Documentation in a TEI context

TEI header:

• File identity
• Work process
• Methods

ODD customizations:

• Specific changes to schema
• Amplifications of prose documentation
• Allows easier migration in future

Additional documentation:

• Tracking databases
• Name authority controls, etc.
• Rationales for decisions, records of discussions (e.g. on a wiki or listserv)

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