Names (ePistolarium)
From XML
As a result of automated or manual processing named entities are annotated in the text.
The following TEI elements are used:
geogName
, name
, orgName
, persName
, placeName
, rs
, and title
.
persName
(personal name) contains a proper noun or proper-noun phrase referring to a person.
- The
@key
attribute is used when the name has been identified.
placeName
contains an absolute or relative place name.
- The
@key
attribute is used when the name has been identified.
rs
(referencing string) contains a general purpose name or referring string.
- The ePistolarium uses this with either of two values of the
@type
attribute.type="person"
for person namestype="place"
for place names
- In both cases the references are indirect, for instance "X's sister".
- The
@key
attribute is used when the name has been identified.
orgName
(organization name) contains an organizational name.
- No normalization is used.
geogName
(geographical name) identifies a name associated with some geographical feature.
- Used to annotated names of mountains, rivers, and seas.
- No normalization is used.
title
contains a title for any kind of work.
- No normalization is used.
name
contains a proper noun or noun phrase.
- Used for names that do nor belong to the categories mentioned above.
- The
@type
attribute is used to assign a category, currently "bible", "code", or "group".
TO DO: Add examples.