On Wed, 13 Aug 1997, Fox, Michael wrote:
> It also provides a
> wrapper for processing that brings a certain set of data together in a
> predicatable block. The <did> data elements are not scattered all over
> <dsc> and <c>. Some view this as an asset; for others it's a liablity,
> especially for retrospective conversion where existing text might not be
> so ordered.
In the implementation being worked on here at Univ. of Michigan, we've
certainly found the <did> as a bundler for a predictable set of
descriptive elements to be an asset in on-the-fly conversion to HTML. It
would be a shame to let retrospective practices drive the structure of
the DTD. I think there does need to be a bundling element for
predictable descriptive information at all levels within the collection.
Whether or not <scopecontent> is really a descriptive identifier is
another question.
I would also question why the <dao> and <daogrp> are included in the
<did>. Neither of these elements contains "fundamental descriptive
information needed to identify the unit" (from the tag library
description of the <did>). The fact that digital representation in
image/multimedia format CAN be contained in the <did> and digital
representations in text format (say a TEI-encoded document) CANNOT (or so
it seems from the documentation) seems like a good argument to place these
tags after the </did>.
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