[tei-council] testing facsimile

[Sebastian Rahtz]

Arianna Ciula wrote:
>
> Si, if I understand well, xmax and yMax should give the whole 
> coordinated for the <surface> considered as the 'total' digital image 
> (e.g. a page of a manuscript that includes a scale and scanning plan); 
> while the box attribute describes the section of interest within it 
> (e.g. the page as unit of analysis). Correct?
yes. seems to make sense in practice. @box on <surface> is a shortcut for
a <zone> describing the physical page limits in the photo.
>
> I think Sebastian's example is a good one to show a straight forward 
> use (works with ie by the way, but not with firefox); although my 
> thought went straight to more complex cases of the Ecole des Charters 
> dossiers on paleography (e.g. 
> http://theleme.enc.sorbonne.fr/dossiers/vue1.php).
yes, identical technique. you could probably take that example
and reverse-engineer it to TEI quite easily (if they have
appropriate licence for the image).

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