[tei-council] Standard form for elementSpec/desc

[Martin Holmes]

These are the affected descs (the ones which take the form of a noun 
phrase):

<prefixDef> (my own error, in a new file, so I've fixed it already)

<recording>
<street>
<editor>
<sp>
<speaker>
<argument>
<role>
<actor>
<spGrp>
<u>
<pause>
<vocal>
<kinesic>
<incident>
<writing>
<lang>
<secFol>
<offset>
<geogName>
<pc>

Cheers,
Martin

On 12-12-26 01:36 PM, Martin Holmes wrote:
> Proofing my birthday chapter (#8), I've come across something which I
> recall bothering me in the past. Most element descriptions take the form
> of verb phrases:
>
> [<scriptStmt>] contains a citation giving details of the script used for
> a spoken text.
>
> Others are in the form of noun phrases:
>
> [<recording>] details of an audio or video recording event
> used as the source of a spoken text, either directly or from
> a public broadcast.
>
> This becomes slightly problematic when the Guidelines text brings them
> together in a context in which they should be parallel in structure:
>
> <http://teijenkins.hcmc.uvic.ca/job/TEIP5/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/en/html/TS.html#HD32>
>
> I think we need to settle on one form or the other for all our <desc>s,
> to avoid parallel structure violations like this.
>
> My sense is that the verb phrase version is much more common, and should
> be universal. I therefore propose to fix the <desc> of <recording> by
> adding "provides" like this:
>
> [<recording>] provides details of an audio or video recording event
> used as the source of a spoken text, either directly or from
> a public broadcast.
>
> Then I'll take a quick look through all the other <desc>s to find and
> fix any others which are in the form of noun phrases.
>
> Please object mightily if you wish to prevent this.
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
>
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