tech/@type should not have a closed value set

[martindholmes]

The <tech> element has a closed value list for @type:

light|sound|prop|block

http://www.tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/en/html/ref-tech.html

This is a very limited list, and working on a current project we're finding other values we need to use, such as "video", "house" and more.

It seems unreasonable for this to be a closed value list, especially as performance norms and technologies are in constant change. Could we make it suggested values instead? This would not invalidate any existing documents.

[sydb]

While I note that @type of <tech> has been a closed list since P2 (<tech> did not exist in P1), I can see no reason why it should be closed, rather than semi. I’m in favor of changing this.

[hcayless]

Agreed.

[martindholmes]

It should be a member of att.typed too.

[emylonas]

the class membership regularization is part of #386

[sydb]

Done at 023aaea. Note that I just changed the list to semi, not part of att.typed, which is (as @emylonas just pointed out) another ticket which probably can’t be handled before upcoming release.

[martindholmes]

Can't it just be added to the class? That shouldn't affect anything, surely?

[sydb]

It’s not hard, @martindholmes, but you have to both add it to the class and then override it and then test that it all went OK. Since (in theory) we are supposed to enter the refrigerator tonight, and I’m working on a couple of other things, I thought it best to keep it simple for now, knowing it would be hit in that other ticket anyway.

[martindholmes]

Sorry, didn't realize the freeze as so soon.

[sydb]

No worries! (Our fault for waiting until the last minute … :-)