Beta maṣāḥǝft Guidelines

We enforce the consistent identification of all persons tagged. hence the ref attribute must always be there if you use this element. A rule is present to try and avoid extra spaces. Optionally a role can be added to specify the role which this person performs in the context. Note this is NOT the same thing as tagging a <roleName>↗ inside the persName. for use in person records, a list of values for type is also provided. Beta maṣāḥǝft Guidelines

context	rule	report
`tei:persName[ancestor::tei:TEI[@type='mss' or @type='place' or @type='ins' or @type='work']][not(parent::tei:respStmt)]`	`not(@ref)` `not(matches(@ref, 'PRS\d+\w+') or matches(@ref, 'ETH\d+\w+') or matches(@ref, 'Q\d+') or matches(@ref, '^[A-Za-z]{2,3}$'))`	A persName in a mss, place or work description should always contain an attribute @ref pointing to the relevant record The person ID you have entered is wrong. Persons IDs must match the pattern PRS\d+\w+ or ETH\d+\w+ or Q\d+ or be one of the two/three letters abbreviations used by editors.
`tei:persName[not(text())][not(parent::tei:person)]`	`matches(following-sibling::text()[1], '^\w') or matches(preceding-sibling::text()[1], '\w$')`	There should be a space before and one after the element persName

Attibutes list

attribute ref

attribute role

This is a closed list of allowed values

value	definition
illustrator	the illustrator of the manuscript
scribe	the copyist of the manuscript
donor	the person who donated the manuscript
bequeather	the person who donated the manuscript, typically to a library
author	the author of a work
translator	the translator of a work
binder	manuscript binder
parchmentMaker	parchment maker
owner	the owner of a ms or an item
patron	the commissioner of a ms or an item
sponsor	the person paying for a ms (possibly not the same as donor/commissioner)
other

attribute type

This is a closed list of allowed values

value	definition
main	to be used only in person records, to idenfity a preferred option among the names provided.
normalized	the normalized transcription of the name in fidal or another script
transliterated	IHA transliteration
given	name received later in life, different from the other specified types of names
birth	name given at birth
baptismal	name given at baptism
regnal	name given on coronation (kings and queens but also patriarchs)
monastic	name given on entering monastic life
horse	the name of the battle horse of kings and rulers
nick	a name given to a person associated to his occupation or other deeds
war	nom de guerre (if different from horse name, e.g. Malas)
hypocoristic	short form (diminutive or abbreviated, e.g. Taklo for Takla Māryām)
patronymic	father's name, esp. for eventual Russian names, but could be also highlighted in others
alt	alternative name
tabot	the saint to whom the tābot is dedicated

Example 1

Example from PRS5326hezbaAs


                            <persName xml:lang="gez" xml:id="n1" type="birth">ሕይበ፡ አስገድ፡</persName>

Example 2

Example from IVefiopsk15


                            <persName ref="PRS11770Savvaitov" role="bequeather"></persName>

This element is mentioned in the following pages

Revisions of this page

Pietro Maria Liuzzo on 2018-04-24: stub of page