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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@jhu.edu> 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
>
>
>
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