Minutes for May 6, 2009

TEI in Libraries SIG meeting, DLF Forum, Raleigh NC May 6, 2009

Attendees: Glen Worthy, Kevin Hawkins, Chris Powell, Melanie Schlosser, Michelle Dalmau, Jenn Riley, Perry Willett, Natasha Smith, Hugh Cayless, Syd Baumann, Matt Gibson


 * Perry said that CDL could sponsor conference calls in the future. (We use ReadyTalk, which can also share computer screens.
 * add Hugh to email distribution
 * Kevin will go through and be sure that all feedback has been addressed in some way.
 * No to "marc245": nothing to be gained; keep lowercase. (See additional email from Syd about this.)
 * idno: needs more examples? get examples from EEBO, BIM
 * Request to make note about use of xml:lang when using type="translated". We decided this comment was misguided, so there was nothing to change.
 * optional: use ref/key in persName to point to external authority file using LCNAF#; 100 MARC field will contain dates.
 * Recommended: use type=marc1XX as source
 * later discussion: make recommendation with more granulated subfields
 * use one resp/multiple names or multiple resps/one names or one resp/one name
 * use xml:lang attribute on ; need example
 * optional: use profileDesc to indicate predominate language, describing text as a whole.
 * ISBD: typo
 * deal with other metadata formats in the header in the future; not now
 * level2: take out div1, div, ab from list of elements
 * DONE-ISH: level3/4: no comparison with Tite is possible just yet. Kevin will provide some context. Analyze level 3 to see how closely it is to Tite.
 * fix typo by adding #. Natasha fixed her example. Ampersands to fix.
 * DONE: level 5: remove examples; reference full TEI guidelines and something about header
 * general recommendations:
 * references to specific tags will be taken care of through odds
 * contributing examples: not our problem
 * recommend hyphenation be documented in header, explain different cases
 * workflow scenario: add more description of some scenarios,
 * no recommendation for character encoding
 * DONE: Michelle will provide a summary of IU's filenaming practice
 * pb: just ignore this comment
 * DONE: levels: add sentence about context: "higher levels indicate more analysis and markup"
 * global attribute guidelines xml:lang: remove sentence about subtag.
 * numbered divs: no comment
 * type attr: add a little more info, describing why this is necessary
 * DONE: synopsis at beginning of levels
 * Michelle will add discussion of @facsimile
 * use CSS, not rendition ladders
 * use @rendition on elements, with corresponding documentation in in header
 * DONE: add sentence about interoperability
 * assignments:
 * people should volunteer to take on particular tasks
 * clean out discussion
 * generate P5 odds for each level (Syd)
 * proofing
 * submit final version for TEI-C vetting
 * finalize changes to wiki by May 22.
 * next call May 26 1pm ET 10am PT
 * Syd can't start working on ODDs until July 1, may take at least a month
 * Aug 3 ODDs should be done
 * unveil at members' meeting in November