[tei-council] @versionDate

[Paul F. Schaffner]

On Wed, 23 May 2012, Martin Holmes wrote:

> @versionDate is currently defined as:
>
> versionDate	specifies the date on which the translated source text was taken
>
> I don't think that's quite as clear as it could be -- doesn't it really
> mean "the date on which the source text was translated"?

Judging from the minutes of the AA mtg, it should mean the date (whatever
exactly that means: the release date?) of the English version on which
the translation was based--not the date the translation was done.

I understood this at the time. Why does the memory cloud over so?

pfs


>
> Should we also add some clarification about the reason for the
> attribute's existence? -- along the lines of:
>
> "This attribute can be used to determine whether a translation might
> need to be revisited, by comparing the modification date on the
> containing file with the @versionDate on the translation. If the file
> has changed, the SVN log can be checked to see whether the source text
> has changed since the translation was made."
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
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> Martin Holmes
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