Minutes from January 27, 2009

Attending: Syd Bauman (notes), Kevin Hawkins (chair), Chris Powell, Melanie Schlosser, Natasha Smith, Rich Wisneski, Perry Willett (notes)

• Header:
  • see e-mail sent 2009-01-25 by KH for more details
  • everyone should read and response (deadline?)
  • The BPG recommends including series title in <sourceDesc> but doesn't mention any other series information. Should we recommend other info like ISSN or series editor?

• Levels
  • Level 1: CP: thinks AB is fine.
  • Level 2: RW: nothing to report
  • Level 3: NS: needs a P5 example
    • discussion of LBs and genesis of Level 3; does anyone have a true example?
  • Level 4: Linda Cantara no longer working on this, but Matt Gibson is
  • Level 5: same is w/ L4
    • we need to add an example or two, although don't need to go into full detail

• Filenaming:
  • agreed to point to or incorporate IUDLP guidelines
  • agreed to 8-dot-3 health warning
  • question on ".tei" vs ".xml" extension: agreed to use *.xml extension
  • agreed that internal consistency is more important than following a particular set of restrictions [I'm going to suggest this become a general recommendation--SB]

• AB vs. P:
  • in the pseudo-paras of Level 1 and Level 2 we agreed to AB

• Numbered/unnumbered divs: we agreed that there is no consensus on this issue, and we shouldn't make a recommendation for one over the other. Instead, we should:
  • encourage consistency within texts and collections
  • describe the reasoning behind choosing one
  • describe process of converting one to the other (and provide tools?)
  • recommend a place in the header to record the decision
  • schema should enforce consistency within text

• PBs
  • leave recommendation as is

• meeting at DLF Spring Forum in Raleigh NC (May 4-6)
  • KH will check with Barrie about getting a meeting room
  • propose a paper/panel about it?

• People should remove comments from BPG if they feel the issue has been resolved. KH will oversee the process.