[tei-council] <sourceDesc> example

[Laurent Romary]

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Laurent

Le 18 nov. 08 à 20:27, John A. Walsh a écrit :

> Hi all,
>
> I just experienced some confusion regarding sourceDesc among some of
> my students, and so I  offer the following suggestions:
>
> The reference page for sourceDesc defines it thusly:
> "supplies a description of the source text(s) from which an electronic
> text was derived or generated."
>
> The is fairly vague and general.  I'd suggest:
>
> "supplies a bibliographic description of the source text(s) from which
> an electronic text was derived or generated."
>
> or
>
> "supplies a description, typically a bibliographic description, of the
> source text(s) from which an electronic text was derived or  
> generated."
>
> Also, the single example provide is:
>
> <sourceDesc>
>  <p>No source: created in machine-readable form.</p>
> </sourceDesc>
>
> I suggest we add another example with one of our bibl elements as a
> child of sourceDesc.
>
> Of course, the corresponding chapter clears up any confusion, but the
> reference pages are widely used, and I think this one could be
> clarified easily enough.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John (Taking advantage of my few remaining days as a Council member!)
> --
> | John A. Walsh
> | Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science
> | Indiana University, 1320 East Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405
> | www: <http://www.slis.indiana.edu/faculty/jawalsh/>
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>
>
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