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Re: When Empty is Everything

• To: "Dean Snyder" <dean.snyder@j...>
• Subject: Re: When Empty is Everything
• From: "Amelia A. Lewis" <amyzing@t...>
• Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 17:27:48 -0500
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <20031204214600.17527@s...>
• Organization: The Mysthical World of Talsever!
• References: <20031204214600.17527@s...>

Once upon a time there was a project called LMNL, but it seems to have
disappeared from the face of the web.  Jeni?  Gavin?  As I recall it, it
might have been appropriate to your purpose.

You might check under "hierarchies" at the cover pages, too.

Amy!
On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 16:46:00 -0500
"Dean Snyder" <dean.snyder@j...> wrote:

> I just joined this list so pardon me if this topic has been dealt with
> before, but it is something I have been pondering for some time and
> about which I would like expert feedback.
> 
> I work with ancient texts in multiple languages, including cuneiform
> tablets, inscriptions, parchment and papyri manuscripts. Converting
> these texts to XML form presents messy problems because they exhibit
> rampantly overlapping hierarchies:
> 
> * single graphemes split across line boundaries;
> 
> * character effacements occurring randomly in the texts, across lines,
> cases, columns, and facets;
> 
> * discontiguous parsing information; 
> 
> An on and on.
> 
> My question is why not just use empty tags for everything? And if that
> works why have non-empty tags at all? (I'm aware of the argument for
> XML parsing simplicity.)
> 
> One of my main concerns is data archivability and recoverability, even
> data fragment recoverability. For these reasons I want metadata that
> is human readable, inline, and practically self-documenting.
> 
> 
> Respectfully,
> 
> Dean A. Snyder
> Scholarly Technology Specialist
> Library Digital Programs, Sheridan Libraries
> Garrett Room, MSE Library, 3400 N. Charles St.
> Johns Hopkins University
> Baltimore, Maryland, USA 21218
> 
> office: 410 516-6850 fax: 410-516-6229
> Manager, Digital Hammurabi Project: www.jhu.edu/digitalhammurabi
> 
> 
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Amelia A. Lewis                    amyzing {at} talsever.com
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