Hi all,
Thanks for the discussion. We're keen that we can do something that covers OS grid references and
latitude/longitude co-ordinates. Also, I'm a little concerned that this sort of markup will be
rather challenging for our contributors to work with.
We will look at doing something in the interim, but I'm hoping that the EAD review will consider
enabling this kind of information to be added more easily and in a way that means consistency of
markup, to ensure interoperabilty with other sytems.
cheers,
Jane.
Terry Catapano wrote:
> One minor correction to Mark's very interesting and useful extptr
> example. The value of the extptr's linktype or (xlink:type, in the W3C
> and RelaxNG versions of EAD) is fixed to "simple", so "locator" would
> throw a validation error. However, I believe things would be fine if the
> type were "simple" rather than "locator".
>
> Also, to offer an extension to what Mark proposed, if one wanted to make
> clear what the thing pointed to in the exptr href is, the
> role/xlink:role attribute could be used. Ideally this would be a URI,
> but the Tag Library doesn't specify this and neither does the
> DTD/schema, so a locally controlled string value (e.g., "OSGBGridRef")
> wouldn't be formally invalid.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Terry
>
> On Thu, 6 May 2010, Daniel Pitti wrote:
>
>> I prefer the method described below by Mark, as the Ordnance Survey
>> should have all of the data you need, authoritatively maintained.
>> Assuming the URI is persistent and that you reference Bristol more
>> than once in one or more finding aids, it will be more efficient with
>> respect to maintenance.
>>
>>
>> On May 6, 2010, at 3:16 PM, Mark A. Matienzo wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Jane Stevenson
>>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>> I'll look at using authfilenumber. Maybe something like:
>>>>
>>>> <geogname rules="ncarules" authfilenumber="ST590730">Bristol</geogname>
>>>>
>>>> But specifying a source here would mean it applies to the place
>>>> name, not
>>>> the grid reference. I'm not sure how to provide the source/rules
>>>> for both,
>>>> as they are different.
>>>
>>> Right, that's a good point. You could also use a method using the URI
>>> method, perhaps something like:
>>>
>>> <geogname rules="ncarules">
>>> Bristol
>>> <extptr linktype="locator" actuate="actuatenone" show="shownone"
>>> href="http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/id/100mgridsquare/ST590730"/>
>>> </geogname>
>>>
>>> ** Note that this example URI isn't valid, as the Ordnance Survey
>>> hasn't yet provided a URI structure for 100 m grid references. 1 km
>>> grid references are valid, however.
>>>
>>> Mark A. Matienzo
>>> Digital Archivist, Manuscripts and Archives
>>> Yale University Library
>>
>
> Terry Catapano
> Special Collections Analyst/Librarian
> Columbia University Libraries Digital Program
> 212-854-9942
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