Metadata (ePistolarium)

The metadata in the ePistolarium documents is contained in the teiHeader element. Each item is a meta milestone element with attributes type and value. The standard types are as follows:

uuid 

the unique identifier of the letter.

correspondence 

the identifier of the correspondence; required.

id 

the identifier of letter in the correspondence; required, must be unique in the correspondence.

date 

the date of writing of the letter. Values are encoded in the Extended Date/Time Format. We use the Gregorian calendar, so Julian dates must be converted. Furthermore, if multiple dates are used in a letter, the last one is used because it approximates the date of sending best.

sender 

the identifier of the sender (may occur multiple times); use value "?" if unknown.

senderloc 

the identifier for the location where the letter was sent; use value "?" if unknown.

recipient 

the identifier of the recipient (may occur multiple times); use value "?" if unknown.

recipientloc 

the identifier for the location where the letter was received; use value "?" if unknown.

Each metadata item is allowed only once, except for "sender" and "recipient.

Example: https://correspondence.huygens.knaw.nl/documents/301ba075-dde3-4fa4-a82e-0c9ba668bb06

<TEI>
<teiHeader>
<meta type="uuid" value="301ba075-dde3-4fa4-a82e-0c9ba668bb06"/>
<meta type="correspondence" value="desc004"/>
<meta type="id" value="1001"/>
<meta type="date" value="1619-01-24"/>
<meta type="sender" value="descartes.rene.1596-1650"/>
<meta type="senderloc" value="se:breda.nld"/>
<meta type="recipient" value="beeckman.isaac.1588-1637"/>
<meta type="recipientloc" value="se:middelburg.nld"/>
</teiHeader>
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