Two data entry specifications were distributed, one for texts in the Latin alphabet and one for Chinese. For both writing systems, ECHO pages served as examples.
After a few notes on a Chinese text regarding the data entry specifications, a text in Latin alphabet was discussed concerning its idiosyncrasies, e. g. ligatures. A diplomatic transcription of the characters is planned, however, most of the ligatures are to be resolved except for the most common ones (e. g. æ and œ).
Characters are to be typed preferably in Unicode, not in XML tags, i. e. they should be directly typable, not as entities.
Unknown characters are to be numbered by the digitizers. Same instances of one unknown character get the same number so that these can be resolved easily.
The basis of the conversion to XML will be XML schemata, rather than DTDs. RELAX NG is the proposed language for writing these schemata.
The trac-pages were introduced1. They contain timeline, roadmap, version control, source viewer and a wiki. There will soon be an introduction to the use of trac.
1 https://itgroup.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de:8080/tracs/mpdl-project-content
2Links to these documents are on the first page of the wiki. Firefox is the recommended browser here.