From: Marotta, David 2-3718 (djm5g@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu)
Date: Fri Jan 16 1998 - 11:39:29 EST
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Durusau [SMTP:pdurusau@emory.edu]
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 1998 10:22 AM
> To: djm5g@virginia.edu
> Subject: Seminar on Biblical Language Texts
>
> John,
>
> I would appreciate your considering posting the following announcement
> concerning the mailing list for the SBL Seminar on Electronic
> Standards
> for Biblical Language Texts to the B-Hebrew and B-Greek mailing lists.
> I
> think this seminar will be of interest to your subscribers and some
> may
> wish to formally participate in our work. Many thanks.
>
> Patrick
>
> --
> Patrick Durusau
> Information Technology Services
> Scholars Press
> pdurusau@emory.edu
> Co-Chair, SBL Seminar on Electronic Standards for Biblical Language
> Texts
>
> **********Biblical Language Standards Mailing List************
>
> Announcing the Biblical Language Standards mailing list!
>
> The Biblical Language Standards mailing list is a forum for discussion
> of and announcements concerning the ongoing work of the SBL Seminar on
> Electronic Standards for Biblical Language Texts. Biblical scholars,
> publishers, librarians, archivists, researchers and software designers
> need good computer tools for working with biblical langauges and
> texts.
> This seminar is dedicated to solving problems such as interchange and
> publication of materials containing biblical languages, creation of
> electronic texts for analysis and archiving, and other problems
> routinely faced by those working with biblical materials. The goals of
> the seminar are to:
>
> (1) Create standards for electronic representation and interchange of
> all types of documents in biblical and related studies. These
> standards
> will include naming, description, and analysis.
>
> (2) Encourage the development of software implementing these
> standards.
>
> (3) Produce a set of sample documents and software developed as
> models
> which are consistent with these standards.
>
> (4) Build a consensus for adoption of these standards.
>
> (5) Provide training in their use.
>
> The Seminar is using the TEI Guidelines as the starting point for its
> discussion of encoding biblical language texts with a view of
> modifying
> or extending those guidelines as necessary.
>
> Current Working Groups of the Seminar and their members include:
>
> Critical apparatus: Jimmy Adair, jadair@emory.edu (chair), Winfried
> Bader, bader@dbg.de, Lewis Barth, lbarth@mizar.usc.edu, Michael
> Bakker,
> mbakker@let.uva.nl, Bruce Morrill, bruce@math.ksu.edu, Bernard Taylor,
> taylorb@earthlink.net.
>
> Dictionaries: Stephen Kaufman, skaufman@cn.huc.edu (Chair), Erik
> Eynikel, e.eynikel@theo.kun.nl, Peter Burton,
> burto009@maroon.tc.umn.edu, Dale Wheeler, dalemw@teleport.com, Richard
> Whitaker, Richard.Whitaker@ptsem.edu.
>
> Entity Sets and Writing System Declarations: Patrick Durusau,
> pdurusau@emory.edu, Kirk Lowery, KirkLowery@xc.org.
>
> Hebrew Syntax: Kirk Lowery, KirkLowery@xc.org, Dale Wheeler,
> dalemw@teleport.com.
>
> Imaging: Robert Kraft, kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu.
>
> Practical Applications: Proposed group for short-term projects and
> testing of proposed solutions from other working groups.
>
> Participation in the work of the Seminar and its groups is open to
> biblical scholars of all viewpoints, publishers and software
> developers.
>
> New working groups will be formed to address additional issues as the
> work of the Seminar progresses. Please contact either Patrick Durusau,
> pdurusau@emory.edu, or Susan Hockey, Susan.Hockey@UAlberta.ca,
> the co-chairs of the Seminar if you would like to formally participate
> in the
> work of the Seminar.
>
> Subscription to the list is open to any interested party but the list
> is
>
> moderated. To subscribe send the following command to
> majordomo@shemesh.scholar.emory.edu:
>
> subscribe bls
>
> The Seminar hopes to result in standards that will assist scholars,
> publishers, librarians and archivists, software developers and anyone
> else involved in biblical studies. Your support is appreciated.
>
> Patrick
>
> Patrick Durusau
> Information Technology
> Scholars Press
> pdurusau@emory.edu
> Co-Chair, SBL Seminar on Electronic Standards for Biblical Language
> Texts
>
>
>
>
>
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