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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 > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl> > -- Amelia A. Lewis amyzing {at} talsever.com Love is never less for being shared.
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