[tei-council] facsimile markup
Lou's Laptop
lou.burnard at oucs.ox.ac.uk
Wed Sep 12 13:24:54 EDT 2007
Unless it's gone astray, I haven't heard anything from Conal about the
definition of <surface>. This is a bit worrying, because the more I
think about it, the more I think the current definition is wrong (and
he's right!)
The present "surface" identifies some graphic on which we place a grid.
With reference *to that grid* we then identify zones. The <surface>
element is however also used to identify groups of graphics which are,
in some sense, alternatives.
Now as Sebastian has repeatedly pointed out, there are very many cases
in which an "alternative" graphic cannot reasonably use the same grid.
So, it looks as if we do need two elements: one to say "these graphics
relate to the same thing in the real world"; one to say "this graphic
(representing that thing) has this grid".
So here is yet another last minute straw person proposal, with apologies
for late arrival:
1. Redefine <surface> to mean "container for one or more images of an
inscribed surface", with a content model of surfaceImage+
2. Define <surfaceImage> with attributes @grid and @url. The latter
points to the graphic, the former defines the grid. It contains any
<zone> elements defined wrt this image.
If you want to show that a zone of one surfaceImage relates to a zone of
another one... hm, you;re stuck. You probably need @corresp for that.
Must dash...
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