[tei-council] <sourceDesc> example

[Laurent Romary]

Hi John and Lou (and the others),
Since it is close to the discussion about some core elements in the  
header. Could you make sure it appears as a ticket for our next F2F?
Cheers,
Laurent

Le 9 déc. 08 à 17:08, Lou Burnard a écrit :

> 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
>
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