Hi num is an element for marking a number (cardinal). The text streng inside a num need not to be a string of digits, could be i (square root of -1) or a roman number. In the printed series of regests (Regesta Norvegica) or the printed edition of Diplomatarium Norvegicum) some times a letter is added to the running number because a diploma may consist of two charters connected with a seal band or because there are two or more later vidisses (copies). Thus at least for our purpose it will not be right to use num. I don't have any good alternatives at the moment. In Norway we are using the number (with possible letters) from the printed editions as a kind of global identifiers when one refers to a given charter in a scolarly paper or book. Best, Christian-Emil At 12:08 13.11.2004, Patrick Sahle wrote:
<num>-element
There are two possibilities: 1.) We simply recommend to use it for the described purposes (running number of a charter in a collection) 2.) We aim on estabishing a new element. It seems to me, that <num> as defined in P4 isn't exactly what we are talking about. IN P4 it's extremely generic and it's not connected to any specific semantic meaning - as it is in our case. In P4 it means "this is a number" (like: "this is a word"), but not "this is the (running) number of an object"
Uh, and I forgot the third possibility: use <num> and a specific (yet to define) attribute ...
cheers,
patrick
At 18:29 12.11.04 +0100, you wrote:
Oh, that's good news. That means we would have to find an appropiate word for the type. What about: "reference"?
Best wishes
Georg
On 12 Nov 2004 at 17:59, Gautier Poupeau wrote:
Georg Vogeler a écrit :
Hi everybody,
Gautier's and Patrick's contributions bring me back to the suggestion of a dedicated element <num> in the CEI proposal for the TEI. It might be good for the TEI to have that element for other projects to as digitising existing prints seems to me a common enterprise.
This <num> element already exists : http://www.tei-c.org/P4X/ref-NUM.html : " contains a number, written in any form". There is a "type" attribute.
Gautier
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