2023-release-02

Changes in this release:

• Updated documentation (HTML or PDF)
• New Schematron rule to warn about empty width and height elements in dimensions
• XSLT modified to add basic support for biblStruct (only displays title, author and imprint)

Built on the same TEI P5 version, 4.6.0, as the previous release.

2023-release-01

Changes in this release:

• Improved documentation (HTML or PDF)
• New "roll-codex" suggested value for objectDesc/@form attributes
• New "drawing" suggested value for decoNote/@type attributes
• Schematron allows @rend attributes on list elements and XSLT modified to support the following values: "numbered", "ordered", "ol", "bulleted", "unordered", and "ul"
• XSLT modified to change display of damage elements and rubrics and finalRubrics with @defective attributes
• Display numbering on seals (if they have @n attributes)
• New template: template-simplified.xml

Built on latest TEI P5 version, 4.6.0, so changes since the 4.2.2 release are incorporated, see:

https://www.tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/readme-4.3.0.html
https://www.tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/readme-4.4.0.html
https://www.tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/readme-4.5.0.html
https://www.tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/readme-4.6.0.html

Notably, teidata.pointer-type attributes such as @calendar are now invalid if they contain whitespace.

2021-release-01

Changes in this release:

• Improved documentation (HTML or PDF)
  • Guidence on marking up gaps
• New values for status attributes in availability elements:
  • "printcat" for items orderable through a catalogue of printed materials
  • "none" for items that cannot be ordered
• New Schematron rules for checking date and numerical ranges

Built on latest TEI P5 version, 4.2.2, so changes since the 4.0.0 release are incorporated, see:

https://www.tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/readme-4.1.0.html
https://www.tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/readme-4.2.0.html
https://www.tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/readme-4.2.1.html
https://www.tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/readme-4.2.2.html

Notably, q elements can be used in some contexts that were invalid previously.

2020-release-01

Changes in this release:

• Improved documentation (HTML or PDF)
  • Extracts and parts of works
  • Recommended terminology for collation
  • Complex or unusual layouts
  • Layout of fragments
  • Use of new execution attribute (see below)
• New attribute on handNote elements:
  • execution - Categorizes the formality of the script's execution, according to the classifications developed by Lieftinck, Gumbert, and Derolez.
• New attributes on layout elements:
  • type - characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology.
  • subtype - provides a sub-categorization of the element, if needed.
• New suggested values for decoNote/@type
• New suggested values for handNote/@script
• biblStruct elements are now allowed. Closes #35. Their use and structure is as described in the TEI P5 core standard. This allows references exported from Zotero, using that service's TEI export option, to be copied and pasted straight into msDesc/additional/listBibl

Built on latest TEI P5 version, 4.0.0, so changes in that release are incorporated, see https://www.tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/readme-4.0.0.html

2019-release-04

Changes in this release:

• Improved documentation (HTML or PDF)
  • Nested persNames
• New warning about empty elements with key attributes
• New warning about misspelling "facsimile" as "fascimile" in surrogates
• New warning about form, especially in composite manuscripts
• Modified warning for material, especially in composite manuscripts
• Modified warning for languages, especially in composite manuscripts

Built on latest TEI P5 version, 3.6.0, so changes in that release are incorporated, see https://www.tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/readme-3.6.0.html

NOTE: This is also a release done immediately prior to moving the consolidated-tei-schema repository to a different organization within GitHub. The URLs pointing to the schemas in xml-model instructions within existing TEI files will continue to work, but when creating new document please use:

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/msdesc/consolidated-tei-schema/master/msdesc.rng

Or if you prefer XML Schema or DTD:

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/msdesc/consolidated-tei-schema/master/alternatives/msdesc.xsd
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/msdesc/consolidated-tei-schema/master/alternatives/msdesc.dtd

2019-release-03

Changes in this release:

• Improved documentation (HTML or PDF)
  • Add more examples
  • More guidance on gap element
  • More guidance on msItem
  • Guidance on pseudonymous and attributed authorship
  • More guidance on incipits
  • More guidance on parchment disposition
  • More guidance on paper description
  • More detail on script attributes
  • Improve decoration guidance
• Changed list of recommended values for supportDesc/@material and layout/@rulingMedium
• New schematron rule: dimensions must have unit attribute

2019-release-02

Changes in this release:

• Improved documentation (HTML or PDF)
• New: Templates (template.xml and template-msPart.xml)
• New: Allow fw and geo TEI elements (as requested by British Library)
• New: Add a new countermark element (not currently part of the TEI P5 standard but same data model as watermark
• Change: Add @type attribute to signatures element
• Change: New values allowed for @status attribute on availability to fit with suggestions for implementing circulation system (also multiple, space-separated values permitted)
• Change: Various XSLT changes, affecting display on catalogue web sites, including placing the contents of additional after msPart siblings, if any
• Reversion: msPart elements no longer allowed inside accMat

Built on latest TEI P5 version, 3.5.0, so changes in that release are incorporated, see https://www.tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/readme-3.5.0.html

2019-release-01

This is the first version which goes beyond the basics of TEI customization (selecting modules and elements) by extending upon the standard to allow new/better description of manuscripts.

Updates include:

• Add new mainStructures attribute to collation element
• Add new topLine and rulingMedium attributes to layout element
• Allow msPart element inside accMat
• Documentation for cataloguers included in the ODD (HTML and PDF)
• Schematron rules expanded and prioritized