<div dir="ltr">Thanks Perry - that's really helpful actually.<div>You're right that most of this information belongs elsewhere, and will eventually end up there, but the <span style="font-size:14.666666984558105px"><extMeta> suggestion</span> will work for me for a temporary solution.</div><div>All the best,</div><div>Karen</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 7:08 PM, Roland, Perry D. (pdr4h) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pdr4h@eservices.virginia.edu" target="_blank">pdr4h@eservices.virginia.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi Karen,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">It's somewhat abusive, since there are better places to put most of this stuff, but you could use <projectDesc> --<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<head>Mon chant/Qui doloreus</head><br>
<p>Notes on transcription process: Scanned file corrected from PMFC (Howes 3/24/2016), Rhythmic<span class=""><br>
durations augmented following our project’s transcription conventions. Pitches, rhythms and<br>
mensural notation features checked and corrected against Iv (Desmond 4/10/17). Sources: Durham<br>
(fol. 339r, triplum only), Iv (fols. 22v-23r); listed in Trem Previous editions: PMFC V, 80-3.<br>
Note on the poems: Texts from PMFC; variants in Iv noted below (Desmond 4/10/17). Variants: The<br>
copy text for this transcription is the version found in Iv. Clefs: c2 c2 c4 Tr ‘1 en’ / 2<br>
‘beus’ / 4 ‘mesonches’ / 8 c1 clef / 9 ‘mons’ / 22 ‘des’ supplied by PMFC / 26 ’ne’ written<br>
twice in Iv / 32 ‘ destre namer’ / 39 ‘que je aour’ Mot 61 no dot in Iv / 141 no dot in Iv / 16<br></span>
‘sens’ / 19 ‘maint’ supplied by PMFC / 34 ‘por nous’ ‘cui’ / 37 ‘Orec’</p><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">But, I think <extMeta>, the official place for "other well-formed XML", would be a better choice.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You can put HTML there, which might be helpful if you're going to display this text on the web anyway --<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><extMeta><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <html xmlns="<a href="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" target="_blank">http://www.w3.org/1999/<wbr>xhtml</a>"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <h1>Mon chant/Qui doloreus</h1><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <h2>Notes on transcription process:</h2><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <p>Scanned file corrected from PMFC (Howes 3/24/2016), Rhythmic durations augmented following<u></u><u></u></span></p><span class="">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> our project’s transcription conventions. Pitches, rhythms and mensural notation features<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> checked and corrected against Iv (Desmond 4/10/17).</p><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <h2>Sources:</h2><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <p>Durham (fol. 339r, triplum only), Iv (fols. 22v-23r); listed in Trem</p><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <h2>Previous editions:</h2><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <p>PMFC V, 80-3.</p><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <h2>Note on the poems:</h2><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <p>Texts from PMFC; variants in Iv noted below (Desmond 4/10/17).</p><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <h2>Variants:</h2><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <p>The copy text for this transcription is the version found in Iv.</p><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <h2>Clefs:</h2><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <p>c2 c2 c4 Tr ‘1 en’ / 2 ‘beus’ / 4 ‘mesonches’ / 8 c1 clef / 9 ‘mons’ / 22 ‘des’ supplied by<u></u><u></u></span></p><span class="">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> PMFC / 26 ’ne’ written twice in Iv / 32 ‘ destre namer’ / 39 ‘que je aour’ Mot 61 no dot in Iv<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> / 141 no dot in Iv / 16 ‘sens’ / 19 ‘maint’ supplied by PMFC / 34 ‘por nous’ ‘cui’ / 37<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> ‘Orec’</p><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </html><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></extMeta><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">or something else with a structure of your choosing --<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><karenStuff xmlns="<a href="http://karen.desmond.info" target="_blank">karen.desmond.info</a>">[<wbr>Karen's Own Well-formed XML]</karenStuff><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Beware! MEI will choke if the children of <extMeta> (<html> or <karenStuff> in these examples) don't have an xmlns attribute. But, the namespace doesn't have to be a real one. It can even be the "no-namespace"
namespace --<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><karenStuff xmlns="">[...]</karenStuff><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">that is, where @xmlns has an empty value.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You should also lose the so-called "smart" quotes. They're not very smart and they don't play nice with others. ;-)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hope this helps,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">--<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">p.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#999999" size="1">Karen Desmond, Assistant Professor of Music</font><div><font color="#999999" size="1">Department of Music, Brandeis University</font></div><div><font color="#999999" size="1"><a href="http://www.arsmusicae.org/wordpress" target="_blank">http://www.arsmusicae.org/wordpress</a></font></div></div></div>
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