Re: [gutvol-d] TEI Header Spec (rough draft)

19 Nov 2004


      Joshua Hutchinson wrote:
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<title>The Title of the EText</title>  <-- MANDATORY SECTION -->
We should provide an non-standard attribute of "nonfiling". This is the 
number of chars to remove from the start of title before sorting it.

   <title nonfiling="4">The Tempest</title>

   <title nonfiling="2">A Midsummer Nights Dream</title>

This is an extension to TEI but very useful for the catalog software. It 
avoids unsightly titles like: "Tempest, The" and still sorts right.
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<editionStmt>  <-- OPTIONAL -->
      <edition n="1">First edition</edition>  <-- OPTIONAL -->
    </editionStmt>
I think the edition number is not maintained any more. I don't see any 
of them in the new file system.
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<publicationStmt>  <-- MANDATORY SECTION -->
      <publisher>Project Gutenberg</publisher>  <-- MANDATORY SECTION -->
      <date value="2004-11">November, 2004</date>  <-- MANDATORY SECTION -->
      <idno type="etext-number">12345</idno>  <-- MANDATORY SECTION -->
    </publicationStmt>
The date should also mention the day. We are not using the date for 
filing any more.

Is this the date of first publication or updated with each new edition ?
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<textClass>  <-- RECOMMENDED SECTION -->
      <keywords>
        <list>
          <item>KEYWORD</item>
        </list>
      </keywords>
    </textClass>
This needs some more thought as the keywords should come out of some 
authority list. In that case the authority must be specified.
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<change>
      <date value="2004-11">November 2004</date>
      <respStmt>
        <name>Scans provided by Cornell University</name>
        <name>Joshua Hutchinson</name>
        <name>Juliet Sutherland</name>
        <name>Distributed Proofreaders</name>
       </respStmt>
       <item>Etext created</item>
    </change>
Better separate scanning and proofing:

      <change>
        <date value="2003">2003</date>
        <respStmt>
          <name type="Organisation">Cornell University</name>
         </respStmt>
         <item>Scanned the source</item>
      </change>
      <change>
        <date value="2004-11">November 2004</date>
        <respStmt>
          <name>Joshua Hutchinson</name>
          <name>Juliet Sutherland</name>
          <name>Distributed Proofreaders</name>
         </respStmt>
         <item>Etext created</item>
      </change>


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