.sr docfile = &sysfnam. ;.sr docversion = 'Draft';.im teigmlp1 .* Document proper begins. Work Group on Physical Description <title>Objectives and Deadlines <docnum>TEI &docfile. <date>&docdate. </titlep> <!> </frontm> <!> <body> <!-- ************************************************************* --> <!-- TR WG 8. Physical Description of Text Carriers --> <!-- ************************************************************* --> <!-- propose this be renamed Media and Rendition --> <!> <h1>Objectives <ol> <li>Reformulate this list of objectives. <li>Survey and report on which features of textual media and textual rendition should be encoded and in what manner, taking into account the requirements and current practices of codicologists, paleographers, analytic bibliographers, and historians of the book. <li>Recommend work groups capable of formulating specific recommendations for such areas as are likely to benefit from the availability of an agreed interchange format for encoded texts. <li>Formulate lists of tasks for the work groups recommended, and suggest approximate deadlines for their work. <li>Review the current proposals of TEI P1 with respect to text rendition and determine how best they should be extended or improved. </ol> <!> <h1>Administrative <p> Work group reports to Committee for Text Representation. Head of the work group is Jacqueline Hamesse. Two members of the work group are to be named by the work group head with the concurrence of Stig Johansson; at least one should be a North American. <!-- LB adds: The other should be Don McKenzie or John Barnard. --> <p> Funding is authorized for one meeting. <!> <h1>Deadlines <p> Reformulation of objectives is due 15 November 1990. Final report specifying work groups to be formed is due 31 January 1991. <!> </body> </gdoc>