diff --git a/ICHLL_Brenon.md b/ICHLL_Brenon.md index c011daf5216cab22a25a1c0fb95b0c0865c6b9a8..617e28ee1918e4773d59c3a3e439b73652108489 100644 --- a/ICHLL_Brenon.md +++ b/ICHLL_Brenon.md @@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ GEODE[^GEODE]). 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. diff --git a/feedback.txt b/feedback.txt index cb94053297ff5f5179b85a0e64de23c4fbe6dc24..9bb0a8268d2acfd1a7b5986726aefd48905505e2 100644 --- a/feedback.txt +++ b/feedback.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ 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.