinished business?

Completely deliberate, and importantly so. (A targets= attribute
requires 2 or more pointers as its value.)


In great haste ...




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