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

[Martin Holmes]

I've written a response, and I'll report back when I've clarified 
exactly what kind of collaboration they're looking for.

Cheers,
Martin

On 13-04-25 08:27 AM, David Sewell wrote:
> Great, thanks.
>
> On Thu, 25 Apr 2013, Martin Holmes wrote:
>
>> I'll volunteer to correspond a little bit and clarify exactly what
>> they're trying to do. A quick look through their proposals (such as
>> this one: <http://fhiso.org/files/cfp/cfps14.pdf>) suggests they're
>> reinventing a lot of our wheels.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Martin
>>
>> On 13-04-25 06:19 AM, David Sewell wrote:
>>> 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
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> 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
>>> f h i s o ´
>>> One community, one standard!
>>>
>>>
>>
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>> (mholmes at uvic.ca)
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Martin Holmes
University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre
(mholmes at uvic.ca)