[tei-council] AMBER for your action

[James Cummings]

Dan O'Donnell wrote:
>> 2411994 	Define canonical way of referencing TEI element definitions
> Maybe~no
> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2411994&group_id=106328&atid=644065
> 
> This is a major undertaking, IMO. As the note says, we have a canonical 
> way of referencing (by URL). This is a request to map this to another 
> system that would allow third party resolution. Perhaps this is a P5.5 
> undertaking (i.e. preparatory for P6), but then I'd want to hear a 
> cost/benefit analysis.


I've added a comment to this, where I hope I make clear one reason why I 
believe our current system of referencing by URL is inadequate. 
(Basically that we don't preserve previous releases as a whole on the 
website and so there is no _easy_ way to have theoretical meta 
discussions concerning the evolution of elements. Thus while something 
separate, I think this is a prerequisite to any robust DOI system.)

-James

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Dr James Cummings, Research Technologies Service, University of Oxford
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