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#326 an <object> element
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2015-05-30
2011-10-14
No
From the meeting of the TEI Ontology SIG at the members meeting 2011-10-14.
Just as we now have <place>, <person>, <event> and <org>, we suggest that the TEI needs an <object> element with the
same semantics, content model and placement (mutatis mutandis) as <place> or <person> (this means a corresponding <listObject> in
model.biblLike). It would be used to create authority lists of identifiable physical objects (eg Excalibur, a statue of Augustust, a copy of the first folio,
a dress worn by Queen Elizabeth, a mouse trap). One might regard it as a general purpose replacement for <msDesc>. It is NOT a place to record classes of objects ("sword", "art work" etc).
We're really straying into museum country here, of course. But why not.
I second this request. It's not about museums but physical objects in a text!
Council agrees to this proposal and asks the SIG to draft revisions to the Guidelines (similar to a briefer version of http://www.tei-c.org/Activities/Council/Working/tcw21.html ) with examples and summary of content models for the following:
a) create <listObject> in model.biblLike, which contains <object> elements (cf. <listPlace> and <place>), and add prose Guidelines about use of this for physical objects, not classes of objects.
b) create <objectName> (cf. <placeName>), and add prose Guidelines about use of this for referrents to physical objects, not classes of objects.
Council will consider the formal proposal.
Council should remind the SIG that we are waiting for a proposal.
Sebastian/Torsten to prod SIG for proposal.