[MOA2-WP] Re: TEI Lite question

rdecandido (rdecandido@nypl.org)
Thu, 11 Feb 1999 11:50:08 -0800 (PST)

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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Subject: [MOA2-WP] Re: TEI Lite question
Author: Merrilee Proffitt <mproffit@library.berkeley.edu> at Internet
Date: 2/4/99 5:22 PM

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
>