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Peter Flynn

Problems using P3 with Emacs/psgml

I have started up Emacs (19.25, SunOS 4.1.3, OpenWin) and loaded a
bare-bones TEI2 header. Now I'm starting to add
<TEXT><BODY><HEAD>...</HEAD><DIV0><P>... and after a few words I want
to insert <FORENAME>

It won't let me. Picking `Markup'/`Insert element' shows no entry for
<FORENAME> nor for <PERSON*>. I have included

<!ENTITY % TEI.prose 'INCLUDE'>
<!ENTITY % TEI.verse 'INCLUDE'>
<!ENTITY % TEI.names.dates 'INCLUDE'>

loaded in the DOCTYPE, and psgml happily parses the DTD. According to
the Green Book, <FORENAME> can only occur within <PERSNAME> can only
occur within <PERSON> or MPERSONGRP> etc etc...all of which seems rather
redundant when I merely with to tag a forename for later use.

What have I done wrong? {Is|are} there more declarations I need to
include?

///Peter

David Megginson

Re: Problems using P3 with Emacs/psgml

>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Flynn <[hidden email]> writes:

> According to the Green Book, <FORENAME> can only occur within
> <PERSNAME> can only occur within <PERSON> or MPERSONGRP> etc
> etc...all of which seems rather redundant when I merely with to tag
> a forename for later use.

> What have I done wrong? {Is|are} there more declarations I need to
> include?

Nothing wrong, but you are probably overdoing it. For simply tagging
a name in the text for later use, use the common <name> element. If
you want to be explicit, try <name type=forename>David</name>. As I
recall (and I'm too lazy to look at the standard right now),
<forename> is part of hierarchy for _analysing_ the structure of a
name, not simply for indicating its existence.

David

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Peter Flynn

Re: Problems using P3 with Emacs/psgml

In reply to this post by Peter Flynn

[forename]
> Nothing wrong, but you are probably overdoing it. For simply tagging
> a name in the text for later use, use the common <name> element. If
> you want to be explicit, try <name type=forename>David</name>. As I
> recall (and I'm too lazy to look at the standard right now),
> <forename> is part of hierarchy for _analysing_ the structure of a
> name, not simply for indicating its existence.

Sorry, I was less than explicit...I _do_ want to use <forename> for
analysis, and there are hundreds of occurrences in this instance.

///Peter