The MASTER Document Type Definition Lou Burnard January 2001 MASTER: The DTD Overview * Objectives * Structure http://www.hcu.ox.ac.uk/TEI/Master/Reference/ Objectives The DTD must support different kinds of applications: * standalone database of records (finding aid) * discursive text collecting many records (catalogue raisonné) * metadata component within a digital surrogate (electronic edition) Finding Aid * subset of tags needed, with tighter constraints * conversion of legacy data is (probably) easy * xml data management problems * associated data problem
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Catalogue Raisonné Using the TEI means that a msDescription can appear anywhere a p paragraph can
The Arnamaegnan Institute and its records

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Using the TEI also means that we don't have to re-invent all the paraphernalia of the traditional book. Digital edition * metadata in the header * transcription in the body, with links to * images in the back Using the TEI means we can integrate all of these in a single well-understood XML framework A digital edition of AM 1234 Fol. .... ... ... The TEI already provides * basic document structure components (div, head, p, etc. * rich collection of phrase-level elements (hi, foreign, etc. * mechanisms for cross-referencing, multimedia, hypertext, analysis... See further http://www.tei-c.org So, what goes into a MS Description? We separate, and tag differently, aspects concerned with... * identification * intellectual content * physical description * history and curation * ... and other manuscript descriptions Identification (1) The msIdentifier Traditional three part specification: * place (country, region, settlement) * repository (institution, repository) * identifier (collection, idno) plus alternative names tagged with altName France Troyes Bibliothèque Municipale 50 Medium 27178 Identification (2) The msHeading Short, optional, summary, possibly containing some key fields * just text * author and respStmts * title * origDate and origPlace * textLang * note 13e s. Paris Latin, avec annotations françaises. Biblia (AT Reg par1-Par2), cum gloss. Intellectual Content * May simply use paragraphs of text... * ... or a hierarchically organized tree of msItem elements * which may optionally be prefixed by a summary element

An extraordinary charivari of heroic deeds and improving tales, including an early version of Guy of Warwick and several hymns.

An extraordinary charivari of heroic deeds, improving tales, and hymns The msItem element Manuscripts contain identifiable items, usually physically tied to a locus. Note that a msItem is not the same as a bibliographic item. * locus, if present, must be given first * then a mixture of any number of the following: * author, respStmt * title, rubric, summary, incipit, explicit, colophon, q * textLang, decoNote, bibl, listBibl, note * ... or nested msItems Physical Description An artifical (but helpful) grouping of many distinct items. You can simply supply paragraphs of prose, covering such topics as * form, support, extent * collation, layout, msWriting, musicNotation * decoration, bindingDesc, foliation * additions, condition Or, group your discussion within specific elements Similarly, within the specific elements, you can supply paragraphs of prose, or further specific elements. History * origin: where it all began * provenance: everything in between * acquisition: how you acquired it origin is datable element and thus has attributes notBefore and notAfter Additional information * adminInfo : administrative information * surrogates : information about other surrogates eg pictures * accMat : accompanying material * listBibl : bibliographic annotations Administrative information * record history * availability * custodial history * miscellaneous remarks And finally A msDescription can contain a nested msDescription, called a msPart Further reading... * The reference manual is at http://www.hcu.ox.ac.uk/TEI/Master/Reference/ * Example records are at http://www.hcu.ox.ac.uk/TEI/Master/Examples/