In order to facilitate the manual tagging of the transcription of BART documents, simplified tags have been created which will be mechanically converted into XML. Here is a printable handout.
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BART Markup Language Tags Last updated: July 21, 2006 |
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<id> . . . </id> | any proper name of a person |
<job> . . . </job> | name of a profession |
<$> . . . </$> | amount of money (mentioned within description) |
<$sub> . . . </$sub> | subtotal of <..$> |
<..$> . . . </..$> | amount of money at end of paragraph (usually the same as <$>) |
<amt> . . . </amt> | actual amount (use this tag inside <$> or <..$> tags) |
<cur> . . . </cur> | currency being used (use this tag inside <$> or <..$> tags) example: la somme de <$><amt>quinze liures</amt> <cur>de xl g^ monn^ de fland^ la liure</cur></$> |
<val> . . . </val> | value of a given weight in gold, silver, etc. (usually marcs) |
<wage> . . . </wage> | indicates the rate of pay (no <$> tags); e.g., so much per day |
<from> . . . </from> | indicates where money came from |
<for> . . . </for> | description of what money was for |
<date> . . . </date> | date mentioned in text |
<refdate>. . .</refdate> | date indicated as a reference point |
<ou> . . . </ou> | any locations mentioned in text (cities, towns, regions, etc.) |
<mon> . . . </mon> | monuments, churches, fountains, plazas, palaces, landmarks, etc. |
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<file> . . . </file> | name of image file e.g., <file>ADNB2017-041r.jpg</file> Should be the first element of each individual page. |
<fol> . . . </fol> | folio number as it appears on the page—only if it appears on the page |
<h1> . . . </h1> | main headline |
<h2> . . . </h2> | secondary headline (use this for "vacat" pages) |
<item> . . . </item> | any paragraph that is not a headline (</item> goes at end of paragraph) |
<above> . . . </above> | text written above the line (e.g., between lines of text) |
<below> . . . </below> | text written below the line |
<super> . . . </super> | text superscripted |
<xed> . . . </xed> | text crossed out |
<lmargin> . . . </lmargin> | text written in left margin (associated with a paragraph: use inside same <item>) |
<rmargin> . . . </rmargin> | text written in right margin (associated with a paragraph) |
<tmargin> . . . </tmargin> | text written in top margin (associated with a paragraph) |
<bmargin> . . . </bmargin> | text written in bottom margin (associated with a paragraph) |
<lside> . . . </lside> | text in left margin (not associated with a paragraph—no <item> needed) |
<rside> . . . </rside> | text in right margin (not associated with a paragraph) |
<ltop> . . . </ltop> | text in top-left margin (not associated with a paragraph) |
<ctop> . . . </ctop> | text in top-center margin (not associated with a paragraph) |
<rtop> . . . </rtop> | text in top-right margin (not associated with a paragraph) |
<lbottom> . . . </lbottom> | text in bottom-left margin (not associated with a paragraph) |
<cbottom> . . . </cbottom> | text in bottom-center margin (not associated with a paragraph) |
<rbottom> . . . </rbottom> | text in bottom-right margin (not associated with a paragraph) |
| EDITORIAL | |
<transcribed by: Your Name Here> | At the top of each file. |
<expand> . . . </expand> | expansion of abbreviation (not necessary for most common) |
<??> . . . </??> | transcription is a guess or missing letters/words (even if you're certain what's missing) |
<trans> . . . </trans> | English translation of word or phrase |
<nb> . . . </nb> | Nota Bene: any additional note |
<cto> . . . </cto> | Consult The Original: bad photo, fold in page, etc. Need to see the original to read |
<. . . . > | dot - space - dot - space, etc. for each character not transcribed |
<l l l l > | L - space - L - space, etc for each uninterpreted minim |