[tei-council] pb, lb

[Arianna Ciula]

Hi Peter,

Peter Boot wrote:

>>
>> <docTitle>
>>   <titlePart type="main">
>>    <lb/>THE
>>   <lb/>Pilgrim's Progress
>>   <lb/>FROM
>>   <lb/>THIS WORLD,
>>   <lb/>TO
>>   <lb/>That which is to come:
>>   </titlePart>
>> <!-- etc. -->
>> </docTitle>
>>
>> ...and that <lb/> at the beginning is not consistent with other examples...
> 
> I would say that there might be cases where a docTitle does not
> necessarily begin on a new line. For projects that encounter that
> situation, an initial <lb> might be necessary in the cases where it does.

The thing is that the inconsistency is not about the encoding of 
material within <docTitle> but rather the use of <lb/> at the begging or 
end of a line in examples within the guidelines.

Arianna

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