Errata lists

Abstract

Encoding of errata lists with div type="corrigenda" and a nested list type="errata". Within each list item, further encoding captures the functional components such as the error, the page number, etc.

Encoding Instructions (new P5 version)

An erratum is an error noted in a list of corrections (corrigendum) attached to a printed book. The WWP encodes errata that are listed in the original text within a div type="corrigenda", with the list itself encoded as list type="errata". Each erratum in the list is encoded as a separate item, with the actual correction (the corrected word or phrase) encoded using ref type="correction". The target attribute on ref points to the xml:id of the element which contains the erroneous reading in the main text.

The erroneous reading in the main text is encoded with ref type="err", with an xml:id and a target that points back to the corrected words (i.e. the ref type="correction") in the errata list.

We have considered whether and how to indicate whether the corrections listed in the errata are authorial or not. We could include this information in the encoding, or we could simply mention the issue in the TEI header. The former practice would allow us (presumably) to automatically apply authorial corrections but not non-authorial ones, if desired.

Examples

Example 1. 
            <speech sp="DGale.ned">Toto, I have a feeling we’re 
            not in 
            <ref type="error" target="ec45" 
                xml:id="er45">Kentucky</ref> anymore. 
            </speech>
            ...
            <div type="corrigenda">
            head>Errata</head>
            <list type="errata">
            <item>...
            <item> On Page 12, line 34, “we’re not in Kentucky 
            anymore” should read "we’re not in  
            <ref type="correction"  target="er45" 
                xml:id="ec45">Kansas</ref> 
            anymore"
            </item>...
            </list>
            </div>

            OR, in cases where the location of the original error is more 
            formalized, use <ref>; note that this <ref> doesn’t 
            need to point anywhere, since the <ref> that encodes the 
            correction is already pointing directly to the error location:
            <div type="corrigenda">
            <head>Errata</head>
            <list type="errata">
            <mw type="listHead">Page</mw>
            <mw type="listHead" 
                rend="break(no)">Page</mw>
            <item>...
            <item><ref>12, 34</ref>, “we’re not in 
            Kentucky anymore” should read "we’re not in  
            <ref type="correction"  target="er45" 
                xml:id="ec45">Kansas</ref> 
            anymore"
            </item>...
            </list>
            </div>