[tei-council] [Fwd: [Fwd: Music in TEI SIG]]

[Dot Porter]

As one of the SIG organizers it probably isn't necessary for me to
voice my support, but I will anyway.

Dot

On Nov 22, 2007 5:43 PM, Christian Wittern <cwittern at gmail.com> wrote:
> Council members,
>
> This came in from Susan, the entry point for new SIGs.  The floor is open
> for discussion.  If no objections are raised within the next few days, I
> will treat it as accepted.
>
> All the best,
>
> Christian
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [Fwd: Music in TEI SIG]
> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:34:57 -0500
> From: Susan Schreibman <sschreib at umd.edu>
> To: Christian Wittern <wittern at kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
>
> Dear Christian,
>
> I received this email today from Raffaele Viglianti (Kings College
> London) to convene a new SIG on music encoding. It's a great expansion
> of the use of TEI. I pass this along to you for Council approval.
>
> all best
>
> susan
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        Music in TEI SIG
> Date:   Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:08:50 +0000
> From:   Raffaele Viglianti <raffaele.viglianti at kcl.ac.uk>
> To:     sschreib at umd.edu
>
>
>
> Dear Susan,
>
> Dot Porter (University of Kentucky), Gabriel Bodard (King's College
> London), Perry Roland (University of Virginia), and I, have been
> discussing about the realization of a proposal for a music encoding SIG.
>
> Title: Music in TEI
> Description: The Music in TEI SIG seeks to bring together users of the
> TEI who are interested in incorporating encoding for music into their
> TEI documents.
> The goal of the SIG is to examine the current possibilities for encoding
> both the physical representation of music and the aural common elements
> between different notation systems, and to decide on a preliminary
> recommendation/agenda for music encoding in the TEI, whether directly
> via adoption of new elements or by importing a recommended namespace
> from an existing external schema.
>
> *Encoding western music notation from all time periods, from ancient
> through modern.
> *Encoding not only the music notation, but the aural aspects common to
> different notation systems.
> *Encoding music and text together as well as music on its own.
>
> Contact person: Raffaele Viglianti, raffaele.viglianti at kcl.ac.uk
>
> In case the SIG will be approved, we have a few other names of people
> that we will invite to join the mailing list and the wiki.
> We are looking forward to hear from you.
>
> Yours,
> Raffaele Viglianti
>
> --
> Raffaele Viglianti
> Centre for Computing in the Humanities
> King's College London
> Kay House
> 7, Arundel Street
> London WC2R 3DX
>
>
>
> --
> Susan Schreibman, PhD
> Assistant Dean
> Head of Digital Collections and Research
> McKeldin Library
> University of Maryland
> College Park, MD 20742
>
> Phone: 301 314 0358
> Fax: 301 314 9408
> Email: sschreib at umd.edu
>
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>
>
>
>
> --
>
>   Christian Wittern
>   Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University
>   47 Higashiogura-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8265, JAPAN
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