In the ``, we add the information listed below, keeping the order in which it appears in the play. Our encoding usually starts with the *dramatis personae*, as we do not use a `titlePage` element and we do not encode most other information that usually appears before the character list (e.g. licensing conditions for the play). [[_TOC_]] ## Dedications If any, they are encoding using a `
`. Dedication-like information is also encoded with the same attribute (e.g. a notice that the play was written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of something, even if there is no explicit dedication of the play). We don't respect case value in the source unless required by orthography, but we record line breaks as in the source, see an [[example]](https://git.unistra.fr/methal/methal-sources/-/blob/master/bastian-hofnarr-heidideldum.xml#L172). ## Dramatis personae Encoded within a ``. ## Additional character descriptions If any, encoded using `
`. Some plays provide a more detailed character description after the character list, giving additional information about clothes and appearance. If formatted as a list in the source, we encode this in a `` element. For numbered lists, use a `` and specify `@rend="numbered"` rather than reproducing the numbering. See an [[example]](https://git.unistra.fr/methal/methal-sources/-/blob/master/clemens-chrischtowe.xml#L191). ## Setting Using one or more `` elements. Plays in this corpus most often have a small description regarding the time and place where the action takes place, sometimes itemized by act and/or scene. These descriptions are generally simple, and our encoding is very simple so far. We keep the text but not its formatting. We do not tag place or time expressions, although this would be very useful future work. See some examples below. We keep capitalization (e.g. in headings) as in the play. ![simple set](../img/set-id-12.png) ```xml

Ort: Stroßburri.

Zytt: Jetzt.

 ``` ### Initial encoding of complex set information Used in 2020. Some authors use more complex conventions (e.g. Camille Jost, who breaks up the setting information in a more detailed way). For these cases, so far we have used `

` elements and indeed kept the bold format used for headings (_ORT_, _ZYTT_ and so on, see example below). Keeping the format was used instead of a `` element, since we were using a single `` element, and each `` only allows one ``. We will improve this in the future; the whole encoding of setting information may be made more semantic in the future. ![set jost](../img/set-id-69.png) ```xml

ORT:

Wohnstubb by Frosch's

ZYTT:

Gejewart.

 ``` ### Current encoding of complex set information Used from 2021 onwards, earlier convention was revised to make it more semantic. Different `` elements are used. When the content is specifically about one type of information (time, place, scene description), an `@ana` attribute specifies this (note that `` does not accept a `@type` attribute). Current values of `@ana` are in the table below | `@ana` | description | | ------ | ------ | | `performance-duration` | How long a performance of the play takes | | `place` | Place in which the play takes place | | `scene` | Scene information (decoration, character position when play starts, sounds ...). As long as this information is part of the front (not as part of the first act/scene, in which case it would be a `` as per the TEI Guidelines) | | `time` | time at which the play is set | Also, if the set informations has heading-like material, it is now encoded in a ``. An example like the above would now be encoded as follows: ```xml ORT:

Wohnstubb by Frosch's

 ZYTT:

Gejewart.

 ``` ## Play summary A small number of plays have this, e.g. in the shape of an _Inhaltsangabe_ paragraph. It will be encoded using `
`. See [[example]](https://git.unistra.fr/methal/methal-sources/-/blob/master/tei/hart-dr-poetisch-oscar.xml#L110). ## General guidelines If the different types of information bear a **heading**, this is kept in a `` tag (as long as allowed by the TEI-All schema (we have no custom schema so far)). When the **language** for the content of an element is not Alsatian, we add an `xml:lang` attribute with the [ISO-6392 (B)](https://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php) language code as value. The language for front information is often German (`ger`) in this corpus.