[tei-council] @versionDate

[Kevin Hawkins]

Fine by me.

On 5/23/2012 1:20 PM, Martin Holmes wrote:
> Good point. How about using the generic "changelogs" instead:
>
> "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 value on the translation. If the
> file has changed, changelogs can be checked to see whether the source
> text has been modified since the translation was made."
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
> On 12-05-23 10:11 AM, Kevin Hawkins wrote:
>> Since someone could use the ODD tagset for something not involving the
>> TEI's Subversion repository, we shouldn't refer to Subversion
>> specifically. So I suggest revising the last sentence to make a more
>> generic statement about a version-control environment.
>>
>> On 5/23/2012 12:51 PM, Martin Holmes wrote:
>>> I'd still like to add the other bit, if no-one has any objections:
>>>
>>> "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."
>