[MEI-L] where to encode information about URL relationships

[Eleanor Selfridge-Field]

Hi, Karen,

Thanks for bringing up this important point.  I’m concerned about the non-standardization of citations such as the one you mention.  This kind of metadata will be very important to third-person users in the future, and we need to provide a path to identify sources, technical specs, and indications of ownership of the underlying content, where pertinent.  The last is pertinent to DIAMM, so this is a useful context in which to discuss the broader issues.

Eleanor



From: mei-l [mailto:mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de] On Behalf Of Karen Desmond
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2018 5:52 PM
To: Music Encoding Initiative <mei-l at lists.uni-paderborn.de>
Subject: [MEI-L] where to encode information about URL relationships

Hi,

I'd like some advice about the best place to store website links that contain further information about the compositions encoded in my MEI files. Specifically, I want to include with the MEI file the following:

- A link to the composition on the DIAMM website
- A link to the url of IIIF manifest pointing to the manuscript source that the MEI file's transcription is based on
- A link to the manuscript source on the DIAMM website
- A link to any other available online source for the manuscript images (if the manuscript is not yet available through IIIF or DIAMM)

At first I thought about putting this information in <sourceDesc> and using an <itemList> of <repository> and the <ptr> for the web addresses but I'm not sure that meiHead is the best place for this set of links?

In addition, I also want to record the folio numbers of the manuscript, which again I thought probably ought to go in sourceDesc (pasted below is an example of sourceDesc from one of our files), but I couldn't see where this information would go.

<sourceDesc>
                                    <source>
                                                <notesStmt>
                                                            <annot>Scanned from Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century, vol. 1 (PMFC)</annot>
                                                </notesStmt>
                                    </source>
                                    <source>
                                                <titleStmt>
                                                            <title>[Primary manuscript source for this encoding]
                                                                        <identifier>Bibliothèque nationale de France, fr. 146</identifier>
                                                            </title>
                                                            <pubStmt>
                                                                        <unpub/>
                                                            </pubStmt>
                                                            <notesStmt>
                                                                        <annot>Scan checked and corrected against this manuscript
                                                                        </annot>
                                                            </notesStmt>
                                                </titleStmt>
                                    </source>
                                    <source>
                                                <titleStmt>
                                                            <title>[Other concordant sources]</title>
                                                            <pubStmt>
                                                                        <unpub/>
                                                            </pubStmt>
                                                            <notesStmt>
                                                                        <annot>Br, Koblenz, Robertsbridge</annot>
                                                            </notesStmt>
                                                </titleStmt>
                                    </source>
                        </sourceDesc>


Many thanks and all the best,

Karen

Karen Desmond
Assistant Professor of Music & Chair, Graduate Program in Musicology, Brandeis University
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Music, Harvard University (Spring 2018)



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