Diaries

Diaries may consist of individual entries, groups of entries or continuous prose.

Capture the diary with the appropriate div[1-7,N] element hierarchy.

Where available, capture the place of composition in a place element, with role="meta-diary-entry-composition-place".

Example


      <div2 doi="10.1093/actrade/9780195037821.div2.14" id="actrade-9780195037821-div2-14">
        <p>
                     <place role="meta-diary-entry-composition-place" town="New York" street="East 20th Street">New York, 115 East 20th St.,</place>
                     <date role="meta-diary-entry-date" isoDate="1881-12-20">December 20th, 1881</date>
                 </p>
        <p>I had to break off the other day...</p>
      </div2>

Capture dates in the diary in the date element, with role="meta-diary-entry-date" and the isoDate attribute.

The number of the day may be given before ("6 Feb") or after ("Feb 6") the month name, or may appear on its own, with the month name implicit ("On the 6th I went…", "29, I went againe to…").

The date may have to be derived from the context of other entries ("Saturday after Xmas").

Example

1640. Jan:21, came my Bro: Richard from Schole.

The 26, I pass'd by a strait.


      <p>
                 <date role="meta-diary-entry-date" isoDate="1640-01-21">1640. Jan: 21</date>, came my Bro:
        Richard from Schole.</p>
      <p>The <date role="meta-diary-entry-date" isoDate="1640-01-26">26</date>, I pass'd by a
        strait.</p>

Dates not to capture

Where a diary entry refers to a date in the past (e.g. "this reminded me of the events of 1625"), that date should not be captured.

Similarly, if an entry refers to a future date (e.g. "I went againe to Lond, where I stayd till 5 March"), that date should also not be captured.

Text such as "the next day", "the following morning", etc. should not be tagged.