[tei-council] Trac 152 (TC)

[Daniel O'Donnell]

Thanks Lou, on both tickets.

-dan

On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 22:54 +0100, Lou Burnard wrote:
> Daniel O'Donnell wrote:
> > Here are some changes for TC:
> > http://tei.oucs.ox.ac.uk/trac/TEIP5/ticket/152
> >
> >       * Reverse TC and PH--This was assigned to Syd
> >   
> I'm open-minded as to whether this really needs doing; final disposition 
> of the chapters is something we have already decided to defer anyway.
> >   * We should mention that app is a special form of choice in TC,
> >     because we do so in the element description for choice: "For a
> >     specialized version of <choice> for encoding multiple witnesses of a
> >     single work, see section 15.1 The Apparatus Entry, Readings, and
> >   
> OK, have added a para :
> 
> <p>The <gi>app</gi> element is in one sense a more  sophisticated and
> complex version of the <gi>choice</gi> element introduced in <ptr
> target="#COEDCOR"/> as a way of marking points where the encoding of a 
> passage
> in a single source may be carried out in more than one way. Unlike
> <gi>choice</gi>, however, the <gi>app</gi> element allows for the
> representation of many different versions of the same passage taken
> from different sources.</p>
> 
> 
> >   * 15.1.1: "The attributes loc, from, and to, are used to link the
> >     apparatus entry to the base text. Several methods may be used for
> >     such linkage, each involving a slightly different usage for these
> >     attributes. Linkage between text and apparatus is described below in
> >     section 15.2 Linking the Apparatus to the Text." 
> >       * * This needs clarification, since apparatus can also exist
> >         without a base text: How about: "The attributes loc, from, and
> >         to, are used to link the apparatus entry to the base text , if
> >         present. In such cases, s everal methods may be used for such
> >         linkage, each involving a slightly different usage for these
> >         attributes. Linkage between text and apparatus is described
> >         below in section 15.2 Linking the Apparatus to the Text. For the
> >         use of the app element without a base text see... "
> >   
> 
> OK : (TCAPPS)
> 
> >   * 15.1.2: The example from Klaeber may need a note explaining that
> >     while Klaeber's readings themselves record information about the
> >     text, they are treated as typographic features in the variorum
> >     apparatus. (Lou made this point most forcefully--perhaps he should
> >     supply the language)?
> >   
> 
> Already done, I think.
> 
> >   * 15.1.4.3: In the example with &lt;witness xml:id="c" included="#Cp
> >     #La #Sl2">Constant Group c&lt;/witness>, a better approach would be
> >     to nest the actual members of this group in an apparatus-like
> >     structure: 
> > <witList>
> >   <witness xml:id="c">Constant Group c</witness>
> >   <witList>
> >    <witness xml:id="Cp">Corpus Christi Oxford MS 198</witness>
> >    <witness xml:id="La">British Library Lansdowne 851</witness>
> >    <witness xml:id="Sl2">British Library Sloane MS 1686</witness>
> >   </witList>
> >  </witList>
> >
> >
> >   
> 
> Also already done: I think there was another ticket about removing the 
> @include attribute which caused me to do it, but I cant now find it
> > -dan
> >   
> 
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