[tei-council] FR nuncles: new element tei:objectType

[Laurent Romary]

Let us make a quick ballot on this. I suggest a yes/no answer to  
adopting <object>. add your initials there:

yes: LR
no:


Le 5 janv. 11 à 13:09, Gabriel Bodard a écrit :

> If the argument is between tei:object and tei:objectType (as I think  
> it
> is), then the reasons in each direction seem to be:
>
> (a) for tei:object: GB, LR & SR think it looks nicer;
>
> (b) for tei:objectType: LB says it's ambiguous (should refer to object
> itself, not a type or class of object); SIG may want to use tei:object
> to denote something broader than this MS Desc context, and closer to  
> the
> meaning Lou identifies.
>
> Personally, although I'm on side (a), I'm pretty convinced (as I  
> believe
> were the rest of the nuncles) by argument (b).
>
> I agree with Laurent however that we need to describe this carefully.
>
> G
>
> On 05/01/2011 12:00, Laurent Romary wrote:
>>
>> Le 5 janv. 11 à 12:55, Lou Burnard a écrit :
>>
>>> On 05/01/11 11:48, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
>>>> thanks, those examples do help. and<object>   would be the right  
>>>> word.
>>>
>>> But still ambiguous.
>>
>>   From the discussion so far, I have not seen any convergence on a
>> fancy alternative. Let us consider that we aim at providing a clear
>> description of the thing called<object>  and move along with it.
>>
>>>
>>>> sorry to be dumb, but remind me why @form on<objectDesc>   does not
>>>> cut it?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I wondered the same thing -- presumably it's because they want to
>>> use it
>>> in other contexts than<objectDesc>, as with<material>
>>
>>
>> I think so too. It's a way to have a clearly reified element.
>>
>>
>> Are we set on this?
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Laurent Romary
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