[tei-council] listXXXs and relations

[Arianna Ciula]

Lou Burnard wrote:
> Council will I hope recall the plan to give all listXXXX elements common 
> content models. I have now implemented the last part of this, which has 
> necessitated a slightly suboptimal hack in order to make <listPerson> 
> consistent with the rest. The element <particLinks> which used to exist 
> as a special treat within <particDesc> and consequently had been 
> proposed as an extra within <listPerson> had two functions: it provided 
> an informal description of relationships ("all these people are known to 
> be from the Ciulla clan") and it acted as a wrapper for <relation> 
> elements. As the tense of the previous sentence implies, I have now 
> replaced it by a more general element called <relationGrp> which acts in 
> the same way, and which I have now added as an alternative to <relation> 
> in all the listXXX elements.

I still see <particLinks> insteda of <relationGrp>, but I think I 
understand what you have done and will be able to see it shortly I assume.

The suboptimal part of this is that I have
> introduced it as an alternative to rather than a replacement for 
> ungrouped <relation> elements. This seemed a safer course, though I am 
> open to persuasion otherwise.

This may be suboptimal, but a better solution for now. Indeed you don't 
want to be forced to include a <relationGrp> for simple cases.

I think that once people discover <relation> they will use for all sort 
of things...so unless I'm wrong, the request on TEI L to relate two 
<listPerson> is just the beginning...

Arianna
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Dr Arianna Ciula
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