Measurements
This section includes examples for two types of measurements commonly included in epigraphic editions:
[monuments, matrices, etc.](measurements-monuments)[letter heights](measurements-letters)
NOTE: it is assumed unless a value is given for unit, that measurements of type length are given in metres.
Monuments, matrices, etc.
Traditional typographic representation
- [1.15 x 0.76 x 0.285]
- [c. 1.2 x c. 0.75 x c. 0.3]
EpiDoc encoding
- [measure type="length" dim="height" value="1.15" unit="metre"1.15/measure × measure
type="length" dim="width" value="0.76" unit="metre"0.76/measure × measure
type="length" dim="depth" value="0.285" unit="metre"0.285/measure]
- [measure type="length" dim="height" value="1.2" unit="metre" precision="circa"1.2/measure × measure
type="length" dim="width" value="0.75" unit="metre" precision="circa"0.75/measure × measure
type="length" dim="depth" value="0.3" unit="metre" precision="circa"0.3/measure]
EpiDoc appearance with standard XSLT
- [1.15 × 0.76 × 0.285]
- [1.2 × 0.75 × 0.3]
Letter heights, etc.
Traditional typographic representation
- 0.025
EpiDoc encoding
- measure type="length" dim="height" value="0.025" unit="metre"0.025/measure
EpiDoc appearance with standard XSLT
- 0.025
TEI P4 links
- measure
- 6.4.3 Numbers and Measures
Questions and issues
- Gabriel Bodard (16 Mar 2006): There are a couple of important issues with measurements that need to be addressed in order to get our crosswalks to (e.g.) EDH working. (1) is the fact that in EDH the stone dimensions need to (a) be literally numerical, and (b) a single number, not multiple numbers, a range, circa, vel sim.; (letter-heights, on the other hand, can be a text field). (2) is the question of tagging the dimensions within a single element -- I'd strongly suggest rs type="dimensions" -- so that it can be extracted by the crosswalk wherever this data appears, even in the teiHeader.
Responsibility for this section
authorGabriel Bodard
converted from xwiki to xmlTom Elliott
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