[tei-council] @source again

[Sebastian Rahtz]

Lou Burnard wrote:
> The source attribute on <att>, <gi>, and <tag> seems to me ripe for 
> the chop. It duplicates a function better performed by namespaces (as 
> the descriptive prose in the relevant tagdocs already points out)... I 
> think it has survived so long solely for reasons of historical sentiment.
>
> Unless anyone objects therefore, I propose to remove it. You have 48 
> hours to object, starting now!
I assume you mean @scheme.

what if I want to say <gi scheme="unknown">?  <gi scheme="TEI"> (any TEI)?
I don't care much, but schema and namespace are
not _quite_ the same.

I can't imagine many tears if you drop it.

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