Re: [DocBook-publishers] [docbook-publishers] DocBook PublishersSC meeting agenda - 23 Jan 2008

[Scott Hudson <scott.hudson@flatironssolutions.com>]

Title: Scott Hudson

Interestingly enough, TEI uses a generic <lg> (line group) container with a type attribute to classify the groups for things like: stanza, sestet, couplet, quatrain, etc. Perhaps stanza in my example should be more generic as well?

I'm afraid para might be too big or create formatting issues? Will a linegroup or individual lines will be used enough to justify new elements, or not? Are there semantically important distinctions that should be made for lines of text?

--Scott

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Keith Fahlgren wrote:

On 1/21/08 8:52 AM, Scott Hudson wrote:
  

Regarding agenda item 8, I found an interesting example at:
http://celtic.benderweb.net/webit/docs/basics/node_4.html

This may be simple enough to meet our needs? What other markup may be 
needed? I think the simple content model could be defined by:

db.poem =
element poem
{
db.poem.attlist,
db.poem.info,
db.stanza*
}

db.stanza =
element stanza
{
db.stanza.attlist,
db.line*
}
    

line != para?

element stanza
{
db.stanza.attlist,
db.para*,
db.formalpara*
}

<poem>
  <info>
    <title>Bitter for Sweet</title>
    <author>
      <firstname>Christina</firstname>
      <surname>Rossetti</surname>
  </info>
  <stanza>
    <para>Summer is gone with all its roses,</para>
    <para>Its sun and perfumes and sweet flowers,</para>
    <para>Its warm air and refreshing showers</para>
    <para>And even Autumn closes.</para>
  </stanza>
  <stanza>
    <para>Yea, Autumn's chilly self is going,</para>
    <para>And winter comes which is yet colder;</para>
    <para>Each day the hoar-frost waxes bolder</para>
    <para>And the last buds cease blowing.</para>
  </stanza>
</poem>

?


<poem>
  <info>
    <title>Bitter for Sweet</title>
    <author>
      <firstname>Christina</firstname>
      <surname>Rossetti</surname>
  </info>
  <stanza>
    <para>Summer is gone with all its roses,</para>
    <para>Its sun and perfumes and sweet flowers,</para>
    <para>Its warm air and refreshing showers</para>
    <para>And even Autumn closes.</para>
  </stanza>
  <stanza>
    <para>Yea, Autumn's chilly self is going,</para>
    <para>And winter comes which is yet colder;</para>
    <para>Each day the hoar-frost waxes bolder</para>
    <para>And the last buds cease blowing.</para>
  </stanza>
</poem>

Keith