[tei-council] List @type musings

[Martin Holmes]

OK, I've given all the @type definitions parallel structure.

Any comments on the inclusion of the @rend suggested values?

Cheers,
Martin

On 14-08-05 03:46 AM, Lou Burnard wrote:
> 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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>>> Não sou nada.
>>> Nunca serei nada.
>>> Não posso querer ser nada.
>>> À parte isso, tenho em mim todos os sonhos do mundo.
>>>
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