[tei-council] Further update on PH

[Syd Bauman]

LB> It seems a little misleading to describe this as
LB> "underspecified".

Then why doesn't it tell me how to specify the latitude and
longitude? I don't even know what units, let alone what notation, to
use. (Afaik WGS 84 doesn't say.)

Currently the fact all of the following (and lots of other variants)
are correct impairs interoperability in order to allow flexibility
that, I bet, no one cares for.

   <!-- DM: -->
   <geo>41&#xB0; 48.474' N, 71&#xB0; 15.562' W</geo>
   <geo>41&#xB0;48.474'N 71&#xB0;15.562'W</geo>
   <geo>41d48.474m N, 71d15.562m W</geo>
   <geo>41&#xB0; 48.474', -71&#xB0; 15.562'</geo>
   <geo>41&#xB0;48.474' -71&#xB0;15.562'</geo>
   <!-- DMS or sexagesimal: -->
   <geo>41&#xB0; 48' 28.44" N, 71&#xB0; 15' 33.72" W</geo>
   <geo>41 48 28.44 N, 71 15 33.72  W</geo>
   <geo>41&#xB0; 48' 28.44", -71&#xB0; 15' 33.72"</geo>
   <geo>41 48 28.44, -71 15 33.72</geo>
   <!-- DD (all with commas; could be without): -->
   <geo>41.8079 N, 71.25937 W</geo>
   <geo>41.8079&#xB0; N, 71.25937&#xB0; W</geo>
   <geo>41.8079, -71.25937</geo>
   <geo>41.8079&#xB0;, -71.25937&#xB0;</geo>
   <!-- Radians (I think I have this right, but not sure): -->
   <geo>0.72969 rad, -1.2437 rad</geo>
   <geo>0.72969 rad N, 1.2437 rad W</geo>

(Anywhere I've used "'" above could also be U+2032; anywhere I've
used '"' above could also be U+2033.)

Indeed, one could express the details of the format in prose inside
the associated <geoDecl>, but it would be much more helpful if it
were a controlled vocabulary.


> It ought to say something like "within the section of the parent
> declaring element" rather than "within a document" though, I
> suppose, since geoDecl is declarable.

True enough.