The overall module structure

The starting point is formed by the modules tei, core, textstructure, and header, to which we add the modules for names and dates, manuscript descriptions, and primary sources. The tei and manuscript description modules are included in full; the others are included selectively.

The manuscript description module includes the following elements. For the moment, we include all of them; experience will show whether any of them clutter up the menus. accMat acquisition additional additions adminInfo altIdentifier binding bindingDesc catchwords collation collection colophon condition custEvent custodialHist decoDesc decoNote depth dim dimensions explicit filiation finalRubric foliation handDesc height heraldry history incipit institution layout layoutDesc locus locusGrp material msContents msDesc msIdentifier msItem msItemStruct msName msPart musicNotation objectDesc objectType origDate origPlace origin physDesc provenance recordHist repository rubric scriptDesc seal sealDesc secFol signatures source stamp summary support supportDesc surrogates typeDesc watermark width

The header module

We include the header module:

From the header module we exclude declarations for several elements we expect never to use:

The refsDecl, cRefPattern, and refState elements relate to machinery for canonical references; we do not expect to need that machinery. We will provide canonical numberings for sentences in annotated texts, but do not expect to do so for digital facsimiles.

The correspAction, correspContext, and correspDesc elements all relate to collections of letters.

The prefixDef, listPrefixDef, namespace, and xenoData elements all relate to technical capabilities of TEI markup which our digital facsimiles will not use.

The rendition, styleDefDecl, and typeNote elements describe information relevant to the interpretation of the rend attribute; they are irrelevant to facsimiles without transcriptions, and typeNote is doubly irrelevant to manuscript facsimiles because it describes printed materials.

It may perhaps be more useful to identify the elements in the TEI header module which are included, rather than just those which are excluded. These fall into several classes. Those we expect to need most frequently are the standard parts of a TEI header and elements we know we will need: The teiHeader encloses the header. The fileDesc, authority, availability, distributor, edition, editionStmt, extent, funder, idno, licence, notesStmt, principal, publicationStmt, seriesStmt, sponsor, and titleStmt elements are all standard elements for the bibliographic description of the TEI document itself. The sourceDesc element will contain the description of the source manuscript in the form of an msDesc element. handNote is used to describe the hands of a manuscript. The encodingDesc, projectDesc, and samplingDecl elements provide basic information about the preparation of the digital facsimile. The revisionDesc, change, and listChange elements are used to record the history of the TEI document. appInfo and application allow the encoding description to include explicit records of automatic processing of the document by software; we will use these elements to record the translation of the manuscript descriptions from the Master DTD to TEI P5 and the preparation of the scanned images in JPEG form from the TIFFs supplied by LUB.

Some elements we do not expect to need very often, but include in the schema in case we need them, on the theory that having unused elements in the schema will cause fewer headaches during the project than lacking an element we need. The biblFull element may be needed for bibliographic data within the annotations in the header. The profileDesc, calendar, calendarDesc, catRef, classCode, creation, keywords, langUsage, language, and textClass elements describe the text(s) contained in the manuscript, in general terms. We will not use them in the initial description of any manuscript, but if we enhance the metadata for any manuscript, these elements are likely to be useful. In the encodingDesc element, the catDesc, category, classDecl, geoDecl, tagUsage, tagsDecl, and taxonomy elements may be useful for enriched manuscript descriptions; they won't be part of the initial representation.

Some elements should perhaps be suppressed; further thought is needed. abstract scriptNote The editorialDecl, correction, hyphenation, interpretation, normalization, punctuation, quotation, segmentation, and stdVals elemetns are all relevant for transcriptions, not digital facsimiles.

The core module

The core module includes: abbr add addrLine address analytic author bibl biblScope biblStruct binaryObject choice cit citedRange corr date del desc distinct divGen editor email emph expan foreign gap gloss graphic head headItem headLabel hi imprint index item l label lg list listBibl measure measureGrp media meeting mentioned milestone monogr name note num orig p postBox postCode ptr pubPlace publisher q quote ref reg relatedItem resp respStmt rs series sic soCalled street term textLang time title unclear

We exclude the following on the assumption that we will never need them in the headers of digital facsimiles: cb gb lb pb said sp speaker stage teiCorpus

The text-structure module

The basic text-structure module defines elements used in structuring the text, such as div and related elements; it also includes title pages and material that often appears there, as well as the essential TEI element.

The following elements of this module are included in our digital facsimile schema: TEI docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint docTitle

These elements are excluded: argument back body byline closer dateline div div1 div2 div3 div4 div5 div6 div7 epigraph floatingText front group imprimatur opener postscript salute signed text titlePage titlePart trailer

The primary-sources module

From the basic primary-sources module we exclude declarations for several elements we expect never to use:

The digital facsimile schema includes the following elements of this module: facsimile surface surfaceGrp The surface and surfaceGrp elements are not expected to be used except in the case where there are multiple images of the same opening or writing surface.

The following elements are excluded as relevant to transcriptions but not to digital facsimiles: addSpan am damage damageSpan delSpan ex facsimile fw handNotes handShift line listTranspose metamark mod redo restore retrace secl sourceDoc space subst substJoin supplied surface surfaceGrp surplus transpose undo zone

The names and dates module

We include the module for names and dates because it includes elements for country and city (settlement), which we need. We exclude most of the rest of it.

We include the following elements of this module, primarily for use in identifying individuals and organizations involved in the creation either of the manuscript or of the digitization: addName affiliation bloc country district forename genName geo geogFeat geogName listNym listOrg listPerson listPlace listRelation location nameLink nationality nym occupation org orgName persName person personGrp place placeName region relation roleName settlement surname

We exclude the following: age birth climate death education event faith floruit langKnowledge langKnown listEvent offset population residence sex socecStatus state terrain trait