[tei-council] [ 2493799 ] add decoNote to model.noteLike

James Cummings James.Cummings at oucs.ox.ac.uk
Fri Jan 30 02:23:24 EST 2009


Hiya,

I've been looking at this feature request.  Basically the idea submitted 
is that <decoNote> is just syntactic sugar for <note type="decoration"> 
and so really it should be available anywhere that <note> is allowed. 
i.e. it should be added to model.noteLike (currently has note and 
witDetail).

I think I disagree with this suggestion because I don't believe the 
premise that it is syntactic sugar for <note type="decoration">.  <note> 
for example has att.placement and @resp/@anchored/@target/@targEnd 
attributes.  Instead I think that decoNote is more like a simplified p 
that is used in a very specific context.  (Though where it is allowed 
could maybe be tightened up further.)

I looked at the other ways we handle somethingNote elements: basically 
handNote and typeNote.  And in each case I'd make the argument that it 
isn't really just syntactic sugar for <note type="something"> but the 
same kind of specific container in a specialised context.

Therefore, I'd recommend that we not implement this suggestion.

Incidentally, is it inconsistent naming that we have decoDesc/decoNote 
typeDesc/typeNote but handNotes/handNote?

-James
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Dr James Cummings, Research Technologies Service, University of Oxford
James dot Cummings at oucs dot ox dot ac dot uk


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