Thanks to all who have replied (off list, I think) to my query about linguistic mapping of Middle English MSS.
Dan O'Donnell asked for a sample of the markup. The DIMEV is an xml-based project. I haven't added mapping information as yet, but here is a straightforward example of the MS file with the <lang> entry:
<item xml:id="PhilUPEng8"> <loc>Philadelphia</loc> <repos>University of Pennsylvania</repos> <desc>MS Codex 218 [formerly Eng. 8; <i>olim</i> Stonor Park]</desc> <lang><biblio key="LALME">LALME</biblio> LP 559 (<place country="England" county="Isle of Ely">Ely</place>: Hand A, ff. 1-146v); LP 551 (<place country="England" county="Lincolnshire">Lincs</place>: Hand B, ff. 147-195v)</lang> </item>
The LALME and LAEME keys are linked to full entries in the bibliography. I'm waiting for my coder to fit some time in for the style-sheet updates for this information.
Since I haven't, as yet, constructed a tagging structure for the mapping coordinates, I'm happy to have suggestions. Dan mentioned KML and Google maps, and that might be an easy way to proceed.
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