Re: Encoding key-value pairs in an <abstract>

Dear John,

you should probably take a look at the feature structure system. That seems 
to match you description. 

Best,
Frederik



Am Donnerstag, 8. Dezember 2016 19:24:00 CET schrieb John P. McCaskey 
<[email protected]>:
> What is the best way to encode abstracts that are essentially 
> just key-value pairs?
> 
> Consider formulaic abstracts such as these:
> 
> This document is a [writ|deed|charter]. The court of authority 
> is [papal|secular]. The witness to the document is [insert 
> someone’s name].
> 
> The inventor was [insert name]. The researched drug was [insert 
> chemical name]. The test facility was [hospital|military 
> facility|university].
> 
> Only the parameters are important. I don’t really need the 
> introductory words.
> 
> I’m looking for something like this:
> <abstract>
> 	<list>
> 		<item type="type">charter</item>
> 		<item type="court">secular</item>
> 		<item type="witness">someone’s name</item>
> 	</list>
> </abstract>
> 
> But @type isn’t an attribute of <item> and <item> seems 
> semantically wrong. <keywords> doesn’t work for key-value pairs. 
> <classCode> doesn’t seem right. <catRef> seems overly 
> complicated.
> 
> What is the best approach, sticking to the stock schema?
> 
> --
>


-- 
Dr. Frederik Elwert
Centrum für Religionswissenschaftliche Studien
Ruhr-Universität Bochum