[MOA2-WP] Re: TEI Lite question

Merrilee Proffitt (mproffit@library.berkeley.edu)
Thu, 11 Feb 1999 16:01:29 -0800 (PST)

I think <div type="entry"> is a good solution (sometimes journal entries
span days/dates).

Merrilee

On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, rdecandido wrote:

> We're puzzling over how to do diaries, too. I don't think you need to
> split up the SGML into separate files. In the header you can put in a
> <samplingDecl> that describes what you omitted. Here are the remarks
> for this tag from the Guidelines:
>
> " This element records all information about systematic inclusion or
> omission of portions of the text, whether a reflection of sampling
> procedures in the pure sense or of systematic omission of material
> deemed either too difficult to transcribe or not of sufficient
> interest."
>
> Doing this strikes me as a better option. Not only does it keep
> together parts of what is a single document, it also gives you a
> chance to explain what you have left out and why.
>
> I had a question, too. We're making each date entry a separate <div>.
> What do you think would be a good "type" for this sort of div?
> "entry"? "day"? "date"?
>
> bob
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> Author: Merrilee Proffitt <mproffit@library.berkeley.edu> at Internet
> Date: 2/4/99 5:22 PM
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> Sue,
>
> I'm happy to hear that you are progressing along so well. Since you are
> transcribing entries from the same document, I think I would keep them in
> the same document, in seperate divs. Rob, are you still working on TEI
> transcriptions? What do you think?
>
> Merrilee
>
> On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Susan Hamburger wrote:
>
> > Well, I've finished putting all the data into the MOA2 database for the
> > minute book. Now I'm about to tackle TEI Lite for the first time to
> > transcribe selected date entries in the minute book. Question: Since TEI
> > assumes that the entire book will be transcribed, and we've only planned to
> > do six non-contiguous entries, should each entry be done as a separate
> > document so the linking from the scanned image will be to each
> > transcription rather than all six?
> >
> > Sue
> >
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