[tei-council] Element "abstract" does not appear in Roma?

Lou Burnard lou.burnard at retired.ox.ac.uk
Wed Sep 10 15:47:48 EDT 2014


On 10/09/14 20:04, Syd Bauman wrote:
>> The <gloss> in an elementSpec should ONLY be provided for the case
>> where the name of an element is not itself an English word. See
>> TCW20
> Of course. But that doesn't apply to non-English <gloss> elements, I
> don't think, does it?

I dont think we ever articulated a policy for non-English <gloss> 
elements. I rayther think I'd be against them, since the element name is 
not *really* in English. It just looks like it.
(If you want to suggest a non-English identifier, use <altIdent>)



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