Jean-Luc Benoit has further refined the encodign situation and has asked:

>  The problem exists when we want include a <p> in a <lg> . In an opus
> where prose and poetic are in alternance , we have difficulties to find
> a correct encoding
>
> <div><lg><l>...</l></lg><p>...</p>lg><l>...</l></lg></div> is an error.
> has  someone a solution?


<div> can include other <div>

<div><div><lg><l>...</l></lg></div><p>...</p><div><lg><l>...</l></lg></div></div>

I think using <DIV> can also address P. Gorman's case where the embedded
quotation of verse is considered as contained by the paragraph.

As step on the way....

<div type="p+lg"><p>The prose can close</p><div><lg><l> and the Verse
rehearse</l></lg></div><p>until the consensus on the nature of the
paragraph emerges</p></div>

and something a bit more rigourous in modeling "containment"

<div><div>The prose can close</div><div><lg><l> and the
Verse rehearse</l></lg></div><div>until the consensus on the nature of the
paragraph emerges</div></div>

which would also cover the case of manuscripts without paragraph or line
breaks where running prose is interspersed with verse...

which would also demonstrate the abstractive power of TEI-lite can go a
long way.

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Francois Lachance, Scholar-at-large
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Member of the Evelyn Letters Project
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