[tei-council] facsimile odd

Lou Burnard lou.burnard at computing-services.oxford.ac.uk
Tue Jul 17 09:42:01 EDT 2007


Conal Tuohy wrote:
> Lou wrote:
> 
>> (5) alignment of image and text is done throughout using  existing TEI 
>> mechanisms -- i.e. we use @corresp to point from one to the other, or we 
>> use a standoff alignment map.
> 
> I think the problem with that is that people (also) desperately want to assign coordinates directly to textual elements such as p.
> 
> Con
> 

In what respect does the use of @corresp preclude doing precisely that?

<p  xml:id="para1" corresp="#pg123">This paragraph transcribes the area 
with id pg123 defined in some <pg> or <zone> or whatever the thing with 
the images in it is called</p>


<zone xml:id="pg123" coords="12 345"  corresp="#para1">
   <graphic/>
</zone>





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