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#683 Wording for `<add>` and `<del>` needs to be tightened up

GREEN
closed-fixed
Martin Holmes
None
5(default)
2014-12-24
2014-08-25
Martin Holmes
No

This exchange on TEI-L:

http://tei-l.970651.n3.nabble.com/Supplied-td4026113.html

suggests that the wording of definitions and particularly notes attached to <add> and <del> may give the impression that they may be used for actions carried out by the encoder, whereas this is almost always wrong. In addition to clarifying this, Marjorie Burghart suggests that the current examples for <supplied> may give the impression that it can only be used in the case of text missing because of damage to a manuscript; some fresh examples with other reasons for the supplied text would help to clarify the difference between <add> and <supplied>.

Discussion

  • Martin Holmes

    Martin Holmes - 2014-08-25
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 http://tei-l.970651.n3.nabble.com/Supplied-td4026113.html

-suggests that the wording of definitions and particularly notes attached to `<add>` and `<del>` may give the impression that they may be used for actions carried out by the encoder, whereas this is almost always wrong. In addition to clarifying this, Marjorie Burghart suggests that the preponderance of examples for `<supplied>` may give the impression that it can only be used in the case of text missing because of damage to a manuscript; some fresh examples with other reasons for the supplied text would help to clarify the difference between `<add>` and `<supplied>`.
+suggests that the wording of definitions and particularly notes attached to `<add>` and `<del>` may give the impression that they may be used for actions carried out by the encoder, whereas this is almost always wrong. In addition to clarifying this, Marjorie Burghart suggests that the current examples for `<supplied>` may give the impression that it can only be used in the case of text missing because of damage to a manuscript; some fresh examples with other reasons for the supplied text would help to clarify the difference between `<add>` and `<supplied>`.
     

  • James Cummings

    James Cummings - 2014-11-19
    • assigned_to: Martin Holmes
    • Group: AMBER --> GREEN
     

  • James Cummings

    James Cummings - 2014-11-19

    From Raleigh F2F 2014-11-18: Should clarify description of supplied, note on add, and prose generally.

     

  • Martin Holmes

    Martin Holmes - 2014-12-24

    At revision 13103, I've tweaked the definition of <supplied> and added an example of text supplied because it was omitted in the original, showing that it can be used for other purposes than damage or loss.

    I looked at the specs for <add> and <del>, and at the chapter prose, and I think they're quite unequivocal on the fact that these elements should only be used for changes already present in the source text (i.e. not being made by the present editor or encoder). I see no reason to change those specs or the prose.

     

  • Martin Holmes

    Martin Holmes - 2014-12-24
    • status: open --> closed-fixed
     

  • Martin Holmes

    Martin Holmes - 2014-12-24

    Build looks OK. Closing the ticket.