TMG-L Archives

Archiver > TMG > 2003-06 > 1054494758


From: Terry Reigel <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] event alt tags
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 15:12:40 -0400
In-Reply-To: <3ED9FB02.15081.9F8F4A@localhost>


On Sun, 01 Jun 2003 13:09:22 -0400, Dawn Ellis wrote:
>When creating alternate death/birth tags to record
>conflicting data, should they be created in the other
>category or in the birth or death category?

In the same group as the regular tags, in my view. This allows you
easily switch an -alt tag to regular, and the reverse, which would be
significantly more work if they were is different groups.

>Right now I
>just use multiple tags and designate the one I deem best
>as primary. What are the advantages of creating a new tag
>for conflicing data? I can see that the sentence structure
>can be made to reflect the conflict. any other advantages?

The main ones, I think, are the more sensible sentence structures and
that you can easily turn them on or off for printing in a report,
depending on the intended use of the report. This and more on the
issue is discussed in my article at
http://reigelridge.com/Tags-Conflicts.htm

In practice, I find the alt tags helpful during the research stage
for a line. When I get the data fairly well settled down I find I
like to move all the citations to one tag, add explanations to
explain why I have chosen the data I think most likely true, and
delete the alt tags. This is covered in more depth on pp 87-88 of
GTMOTMG.

Terry Reigel





This thread: