Module 7: Critical Editing

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What does the <listWit> element express?
1. It provides a list with descriptions of all text witnesses in a critical edition.
2. It sums up the sigla of all text witnesses a reading belongs to.
3. In a digitised critical edition, it provides a transcribed list of sigla of all text witnesses a reading belongs to.
4. It is used to encode a list of eyewitnesses in a crime scene report.
What is wrong with following apparatus entry from an edition of Emily Dickinson's poem 'Faith is a fine invention', containing variants from text witnesses identified as A660, H201, H72, and P1891 (chronologically):

[N.B. based on the sample encoding for the V-machine at http://v-machine.org/samples/faith.xml]
```
<app>
 <rdg wit="#A660"><hi rend="underline">Microscopes</hi></rdg> 
 <rdg wit="#H201"><hi rend="underline">Microscopes</hi></rdg> 
 <rdg wit="#P1891">microscopes</rdg>
 <lem wit="#H72">Microscopes</lem>
</app>
```
<app>
<rdg wit="#A660">
<hi rend="underline">Microscopes</hi>
</rdg>
<rdg wit="#H201">
<hi rend="underline">Microscopes</hi>
</rdg>
<rdg wit="#P1891">microscopes</rdg>
<lem wit="#H72">Microscopes</lem>
</app>
1. The readings aren't in chronological order, where they should.
2. The lemma must be recorded as the first reading of an <app>.
3. Readings #A660 and #H201 should be collapsed into one <rdg> element, as they contain the same variant.
4. Nothing.
What could be a valid encoding of following text fragments:
- wit1: eternal love
- wit2: ethereal love
- wit3: lifelong friendship
1. ```
<app>
 <rdg wit="#wit1">eternal</rdg>
 <rdg wit="#wit2">ethereal</rdg>
 <rdg wit="#wit3">lifelong</rdg>
 <rdg wit="#wit1 #wit2">love</rdg>
 <rdg wit="#wit3">friendship</rdg>
</app>
```
  <app>
  <rdg wit="#wit1">eternal</rdg>
  <rdg wit="#wit2">ethereal</rdg>
  <rdg wit="#wit3">lifelong</rdg>
  <rdg wit="#wit1 #wit2">love</rdg>
  <rdg wit="#wit3">friendship</rdg>
  </app>
2. ```
<app>
 <rdg wit="wit1">eternal</rdg>
 <rdg wit="wit2">ethereal</rdg>
 <rdg wit="wit3">lifelong</rdg>
</app>
<app>
 <rdg wit="wit1 wit2">love</rdg>
 <rdg wit="wit3">friendship</rdg>
</app>
```
  <app>
  <rdg wit="wit1">eternal</rdg>
  <rdg wit="wit2">ethereal</rdg>
  <rdg wit="wit3">lifelong</rdg>
  </app>
  <app>
  <rdg wit="wit1 wit2">love</rdg>
  <rdg wit="wit3">friendship</rdg>
  </app>
3. ```
<app>
 <rdg wit="#wit1 #wit2">
 <app>
 <rdg wit="#wit1">eternal</rdg>
 <rdg wit="#wit2">ethereal</rdg>
 </app>
 love
 </rdg>
 <rdg wit="#wit3">lifelong friendship</rdg>
</app>
```
  <app>
  <rdg wit="#wit1 #wit2">
  <app>
  <rdg wit="#wit1">eternal</rdg>
  <rdg wit="#wit2">ethereal</rdg>
  </app>
  love </rdg>
  <rdg wit="#wit3">lifelong friendship</rdg>
  </app>
4. ```
<app>
 <rdgGrp wit="#wit1 #wit2">
 <app>
 <rdg wit="#wit1">eternal</rdg>
 <rdg wit="#wit2">ethereal</rdg>
 </app>
 love
 </rdgGrp>
 <rdg wit="#wit3">lifelong friendship</rdg>
</app>
```
  <app>
  <rdgGrp wit="#wit1 #wit2">
  <app>
  <rdg wit="#wit1">eternal</rdg>
  <rdg wit="#wit2">ethereal</rdg>
  </app>
  love </rdgGrp>
  <rdg wit="#wit3">lifelong friendship</rdg>
  </app>
What specific element can be used to group a number of readings in an apparatus entry?
1. <rdgGrp>
2. <listWit>
3. <rdg>
4. <list>
The <witDetail> element...
1. ...is a specific kind of note that provides additional information about a specific (group of) reading(s) in an apparatus.
2. ...provides additional bibliographic information about text witnesses in a <listWit> list.
3. ...contains a very detailed critical apparatus.
4. ...contains the transcription of the original sigla used in the source to a digitised critical edition
What is wrong with following encoding of an apparatus entry in a digitised critical edition:
```
<app>
 <rdg wit="#ms">the first </rdg>
 <wit>ms1855</wit>
 <rdg wit="#print">the second</rdg>
 <wit>p1856</wit>
</app>
```
<app>
<rdg wit="#ms">the first </rdg>
<wit>ms1855</wit>
<rdg wit="#print">the second</rdg>
<wit>p1856</wit>
</app>
1. The <wit> element should occur inside the <rdg> element it applies to.
2. The sigla in the <wit> elements are pointers and should therefore start with a hash sign ('#').
3. The values of the sigla in the <wit> elements should be identical to those in the @wit attribute of the corresponding <rdg> element.
4. Nothing, all fine.
The @type attribute...
1. ...can be used on an <app> element to indicate that its variants have been written with a typewriter.
2. ...can be used on an <app> element to provide further classification of its variants.
3. ...is only allowed on <rdg> elements; not on <app>.
4. ...is only allowed on <app> elements; not on <rdg>.
What kind of encoding would following <variantEncoding/> statement allow:
```
<teiHeader>
 
 <encodingDesc>
 <variantEncoding method="parallel-segmentation" location="internal"/>
 </encodingDesc>
 
</teiHeader>
```
<teiHeader xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">

