Re: In manuscript copies, how to encode the date of origin of the original?
John T Young <[email protected]>
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Shouldn't that be @type="copy"? John On 06/02/2017 11:46, Franz Fischer wrote: > Dear Mathias, > > How about this: > > <history> > <origin> > <origDate>1589</origDate> > <date type="original">...</date> > </origin> > </history> > > Best, > Franz > > Am 06.02.2017 um 11:58 schrieb Mathias Müller: >> Dear all >> >> We are TEI-encoding medieval law manuscripts, making use of all the >> elements of the "msdescription" module. I have a question about how >> to encode dates related to those manuscripts. >> >> For original manuscripts, I have encoded the date as follows (showing >> only the relevant part of the header): >> >> <sourceDesc> >> <msDesc> >> <msIdentifier> >> <repository>Sample Holdings</repository> >> <idno>ex12345</idno> >> </msIdentifier> >> <history> >> <origin> >> <origDate>1589</origDate> >> </origin> >> </history> >> </msDesc> >> </sourceDesc> >> >> But for manuscripts that are /copies/ of older manuscripts, we have >> the following requirement: we need to encode both the date of origin >> of the copy and the date of origin of the original that the copy >> refers to. I am not sure how to encode both in the same header. >> >> Hence my question: >> >> While encoding a copy of an original manuscript, how to properly >> represent both the date of creation of the copy and the original >> manuscript? Both should be present in our TEI documents, but clearly >> separated from each other. >> >> I am glad to give additional information if needed. >> >> Thanks in advance and kind regards >> Mathias >> — >> >> Mathias Müller >> AND-2-20 >> Institute of Computational Linguistics >> University of Zurich >> Switzerland >> +41 44 635 75 81 >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > > -- > Dr. Franz Fischer > Cologne Center for eHumanities > Universität zu Köln, Universitätsstr. 22, D-50923 Köln > +49 - (0)221 - 470 - 4056 > [email protected] > @vranzvischer > > cceh.uni-koeln.de, dixit.uni-koeln.de > i-d-e.de, ride.i-d-e.de > digitalmedievalist.org, digitalmedievalist.org/journal > guillelmus.uni-koeln.de, confessio.ie