[tei-council] TEI Guidelines display

[James Cummings]

There seems to be a consensus of at least Lou, me, Sebastian and 
Becky.

Lou: I'm running off to a meeting, if you get a chance can you 
put in a ticket and assign it to me?

-James

On 30/10/12 13:03, Rebecca Welzenbach wrote:
> I agree that offering the expansion of the tag name in the gloss, in
> addition to a translation, makes a lot of sense. As others have already
> said, even if we want to think of the tag names as language independent
> tokens they really are derived from words, almost always English, and
> contain meaningful patterns (-grp, -list, -stmt, -decl, etc.) that should
> be laid bare. It is reasonable (and seems only fair) to offer the same
> expansions in the English and translated versions of the Guidelines.
>
> This reminds me of learning the periodic table of elements in school. I
> wish the teachers had explained the roots of Au, Ag, Pb, etc., rather than
> just telling us we had to memorize them and making up arbitrary mnemonic
> devices. Even if you don't know the language, if there is a
> connection/explanation for the tag name that is perfectly simple and
> sensible, it's better to offer it than not to.
>
> I also agree that the gloss for <secFol> ought to give the expansion
> "secundo folio," not "second folio."
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 6:42 AM, Sebastian Rahtz <
> sebastian.rahtz at it.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> i am not so sanguine that the <gloss> always expands the abbreviation in
>> that neat way.
>> I agree, it might improve things in some situations.
>>
>> why not try it and see?
>>
>>
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