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Check british spelling

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The volume of data involved issues a technical challenge to the digitizing
process required for the study of historical dictionaries. XML-TEI, a major
standard, includes a specialized module for dictionaries but it has shown some
standard, includes a specialised module for dictionaries but it has shown some
limitations when used to encode «La Grande Encyclopédie», a late-19th century
encyclopedia (Jacquet-Pfau (2015)) from an OCRized version in XML-ALTO.
encyclopedia (Jacquet-Pfau (2015)) from an OCRised version in XML-ALTO.
We describe those limitations and identify the fundamental differences that
prevent encoding encyclopedias with the XML-TEI module for dictionaries. We then
......@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ collaborative work can achieve much more than any talented man could: what could
possibly not be within reach of a single man, within a single lifetime may be
achieved by a common effort throughout generations (Lojkine, 2013).
History hints that Diderot's opponents took his defense of the feasability of
History hints that Diderot's opponents took his defence of the feasability of
the project quite seriously, considering the fact that they got the
*Encyclopédie*'s privileges to be revoked again six years after its publication
was resumed. As a consequence, the remaining ten volumes containing the text of
......@@ -860,8 +860,8 @@ graph itself, that is to say modify the rules. If `<entry/>` is the perfect
element to encode article themselves, all that is really missing is the ability
to accomodate nested structures with the `<div/>` element. This would also have
the advantage of recovering the `<usg/>` and `<xr/>` elements which we have
recognized as useful and which we lose as part of the tradeoff to get nested
sections. Generating customized TEI schemas is made really easy with tools like
recognised as useful and which we lose as part of the tradeoff to get nested
sections. Generating customised TEI schemas is made really easy with tools like
ROMA[^ROMA], which we used to preview our change and suggest it to the TEI
community.
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The specificities of encoding encyclopedias: towards a new standard?
Spelling
Consistently use British English spelling.
oConsistently use British English spelling.
Title
oDo not capitalize important words in title, except for proper names or when it is generally required.
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