[tei-council] "TEI Header" vs. "TEI header"

[Kevin Hawkins]

I've gone through the Guidelines carefully to implement as discussed 
(revisions 11563 and 11564), and I've added this rule to TCW24.

On 1/27/13 12:57 PM, Kevin Hawkins wrote:
> On 1/27/2013 12:48 PM, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
>>
>> On 27 Jan 2013, at 17:44, Kevin
>> Hawkins<kevin.s.hawkins at ultraslavonic.info>
>>   wrote:
>>
>>> My suggestion is that we settle on "TEI header".  In my view, "header"
>>> is not a proper noun because it's not the proper name of the element
>>> (<teiHeader>), just a verbal shorthand we use.
>>>
>> so we should say _either_ "in the TEI header" _or_ "in
>> the<gi>teiHeader</gi>"?
>> that does make sense.
>
> Yes, that was my intention.
>
> Generally speaking, there is ambiguity in technical documentation that
> says "inside <foo>" in that it's not clear whether you mean a child of
> <foo> or any descendant of <foo>".  My impression is that we have
> generally used "in the TEI [H/h]eader" to mean as a descendant, not a
> child.  But perhaps that's neither here nor there.
>
>> dont forget that section headings like "2 The TEI Header" would stay
>> as is, though,
>> so its not just a global search and replace.
>
> Ugh, you're right.
>
> --K.