[tei-council] <witStart>, <witEnd>, <lacunaStart> and <lacunaEnd>

[Hugh Cayless]

There would have to be a mechanism for identifying which witness each one belonged to if they occurred on their own in the text. 

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> On Jun 26, 2014, at 18:06, "Mylonas, Elli" <elli_mylonas at brown.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi all:
> 
> I am writing you to ask for comments on the following TEI feature request:
> 
> The elements listed above, <witStart>, <witEnd>, <lacunaStart> and
> <lacunaEnd>, are currently allowed only in  <rdg> or <lem> inside <app>.
> 
> We have had requests to allow these milestone-like elements in the main
> part of a text - either because witnesses are being encoded separately, or
> because collation is being done automatically, without indicating thinking
> of it as a traditional app crit.
> 
> solutions:
> 1. Elegance: add  <witStart>, <witEnd>, <lacunaStart> and <lacunaEnd> to
> the milestoneLike model and remove them from textcrit.
> 2. Functionality: use anchor with a type for this purpose.
> 
> One more point - I see a difference between <lacunaStart> and <lacunaEnd>
> which could apply to features of a main text and <witStart> and <witEnd>
> which seem to belong in a main text but refer to other witnesses.
> 
> I think I cast my vote for opening them up. Comments?
> 
> thanks, --elli
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