People, places, and other named entities are tagged in a similar
fashion: each name is tagged using a distinguishing tag with an
ref attribute that points to the associated
id. They also share a set of common rules:
They must not begin or end with spaces
They must use the ref to refer to the
entity's record
They can contain phrase- and word-level elements (i.e.
choice,
add,
supplied, etc)
To create a New Contributor, right click on the “contributors”
folder, and then select “New” and then “File”.
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Select the “templates” folder, and then click on “New Team
Member/ Contributor Document”. Change the file names to the author’s
initials (eg. SJI.xml).
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To edit a template, replace the green text (the XML Comment) with
your text. For instance, edit the forename, surname and display
name.
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People
Direct references to people should be tagged using the
persName element that uses the
ref attribute to point to the person's id
using the special prs: prefix.
For instance:
<persName ref="prs:1">Mr. Lyon</persName>
Where prs:1 refers to the
person's id in the person database/spreadsheet.
As mentioned above, personal names should include any honourifics
or titles, which may be editorially expanded:
Do not use persName to tag
indirect references to people—e.g. The King; His mother; That Guy—as
these are not personal names, but references to a person. In these
cases, instead of persName, use the
rs (referring string) element with
type=person
alongside the ref attribute that points to
the person. For instance:
<rs type="person" ref="prs:3">his mother</rs>
Groups of people that are not organizations (i.e. Parliament) or
anonymous groups (the audience) can be tagged as if they are a
single person:
<rs type="person" ref="prs:4">Sisters</rs>
The above examples all derive from the first item of vol11_vol1;
here is what it looks in its entirety:
