[mei-catalog-ig] FW: MerMEId Newsletter November 2018

Thu Nov 15 09:38:51 CET 2018

Dear list

Please allow me to forward to you the latest MerMEId newsletter. You can find past issues in the archive<https://us14.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=b14f54cf7b3c6654a3909c990&id=4cce1a9392>.
Also feel free to subscribe, if you like. Please use the subscription form on this page: http://www.kb.dk/en/nb/dcm/projekter/mermeid.html

Best wishes,
Axel

From: MerMEId / Axel Geertinger <atge at kb.dk>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2018 9:11 AM
Subject: MerMEId Newsletter November 2018

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Newsletter ● November 2018

Release: MerMEId 2018
After a long period of continuous development we have decided to make a proper release version of MerMEId before starting a major reworking of parts of the software. You will find the MerMEId 2018 release on Github<https://www.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b14f54cf7b3c6654a3909c990&id=936f17dc91&e=704a262c89>. It includes the enhancements described in earlier newsletters.

Uploading MEI encodings of the music is a new feature added in this release. When working with both metadata and music encodings (the information kept in in <meiHead> and <music> elements, respectively), you will probably want to combine the two parts at some point. This can be done in any XML editor, of course, but if you want to avoid having to download your files from MerMEId, merging the two parts in an editor and upload the files again, you can now upload the music encoding directly into your files in MerMEId. It works similar to the uploading mechanism for encoded incipits introduced a couple of years ago.

Upcoming: MEI 4.0.0 and software upgrades
Still enjoying support from the Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, we are already heading towards the next major release scheduled for Spring/Summer 2019. The next release will address the following issues:

  *   Moving to MEI 4.0.0. As you may have noticed, a new version of the MEI schema was released last week<https://www.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b14f54cf7b3c6654a3909c990&id=545f74479b&e=704a262c89>. The new schema includes a number of changes to the MEI header. The next MerMEId release will be based on MEI 4.0.0, but of course we will provide a transformation to help you migrate existing data to the new version.
  *   Upgrading to eXist 4.4 or newer. We are making the changes necessary to make MerMEId work with new versions of the eXist database<https://www.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b14f54cf7b3c6654a3909c990&id=2793973f45&e=704a262c89>. Our changes are aiming at eXist version 4.4 but will probably work with eXist 5 as well.
  *   Simplifying infrastructure. The Java applet known as MerMEId's "filter" will be removed from the next release to make the entire setup simpler. The filter takes care of handling requests between the editing interface (handled by Orbeon<https://www.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b14f54cf7b3c6654a3909c990&id=89ebba5b7d&e=704a262c89>) and the database (eXist) and transforming the data on the way as necessary. This functionality will be handled by eXist (in XQuery) in the future. Simplification comes at a price, however: The Java filter also made it possible to forward user credentials to Orbeon, allowing automatic logging of user names in <revisionDesc> (the MEI change log). This feature will be lost, requiring users to manually enter their names or initials in the change log entry.
  *   Installation. Getting rid of the Java applet makes several installation steps obsolete. Furthermore, the next release will have an entirely re-written installation manual. You may have a look at it already: there will be one for the standard installation<https://www.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b14f54cf7b3c6654a3909c990&id=469eb0affb&e=704a262c89> and one for Docker installation<https://www.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b14f54cf7b3c6654a3909c990&id=653fd70c6c&e=704a262c89>.

DCM's catalogue user interface
It's been on Github for a long time, but in case other projects want to base an online catalogue on the same interface as the Scheibe, Nielsen, and Hartmann catalogues, we have done an effort to document the installation process. Find the code and the manual at Github<https://www.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b14f54cf7b3c6654a3909c990&id=977b2af7c5&e=704a262c89>.

New publications based on MerMEId
We are happy to annonce that two catalogues created with MerMEId – one online and one printed – have been published this year:

  *   Frederick Delius Catalogue of Works<https://www.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b14f54cf7b3c6654a3909c990&id=39df5940a2&e=704a262c89>
Edited by Joanna Bullivant and Daniel Grimley, University of Oxford, in cooperation with the British Library. The catalogue has just won the BL Labs Research Award<https://www.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b14f54cf7b3c6654a3909c990&id=b6069d0f60&e=704a262c89>. Congratulations!
  *   Johann Ernst Bach: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke<https://www.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b14f54cf7b3c6654a3909c990&id=d150255a1f&e=704a262c89>
Edited by Klaus Rettinghaus, Bach-Repertorium, Leipzig.

Best wishes,
Axel

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