[tei-council] support for P4

[Martin Holmes]

I'd like to see something relating to P6:


I think that:

  - The TEI should focus only on revisions to P5 for next couple of years.

  - The TEI should begin soliciting ideas for the most substantial 
changes in P6.

  - The TEI should start working on a detailed plan for P6 immediately.


Cheers,
Martin

On 11-09-26 03:39 AM, James Cummings wrote:
> Back in June Council mostly seemed to agree that the timetable I
> laid out below was sensible for de-emphasising TEI P4 a year
> before we stop supporting it in November 2012.
>
> In the next week or so I was going to post a message to TEI-L
> explaining that from November 2011 we'll be de-emphasising TEI P4
> on the website in preparation for its lack of support from
> November 2012. I was going to include a surveymonkey survey at
> the same time allowing feedback from the community to gauge the
> strength of their dependence on or desire for support of TEI P4.
> (As well as gather some other data.)
>
> Questions that occur to me to include in this survey are below,
> but if Council has any other suggestions, or corrections, let me
> know in the next few days.
>
> ====
> Do you have projects still using TEI P4 that need support?
> - I have active and ongoing projects using TEI P4 which will not
> migrate to TEI P5
> - I have active and ongoing projects using TEI P4 but I may
> migrate these to TEI P5
> - I continue to support legacy projects using TEI P4 which I
> might migrate to TEI P5
> - I continue to support legacy projects using TEI P4 which I
> won't migrate to TEI P5
> - I have legacy TEI P4 projects, but they need little support
> - I have migrated any TEI P4 projects to TEI P5
> - I have no TEI P4 projects needing support
>
> How much should the TEI-C begin de-emphasise TEI P4 on the
> website before November 2012?
> - It should only be available from the TEI Vault and not
> mentioned elsewhere
> - It should only be available from the TEI Vault but existing
> links redirected
> - It should be available from the TEI Vault but seamlessly
> mirrored in its current location
> - It should not be moved to the Vault but remain where it is
>
> Should search engines be dissuaded from indexing TEI P4?
> - TEI P4 should not be indexed and links to it not followed
> - TEI P4 should not be indexed
> - TEI P4 should continue to be indexed
> - TEI P4 should continue to be indexed and links to it followed
>
> Have you used TEI P5 for a project?
> - Yes
> - No
> - I'm about to
>
> How many TEI P4 projects do you have?
> - 0
> - 1
> - 2-5
> - 6-15
> - 16-30
> - more than 30
>
> How many TEI P5 projects do you have?
> - 0
> - 1
> - 2-5
> - 6-15
> - 16-30
> - more than 30
>
> Have you submitted a Bug or Feature Request to the TEI?
> - I have submitted both Bugs and Feature Requests directly on
> Sourceforge
> - I have submitted either a Bug or a Feature Request directly on
> Sourceforge
> - I have submitted either a Bug or a Feature Request via a TEI
> Council member or other individual
> - I have contributed to discussions on TEI-L which have informed
> Bug or Feature Requests
> - I have not contributed a Bug or Feature Request but intend to
> - I have not contributed a Bug or Feature Request
> - What are Bugs or Feature Requests?
> ====
>
>
> Suggestions appreciated.
>
> -James
>
>
>
> On 14/06/11 10:04, James Cummings wrote:
>> Could I suggest that the appropriate time to have a de-emphasis
>> of TEI P4 is in November 2011.  I suggest this because that is
>> exactly one calendar year before we stop support for P4.  We
>> promised 5 years ongoing support for TEI P4 from November 2007.
>> In November 2011 we could de-emphasize it by doing the following
>> things as Sebastian suggests:
>>
>> - Freeze any support of it except major bugs (if we've not done
>> this already)
>> - Demote its visibility in the TEI-C Website
>> - Change the robots.txt to encourage search engines to forget
>> about it.
>> - Remind people that they have a year to stop using it.
>>
>> In November 2012 I'd suggest that it appears only in the Vault
>> and that the TEI Guidelines page not have any mention of it. (As
>> it has no mention of other versions like TEI P3, but does have a
>> link to the TEI Archive which contains them).
>
>

-- 
Martin Holmes
University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre
(mholmes at uvic.ca)