Dear TEI community members,

We have been talking a lot of the Future of the TEI recently, and I'd 
like to offer you an oportunity to make this future better by 
contributing to the revision of a very important module :)

During a workshop of the latest TEI MM in Zadar, it was decided, in the 
work plan of the SIG for 2011, to start a special workgroup on the 
critical apparatus chapter / module. This workgroup, which I've been 
convening, has been discussing the issues of this module, trying to 
identify its shortcomings and the ways it could be improved. We have 
produced a document on the TEI Wiki, summarizing our email discussions:
http://wiki.tei-c.org/index.php/Critical_Apparatus_Workgroup

There have been several threads on the list, recently, about problems 
related to the Critical Apparatus module. I would like to invite all 
those who use the module, or would like to use it, to seize this 
oportunity to share on the list (and/or on the wiki page) their feedback 
on the Crit. App. module and chapter, the issues they have had while 
working on TEI critical editions, or the good points they want to stress 
in the module. Suggestions for improvement are, of course, welcome. The 
outcome of the discussion will be discussed further during the SIG 
meeting at the TEIMM 2011 in Würzburg.

It strikes me that many people feel unhappy with this crucial module, 
each time thinking that it's because the module has been designed with 
other usages / users in mind: scholars interested in "born-digital" 
editions representing the variance of a text complain that the module 
has been designed with print editions in mind, while scholars wo 
endeavour to encode a print edition complain that it's not adequate 
either. There must be some way to make everybody happy - at least, why 
not give it a try? ;)

Best wishes,
Marjorie

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Marjorie BURGHART
EHESS (pôle de Lyon) / UMR 5648
Histoire et Archéologie des Mondes Chrétiens et Musulmans Médiévaux
18 quai Claude Bernard
69007 Lyon - FRANCE