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[eXist-TEIXML] Annotated biblography project
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From: Christopher T. <chr...@ca...> - 2011-10-18 22:00:13
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Hello, First of all I wanted to say Joe's introductory workshop on eXist at Oxford this year was really valuable, and although it's taken me a while to post something to this list, I think it's a great idea and I hope there are others out there interested in getting started with eXist. For my own part, I'd like to gather some feedback on a project I'm working on, a digital edition of an annotated bibliography that has existed for a few years in print form. It's a modest project, and I'm using it to learn XQuery and half a dozen other things as I go along :) At present I have created some sample TEI XML files, and have used the <particDesc> in the TEI header to record biographical information about each author. The body of each entry contains bibliographic references in a number of categories, and I've marked these up using divs for the categories and <bibl> elements sitting as list items within. I'm aiming to use elements rather than attributes to hold the data wherever possible, as my limited understanding of full text search suggests this is a good idea for creating indexes. However, some data is held as attributes, as in the sample div below. Does this make it any more difficult to search/index? Using eXist, I've managed to produce a very basic local hosted website to view some of my sample TEI. Any advice on this general approach to creating an annotated bibliography would be most welcome, as would any resources or examples I should consult. Best regards, Chris <div type="autobiographical"> <head>Autobiographical articles</head> <list> <item> <bibl> <author>Person, Ann</author> <title level="a">Reflections</title> <title level="j">Some Journal</title> <biblScope type="vol">1</biblScope> <date when="1992">1992</date> <biblScope type="pp">3-4</biblScope> </bibl> <note>Annotation and summary of text ...</note> </item> </list> </div> |
