Oxford University Press Text Capture Instructions

 

Readings (chaptered works)

Readings are long excerpts of previously published material that can contain Themed Features and extracts and are distinct from author written text. Mark readings using a role attribute on the divN set to 'RD#', where the # represents the number of the reading in that text.

RD1, RD2, RD3, etc Used for Readings. The number represents the distinct reading within a text.
RPL Reading permission line
RN Reading number
RT Reading title
RST Reading subtitle
RI Reading intro
RA Reading author

Readings are long sets of previously published content that are interspersed among author written text. They can contain both extracts and features. Readings must be captured according to the divN structure of the book as a whole (as detailed by TCI topic Sections of text - div[1-7,N]). Readings will be marked in a manuscript with a typecode of 'RD#', where the number represents a distinct reading within a book. Mark up reading divisions denoted by this typecode with a role attribute set to the same value as the typecode.

Mark the Reading number and Reading name together as the enumerator and title within the titleGroup of the divN role="RD#". Mark the author of the reading if present in creatorInfo within the titleGroup of the divN role="RD#" as well. Mark the introductory paragraph (any content prior to the first heading level within the reading) as a divN role="prelim" within the reading (in according with Sections of text - div[1-7,N]) for regular divisions).

Readings often contain a reading permission line which will indicate bibliographic information about the reading. Capture this permission line in a bibItem element that is a descendant of a note element.

Example of a Reading

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<div1 id="he-978019912345-chapter-1-div1-1" role="RD1">
<titleGroup><title>
<p>
<enumerator>I.1</enumerator> Socratic Wisdom</p></title><creatorInfo>
<p>Plato</p></creatorInfo>
</titleGroup>
<div2 id="he-978019912345-chapter-1-div2-1" role="prelim"><p>Plato (427 - 347 B.C.) is one of the most imporatant philosophers who ever lived and
the first to write systematically on philosophical subjects...</p><!-- additional paragraphs --><p>
<list>
<title>
<p>Study Questions</p>
</title>
<list1>
<item1 id="he-978019912345-chapter-1-item1-1">
<p>
<enumerator>1.</enumerator> What is the message of the Oracle of Delphi to
Chaerephon about Socrates?</p>
</item1>
</list1>
</list>
</p><!-- additional study questions -->
</div2>
<div2 id="he-978019912345-chapter-1-div2-2"><titleGroup>
<title>
<p>From the Apology</p>
</title></titleGroup><p>How You, O Athenians, have been affected by my accusers, I cannot tell; but I know that
they almost made me forget who I was...</p><!-- additional paragraphs or divisions of the reading -->
</div2>
</div1>

Example of a Reading Permission Line

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<note type="footnote">
<p>Reprinted from <bibItem class="book" title="Dialogues of Plato" translator="Benjamin Jowett" date="1986" place="Oxford">Dialogues of Plato, trans.
Benjamin Jowett, Oxford, 1986.</bibItem>
</p>
</note>
Release ID:
20260304
ID:
OUP_Chaptered_Works_TCI_topic_15
Author:
calhounn
Last changed:
Wed, 04 Jun 2025
Modified by:
buckmasm
Revision#:
4400