[tei-council] Family History Information Standards Organisation (FHISO) (fwd)

[David Sewell]

Council,

Can someone from Council respond to this request for input? As it involves data 
standards I think it is Council rather than Board business so long as it does 
not involve a major commitment of TEI-C resources,

Thanks,

David

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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:52:52 +0100
From: Tony Proctor <acproctor at fhiso.org>
To: info at tei-c.org
Cc: Tony Proctor <tony at proctor.net>
Subject: Family History Information Standards Organisation (FHISO)

As a representative of FHISO, I contacted TEI earlier this year with a view to getting a dialogue going between our two organisations. I didn't receive any response but I'd like to explain our position a little more clearly if that's OK.

FHISO is a non-profit organisation dealing with data standards for genealogy and family history. Part of this involves mark-up for entities (e.g. Persons, Places, etc) referenced in narrative text, and for the representation of transcription anomalies (e.g. uncertain characters, struck-out text, marginalia, interlinear & intralinear notes).

We've been looking at TEI's comprehensive set of features but cannot see how it can be incorporated into textual contributions within a structured genealogical schema.

FHISO currently has an open call-for-papers at http://fhiso.org/call-for-papers/ which is designed to solicit technical proposals and functional requirements for specific data standards. A number have already been uploaded at http://fhiso.org/call-for-papers-submissions/ with more waiting to appear. TEI is welcome to submit proposals here themselves, or comment on existing proposals, but I would also like to establish a conversation with a TEI representative too. I feel that both of our organisations could benefit from a sharing of ideas and goals.

Could you put me in touch with an appropriate TEI representative?

Tony Proctor
Organising Member

Family History Information Standards Organisation (FHISO)
Web: http://fhiso.org
Tel: +44 115 714 0766
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