[tei-council] reconsidering model.glossLike (bugs 3565137)

[James Cummings]

Btw. If we are messing about with what has <desc>, we should 
probably simply reinstate <desc> to <zone> as per Conal's email 
on TEI-L. I can think of no good reason for it not to have it back.

-James

On 23/09/12 23:11, James Cummings wrote:
>
> Lou,
>
> If I'm understanding correctly, does that mean that the list of
> elements with (1) (2) will not have <certainty> as a child, and
> those with (1)(3) will lose <gloss>,<equiv>, and <altIdent>?
>
> I don't think many people will have used <gloss> on those
> elements, and as long as they retain <desc>, I don't see bad
> side-effects from doing this.
>
> Anyone else?
>
> -James
>
>
> On 23/09/12 22:37, Lou Burnard wrote:
>> I started looking at 3565137, and then got cold feet.
>>
>> Current members of model.glossLike are: model.certLike [certainty
>> respons] desc gloss precision equiv altIdent
>>
>> Seems to me that of these only equiv and altIdent are really "gloss
>> like". Equally, model.certLike and precision seem rather inappropriate
>> inside *Spec elements.
>>
>> I fear a fairly major reorganization is needed. Here's my first shot
>> at it.
>>
>> The elements currently containing model.glossLike are : attDef
>> category certainty char classSpec constraintSpec elementSpec gap glyph
>> graphic incident interp interpGrp join joinGrp kinesic macroSpec
>> moduleSpec precision respons schemaSpec space substJoin taxonomy
>> valItem and vocal.
>>
>> The only thing that all these elements actually have in common is that
>> they all need a<desc>. Apart from that:
>>
>> The following  need gloss, equiv, altIdent:
>>        attDef, category, classSpec, constraintSpec, elementSpec,
>>        macroSpec moduleSpec schemaSpec taxonomy, valItem
>>
>> The following need precision and model.certLike
>>        certainty gap precision respons space substJoin
>>
>> So, cautiously, I am thinking of doing the following:
>>
>> (1) define (new) model.descLike, with<desc>  as its sole member
>> (2) redefine model.glossLike with<gloss>,<equiv>, and<altIdent>  as
>> its members
>> (3) Add<precision>  to  model.certLike
>>
>> Revise class memberships as follows:
>>
>> attDef    (1) (2)
>> category  (1) (2)
>> certainty (1)  (3)
>> char      (1)
>> classSpec (1) (2)
>> constraintSpec (1) (2)
>> elementSpec (1) (2)
>> gap      (1)  (3)
>> glyph    (1)
>> graphic  (1)
>> incident  (1)  (3)
>> interp  (1)  (3)
>> interpGrp  (1)  (3)
>> join  (1)  (3)
>> joinGrp  (1)  (3)
>> kinesic (1)
>> macroSpec (1) (2)
>> moduleSpec (1) (2)
>> precision  (1)  (3)
>> respons  (1)  (3)
>> schemaSpec (1) (2)
>> space  (1)  (3)
>> substJoin  (1)  (3)
>> taxonomy (1) (2)
>> valItem (1) (2)
>> vocal  (1)
>>
>> But I think I'll sleep on it first.
>>
>>
>
>


-- 
Dr James Cummings, researchsupport at it.ox.ac.uk
Research Support, IT Services, University of Oxford