<encodingDesc>
<variantEncoding method="parallel-segmentation" location="internal"/>
</encodingDesc>

</teiHeader>
1. ```
<text>
 <body>
 <p n="para1" xml:id="p1">This text is subject to change.</p>
 </body>
 <back>
 <div type="apparatus">
 <p>
 <app loc="para1">
 <rdg wit="#wit2">phrase</rdg>
 <rdg wit="#wit3">sentence</rdg>
 </app>
 <app loc="para1">
 <rdg wit="#wit2">revision</rdg>
 <rdg wit="#wit3">changes</rdg>
 </app>
 </p>
 </div>
 </back>
</text>
```
  <text xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
  <body>
  <p n="para1" id="p1">This text is subject to change.</p>
  </body>
  <back>
  <div type="apparatus">
  <p>
  <app loc="para1">
  <rdg wit="#wit2">phrase</rdg>
  <rdg wit="#wit3">sentence</rdg>
  </app>
  <app loc="para1">
  <rdg wit="#wit2">revision</rdg>
  <rdg wit="#wit3">changes</rdg>
  </app>
  </p>
  </div>
  </back>
  </text>
2. ```
<text>
 <body>
 <p n="para1" xml:id="p1">This text is subject to change.</p>
 </body>
 <back>
 <div type="apparatus">
 <p>
 <app>
 <rdg wit="#wit2">phrase</rdg>
 <rdg wit="#wit3">sentence</rdg>
 </app>
 <app>
 <rdg wit="#wit2">revision</rdg>
 <rdg wit="#wit3">changes</rdg>
 </app>
 </p>
 </div>
 </back>
</text>
```
  <text xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
  <body>
  <p n="para1" id="p1">This text is subject to change.</p>
  </body>
  <back>
  <div type="apparatus">
  <p>
  <app>
  <rdg wit="#wit2">phrase</rdg>
  <rdg wit="#wit3">sentence</rdg>
  </app>
  <app>
  <rdg wit="#wit2">revision</rdg>
  <rdg wit="#wit3">changes</rdg>
  </app>
  </p>
  </div>
  </back>
  </text>
3. ```
<text>
 <body>
 <p n="para1" xml:id="p1">This <anchor xml:id="x1"/>text<app from="#x1">
 <rdg wit="#wit2">phrase</rdg>
 <rdg wit="#wit3">sentence</rdg>
 </app> is subject to <anchor xml:id="x2"/>change<app from="#x2">
 <rdg wit="#wit2">revision</rdg>
 <rdg wit="#wit3">changes</rdg>
 </app>.</p>
 </body>
</text>
```
  <text xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
  <body>
  <p n="para1" id="p1">This
  <anchor id="x1"/>
  text
  <app from="#x1">
  <rdg wit="#wit2">phrase</rdg>
  <rdg wit="#wit3">sentence</rdg>
  </app>
  is subject to
  <anchor id="x2"/>
  change
  <app from="#x2">
  <rdg wit="#wit2">revision</rdg>
  <rdg wit="#wit3">changes</rdg>
  </app>
  .</p>
  </body>
  </text>
4. ```
<text>
 <body>
 <p n="para1" xml:id="p1">This <app>
 <rdg wit="#wit1">text</rdg>
 <rdg wit="#wit2">phrase</rdg>
 <rdg wit="#wit3">sentence</rdg>
 </app> is subject to <app>
 <rdg wit="#wit1">change</rdg>
 <rdg wit="#wit2">revision</rdg>
 <rdg wit="#wit3">changes</rdg>
 </app>.</p>
 </body>
</text>
```
  <text xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
  <body>
  <p n="para1" id="p1">This
  <app>
  <rdg wit="#wit1">text</rdg>
  <rdg wit="#wit2">phrase</rdg>
  <rdg wit="#wit3">sentence</rdg>
  </app>
  is subject to
  <app>
  <rdg wit="#wit1">change</rdg>
  <rdg wit="#wit2">revision</rdg>
  <rdg wit="#wit3">changes</rdg>
  </app>
  .</p>
  </body>
  </text>

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Module 7: Critical Editing