[tei-council] List @type musings

[Lou Burnard]

Maybe this is just gilding the lily, but it might be good to make each 
<desc> use the same form of words.At the moment each one is different 
("each list item glosses...", "list items form...", "each list item 
is...", "the list items constitute...", "the list forms...") which seems 
like needless variation. I would prefer "each item <verb> ..." thus
"each item contains a gloss or explanation for the term or concept given 
by the label element preceding it", "each item contains an entry in an 
index such as ...", "each item contains a step in... ", "each item 
contains part of..." , "each item contains one component of a syllogism, 
comprising two or more premises followed by a conclusion" (The last one 
is interesting: how would we tag a syllogism with two conclusions?)

On examples: I think I would  definitely try to include (but cut down) 
some of Paul's real life examples. The existing Aelfric one could be 
improved by giving it a @type.

Real examples are always preferable (but Paul, we need source citations!)



On 04/08/14 19:46, Martin Holmes wrote:
> I've now added "index", "instructions", "litany" and "syllogism" to the
> suggested value list for list/@type, along with a couple of examples
> from his post. I think this provides a more helpful set of examples from
> which it's much clearer what the purpose of @type is, in contrast with
> @rend.
>
> After it's finished building in an hour or so, take a look here:
>
> <http://teijenkins.hcmc.uvic.ca/job/TEIP5/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/en/html/ref-list.html>
>
> and see if it looks OK.
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
> On 14-08-02 04:10 AM, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
>> Paul, I think some litany and syllogism examples from actual
>> texts would be great additions to the guidelines. I assume your
>> examples here are made up?
>>
>> I agree that putting in some of these values really helps
>> to make the point about what @type is for.
>> --
>> Sebastian Rahtz
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>> University of Oxford IT Services
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>>
>> Não sou nada.
>> Nunca serei nada.
>> Não posso querer ser nada.
>> À parte isso, tenho em mim todos os sonhos do mundo.
>>