high level requirements for schema development

technical

• schema language will be Relax NG
• compact schema syntax will be used
• schema will be modularized (cf. HTML schema)
• trang will be used for conversion

procedural

• schema modules will be maintained with svn

design & capabilities

• compatibility with archimedes will be ensured when possible
• compatibility with TEI P5 will be maintained in the absence of a reason to depart from TEI P5
• full use of XML potentials should be made
• Dublin Core will be used for metadata
• RDF will be used to indicate typing for DC metadata
• use of entities will be minimized or eliminated (where and if possible)
• vocabularies will be reused when possible
• e.g. HTML tables; MathML; ChemML; SVG

modularity

• core module will incorporate base transcription mecanism for printed books (through 19th c.)
• a module for manuscriptology and textual criticism (emendation; conjecture)
• possibilities for modules for verse, etc.