SIGcorresp Minutes 20111015

Participants

• Fotis Jannidis (FJ)
• Syd Bauman (SB)
• Edward Vanhoutte (EV)
• Ron Van den Branden (RVB)
• Elena Pierazzo (EP)
• Lou Burnard (LB)
• Joachim Veit (JV) - head of meeting
• Eglesias
• Stefan Cramme (SC)
• Jörg Ritter (JR)
• Sabine Seifert (SS)
• Benjamin Wolff Bohl (BWB) - minutes
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Introduction (JV)

• introduction of participants
• survey on the developement and history of the SIG and topics discussed so far

Discussion <correspDesc> (or similar)

• current sketch:
  • DALF as P4 customization offers a lot of elements for letter description
  • Peter Stadler had put a customization (ODD) into discussion on the SIG:s mailing list, allowing for a core corresDecs inside tei:sourceDesc

• meanwhile EV and RVB (KANTL) have mapped DALF to P5, allowing for many of the dalf:letterDesc elemens in tei:msDesc in order to suffice the needs of their project; nevertheless they will contribute and are willing to receive input; mapping and ODDification of DALF-TEI could be completed by the end of the year
• Edvard Munch letters have been transcribed in perfect uncustomised TEI
• in order to assist further discussion a comparison of these three shall be made; EV and RVB volunteered

=> PRELIMINARY GOAL: publish comparison on WiKi

• EP brought forward that in aiming for a feature request in TEI one will have to take into account
  • the current discussion on tei:msDesc in the SIG:manuscripts: introducing a tboDesc (text bearing object) in order to address a greater amplitude of "manuscripts"
  • notions of forming a "superMetaSIG" in order to coordinate efforts in creating a "elephantDesc" (i.e. a common thing allowing for descriptions of as many textual sources as possible)
• FJ opted against starting with a "superSIG", before finishing the SIG:s work, as it is obvious that there will be no quick results, which would frustrate poeple
• RVB put in that defining a small set of elements would be more convenient for further generalisation and integration
• SB pointed out that in the end a tboDesc could be the right thing and teh SIG should try to feed in specific things
• EP from her TEI-council experiences things developed for a bigger things have been problematic and many elements have been depricated but cannot be dropped because of backwards compatibility; if the SIG goes that way things might be developed and then dropped
  • as there will not be a modification ot tei:msDesc EP recommends aiming for a customisation

=> MIDDLE-TERM GOAL: publish a "official" customization

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