David,
Thanks. This is exactly what I wanted to know. Campbell Crabtree will be
working on it at Berkeley (probably next week). We managed to make it work
with the old FindAid DTD. We'll take a look based on our earlier
experience and see what we can come up with.
Would you please send Campbell a copy of the style sheet you have
developed?: [log in to unmask]
Thanks again,
Daniel
On Thu, 21 Mar 1996, David Clough wrote:
> Daniel,
>
> I can see now that the <table> structure is not an alternative to
> <tspec> inside a <c> hierarchy. I will happily forward my style sheet to
> the group on Monday, when I am next in the office.
>
> The problem Panorama seems to have with the Rostovzeff finding aid is
> that it needs an element which it can identify as a table in the style
> sheet, followed by elements which can be identified as rows and cells.
> The definition lists, for example, work fine as a table: the <list> can
> be identified as a table in Panorama, the <defitem> as a row and the
> <label> and <item> as cells. It's clear that <drow> is a row and
> <dentry> is a cell, but what should be identified as a table? <c03> is
> the obvious choice, but will sometimes be a subheading instead. When I
> try identifying <c03> as a table, the cells are drawn but the column
> width varies from row to row.
>
> If others have had any more success with displaying the Rostovzeff
> tables in Panorama, I would be very interested in hearing from you.
>
> Yours,
>
> David
>
> Daniel Pitti wrote:
> >
> > David,
> >
> > The <table> element is not intended as an alternative to using
> > <tspec> and <c01> ... (or <c> ...), as the latter preserves the
> > logical/intellectual analysis of a collection (fond, etc.), a factor
> > considered crucial by ISAD(G) and the EAD development team. The <table>
> > element is for "generic tables." Before we give up on the approach taken
> > in the Rostovzeff finding aid, I would like to pursue in detail your
> > attempts in Panorama Pro with respect to style sheets, and why they
> > failed. Might you share your style sheets so that others can take a look
> > at them?
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> > On Wed, 20 Mar 1996, David Clough wrote:
> >
> > > At Yale Divinity Library we have tried the Rostovzeff tables
> > > finding aid in Panorama: so far without success. We're
> > > currently investigating whether the alternative table
> > > structure beginning with <table> will work better.
> > >
> > > David Clough
> > >
> > > Daniel Pitti wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Beth and others,
> > > >
> > > > As a reminder, I would like people to take a look at the Rostovzeff
> > > > finding aid at library.berkeley.edu /pub/sgml/ead/examples/rostov.sgm with
> > > > respect to the <tspecs> and their use in Panorama. Both the placement (at
> > > > the top of the <dsc> after <head>) and the content (use of <spanspec>) of
> > > > the <tspecs> in this finding aid reflect the basic method we are focusing
> > > > on at Berkeley. This approach works very well in DynaText; we are very
> > > > interested in finding out if it works well with Panorama.
> > > >
> > > > We have also used the same approach in the Harriman, with all of its
> > > > list hierarchy, and have easily and successfully gotten a satisfactory
> > > > display in DynaText (in fact, using the same stylesheet as for Rostovzeff).
> > > >
> > > > Anyone want to give Rostovzeff a try in Panorama?
> > > >
> > > > Daniel
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 20 Mar 1996, Beth Davis-Brown wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > We plan to post a summary next week of what we have been up to here at the
> > > > > National Digital Library Program at LC with the alpha EAD DTD. However, we
> > > > > would be interested now in looking at or sharing any style sheets you
> > > > > have developed for use with Panorama and the EAD. We are also using
> > > > > SoftQuad's Author/Editor, by the way.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks!!
> > > > >
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> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, 20 Mar 1996, Timothy Young wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hello all alphazoids out there - Just a note to say that here at the
> > > > > > Beinecke Library at Yale, we are using Author/Editor and Panorama Pro to
> > > > > > markup finding aids and take them for test runs. If anybody out there
> > > > > > wants to share problems and/or solutions to any glitches, we'd appreciate
> > > > > > hearing from you.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Feel free to write directly to our Manuscript Unit Supervisor,
> > > > > > Nicole Bouche - [log in to unmask]
> > > > > > (for immediate response)
> > > > > > or to me, Tim Young - [log in to unmask]
> > > > > > (for response after April 1st)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Tim Young
> > > > > > Archivist
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > David L. Clough
> > > Department of Religious Studies, Yale University
> > > 36 Ark Road, Branford, CT 06405, USA
> > > tel./fax (203) 481-8641 email [log in to unmask]
> > >
>
> --
> David L. Clough
> Reference Assistant, Yale Divinity Library
> 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
> tel. (203) 432-5289 email [log in to unmask]
>
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