James Cummings ha scritto:
Hi Martin,
I would of course recommend using TEI P5 and its Manuscript Description module.[1] This is really the outcome of the most recent work, based on the work of the groups you note and provides some very good ways to record all the metadata one might about a manuscript.[2] That module, combined with the other innovations in others (like <choice> and <g>) which are a boon to the transcription of primary sources, means that if one was starting an edition of a manuscript, then this is what I'd choose. (In fact, what I have chosen for one I'm currently working on.)
Hi all, while I fully agree with James about the excellent Manuscript Description module (and other goodies in TEI P5), I can't but point out that there currently is a deep imbalance between manuscript *description* and manuscript *transcription* features in TEI P4/P5. The MS transcription SIG was going to deal with lots of interesting stuff (time based encoding, substitution/variation issues, revision of the transcription chapter, etc.) but discussion seems to have stopped (at least on the mailing list, I also wonder if there was a SIG meeting in 2005 like in 2003-04).
I would be very keen to see a restart of the SIG activities. As quite a few people mentioned their specific solutions to MS transcription problems, I also think it could be interesting to collect and compare this information to see what could be used/adapted/useful for inspiration for TEI P5.
Ciao