[tei-council] mixedContent, textNode etc

[Martin Holmes]

On 14-10-10 03:11 AM, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
> Preparation for the ODD workshop in Chicago seems to indicate
> that <textNode> will have to get a last-minute reprieve.
>
> If the simplest possible user is defining a schema using ODD,
> without access to any of the TEI data macros, they need
> a boot-strapping “text” thing to point at.

And ODD is not only intended for TEI; those macros will not be available 
elsewhere.

> the only alternative to <textNode> is saying that they have
> to use the restricted <mixedContent>, and cannot
> build more complex schemas using alternate and sequence.
>
> so unless people scream, this is what Lou and I will teach people
> in a few weeks.

At least this clarifies things. So now we need to specify what 
<textNode> means in the absence of any macros, do we?

Cheers,
Martin

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