On 12/23/03 3:29 PM, "Eric Lease Morgan" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Since I want to provide some provenance information about the marked-up
> text, I desire to include the original URL of the remote document in the
> teiHeader.
>
> What is the best TEI element to use to encode the original URL of a document
> I plan to mark-up? Should I simply use some prose in the sourceDesc?
>
>   [Really bad template deleted.]
>
> Can you suggest ways to improve the template?

Well, my original template, to say the least, really sucked. It didn't even
come close to validating. Here's my new one:

  <teiHeader>
    <fileDesc>
      <titleStmt>
        <title>##TITLE##</title>
        <author>##AUTHOR##</author>
      </titleStmt>
      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Infomotions, Inc.</publisher>
        <date>##DATE##</date>
        <idno>##ID##</idno>
        <availability><p>In the public domain.</p></availability>
      </publicationStmt>
      <sourceDesc><p>##URI##</p></sourceDesc>
    </fileDesc>
    <encodingDesc>
      <projectDesc><p>Encoded for use in Alex.</p></projectDesc>
    </encodingDesc>
    <profileDesc>
      <creation>
        <date>##TODAY##</date>
      </creation>
    </profileDesc>
    <revisionDesc>
      <change>
        <date>##TODAY##</date>
        <respStmt>
          <name>Eric Lease Morgan</name>
        </respStmt>
        <item>Initial encoding</item>
      </change>
    </revisionDesc>
  </teiHeader>

This template validates just fine, but I still have a question. What is the
best element to use to denote when a work was originally written? For
example, if I wanted to denote that the Merchant of Venice was written in
1596, then what element do I use?

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Eric "Addressing My Own Question" Morgan