diff --git a/ICHLL_Brenon.md b/ICHLL_Brenon.md index aaf6ff9d22fce5fcb6c695cee5275aff2b450654..3c6426d6704308918b16fe1a585dbd6334105f0b 100644 --- a/ICHLL_Brenon.md +++ b/ICHLL_Brenon.md @@ -333,13 +333,55 @@ structures like `<div/>`. # A new standard ? Studying the content of *La Grande Encyclopédie* and considering several -articles in particular, we identify structures specific to encyclopedias which -are not covered by the *dictionaries* module presented above. We hence conclude -that this module is not able to encode arbitrary encyclopedic content and -propose a new encoding scheme. +articles in particular, we identify structures which are specific to +encyclopedias and not compatible with the *dictionaries* module presented above. +We hence conclude that this module is not able to encode arbitrary encyclopedic +content and propose a new fully TEI-compliant encoding scheme remaining outside +of it. ## Idiosynchrasies of encyclopedias +Browsing through the pages of an encyclopedia reveals a certain number of +noticeable differences. It is difficult to make a precise list because the +editorial choices may vary greatly between encyclopedias but we discuss some of +the most obvious. + +### Organized knowledge + +The first immediately visible feature that sets encyclopedias apart from +dictionaris can be found in the *Encyclopédie* as well in *La Grande +Encyclopédie* is the presence of subject indicators at the begining of articles +right after the headword which organize them into a domain classification +system. Those generally cover a broad range of subjects from scientific +disciplines to litterature, and extending to political subjects and law. + +No element in the *dictionaries* module is explicitely designed for the purpose +of encoding these indicators. As we have seen above, the elements set is geared +towards the words themselves instead of the concept they represent. The closest +tool for what we need is found in the `<usg/>` element used with a specific +`type` attribute set to `dom` for "domain". Indeed several examples from the +documentation encode subject indicators very similar to the ones found in +encyclopedias within this element, but the match is not perfect either: all +appear within one of multiple senses, as if to clarify each context in which the +word can be used, as expected from the element's name, "usage". In encyclopedia, +if the domain indicator does in certain cases help to distinguish between +several entries sharing the same headword, the concept itself has evolved beyond +this mere distinction. Looking back at the *Encyclopédie*, the adjective +*raisonné* in the rest of the title directly introduces a notion of structure +that links back to the "Systême figuré des connoissances humaines". The authors +have devised a branching system to classify all knowledge, and the occurrence at +the begining of articles, more than a tool to clear up possible ambiguities also +points the reader to the correct place in this mind map. + +{width=200px} + +The situation regarding subject indicators is hardly better outside of the +module. The `<domain/>` element despite its name belongs exclusively in the +header of a document and focuses on the social context of the text, not on the +knowledge area it covers. The `<interp/>` and `<span/>` elements look like good +candidates in that . This point, although not the most concerning, still remains +the hardest to address. + ### The notion of meaning ### Nested structures diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 68cf0b686b8c3b69f0516cbb3081ac5caa3fb9dc..e35e4457e6cd1a8f4615679fe8c73a9d01ca5dda 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -FIGURES = cathète_t9.png dictionaries.png +FIGURES = arbre.png cathète_t9.png dictionaries.png SNIPPETS = $(wildcard snippets/*.md) FILE_NAME = ICHLL_Brenon DEPEDENCIES = $(FIGURES:%=ressources/%) $(SNIPPETS:%.md=%.png) diff --git a/ressources/arbre.png b/ressources/arbre.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ccea6bb56e48dae35daca965cc43992a52506b05 Binary files /dev/null and b/ressources/arbre.png differ