[tei-council] <sourceDesc> example

[Lou Burnard]

John A. Walsh wrote:
> 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."


But the source might not be a text -- it might be a recording for 
example. Should we not also licence explicitly the case where there is 
no source?

> Also, the single example provide is:
> 
> <sourceDesc>
>   <p>No source: created in machine-readable form.</p>
> </sourceDesc>
> 

That's quite mad, I agree! We should have an example for each of the 
likely scenarios (mind you that's true of many other common tags)

> John (Taking advantage of my few remaining days as a Council member!)

We'll miss you ... come back soon!

L