Document Type Definition

Version 1.1 (5 May 2004)

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All XML-encoded documents should refer to a Document Type Definition (DTD) or a schema to ensure consistency in their document structure. We have decided to base our encoding on the XML version of TEI P4. In order to create a single Document Type Definition out of TEI's library of DTD-fragments we have used the PizzaChef program, which is available through the TEI website.

We have made some changes to the original DTD to make it better suited to some special needs in our project. One of the more significant changes is the introduction of the <dipl>, <facs> and <norm> elements, as well as modifications to the elements <w> and <supplied>. We have also included all elements for manuscript description as recommended by the MASTER project (MASTER reference manual).

A complete list of deviations from TEI P4 have been listed here.

Since May 2001, all changes and modifications to the DTD have been written into the two files norron.extensions.ent and norron.extensions.dtd.

After first having defined the two extension files mentioned above, a DTD is created by using the PizzaChef program. This way, our extension files constitute a part of the base from which the final DTD is generated.

All updates and changes to the DTD have to be written into the extension files, and a new DTD will then have to be created by using the PizzaChef. The procedure for how the DTD is revised and updated is outlined in this instruction.

norron.dtd 30 April 2004

The current version will always be called norron.dtd and located here. Older versions will be numbered sequentially and archived below.

norron1.dtd 25 September 2000
norron2.dtd 24 April 2001
norron3.dtd 1 June 2001
norron4.dtd 8 June 2001
norron5.dtd 15 March 2002
norron6.dtd 26 March 2002
norron7.dtd 3 May 2002
norron8.dtd 23 May 2002
norron9.dtd 15 May 2003
norron10.dtd 20 May 2003
norron11.dtd 6 February 2004
norron12.dtd 16 March 2004

norron.extensions3.ent 30 May 2001
norron.extensions3.dtd 30 May 2001
norron.extensions5.ent 13 March 2002
norron.extensions5.dtd 15 March 2002
norron.extensions6.ent 22 March 2002
norron.extensions6.dtd 26 March 2002
norron.extensions7.ent 2 May 2002
norron.extensions7.dtd 2 May 2002
norron.extensions8.ent 10 May 2002
norron.extensions8.dtd 23 May 2002
norron.extensions10.ent 20 May 2003
norron.extensions10.dtd 15 May 2003
norron.extensions11.ent 6 February 2004
norron.extensions11.dtd 6 February 2004
norron.extensions12.ent 16 March 2004
norron.extensions12.dtd 15 March 2004

Note that not all versions of the DTD have been generated from updated extension files. The version numbers of the extension files in this list have been synchronised with the version numbers of the DTDs above.

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