On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Daniel O'Donnell wrote:
 
|I am almost sure there is something wrong in the dtd sections of P3
|covering <app>, <rdg>, and especially <rdggrp>.  I'd appreciate hearing
|what people think of my solution.
 
Yes, this is an error, both in the definition of <rdgGrp> and in the
examples you cite. Both errors were fixed in the beta version of TEI P4
which we distributed on a CD at the ALLC-ACH conference in
Charlottesville this June.
 
I am not sure when this new version will be available from the Chicago
server (it may be there already -- I haven't checked) I have, however,
put a copy on the nascent Oxford TEI web site:
 
     http://www.hcu.ox.ac.uk/TEI/P4
 
This leads to (a) a directory DTD which contains all the revised DTD
fragments; (b) a directory P3X which contains all the "p3x" (extended
P3) SGML source files used for the text of the Guidelines itself (c)
compressed archive files for both of the above, and also (d) a nice
printable version of the full text of the revised P3 in PDF format
 
Please note: this is an experimental version of the DTD! there are
certainly undiscovered errors in it, which I'd much rather hear about
than discovered ones!
 
We're currently working on an XSL stylesheet to produce a version of
P3 of equivalent quality -- this *may* be ready in time for the DRH
conference (at Kings College London this September,
http://www.drh.org.co.uk -- have you booked?); if it is we'll be
distributing another CD there...
 
 
|
|<!ELEMENT %n.rdgGrp;    - O  ((%n.lem)?, (%n.rdgGrp; | (%n.rdg;,
|                             (%n.wit)?))+)                       >
|<!ATTLIST %n.rdgGrp;         %a.global;
|                             %a.readings;
|          TEIform            CDATA               'rdgGrp'       >
|
 
|Am I misunderstanding the teitc2.dtd or is there really an error there?
 
I don't think so,  and Definitely yes
 
|Is it true that the examples don't validate?
 
Yes! (but they should now)
 
|Should the content model actually be the way I am suggesting?
 
Well, our proposed revision is a little more complex:
 
<!ELEMENT %n.rdgGrp;    - O  (((%n.rdgGrp;, (%n.wit)?) |
                             ((%n.lem;, (%n.wit)?)?, (%n.rdg;,
                             (%n.wit)?)*))+)                    >
<!ATTLIST %n.rdgGrp;         %a.global;
                             %a.readings;
          TEIform            CDATA               'rdgGrp'       >
 
 
|This is only one of a number of problems I think are in P3 section 19.
|I've been putting off confronting them for a while, but I now need to as
|the text part of our edition is rapidly coming together.  I appreciate
|any input.
 
Thanks for reporting the problem. I hope you'll check the others
against the revised versions mentioned above and look forward to
hearing your suggestions for further improvement.
 
 
 
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