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Repository for Syriaca.org TEI data, used by srophe-eXist-app.
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tei:faith #1028

Open dlschwartz opened 1 year ago

dlschwartz commented 1 year ago

Do we want to continue using <state type="confession"> or should we switch to the new tei:faith?

nathangibson commented 1 year ago

Sorry, I may not have the necessary context, but just wanted to mention that "faith" would seem to imply we know what the person believed, whereas in SBD we're probably dealing more with their perceived belonging to a religious group. Thus in my things I've steered clear of tei:faith. Possibly <state type="religious-affiliation"> would be even better than the current.

dlschwartz commented 1 year ago

@nathangibson I like this suggestion. The TEI is a bit ambiguous about what it means by "faith". It includes the gloss "religion" which doesn't necessarily include "belief" but this might be a case where the more precise <state type="religious-affiliation"> is preferable. Thanks.

dlschwartz commented 1 year ago

We will use <state type="religious-affiliation">

dlschwartz commented 1 year ago

https://github.com/srophe/srophe-app-data/commit/7be22ce584abbbc8b631c91ebcbcf5e860b6332e

dlschwartz commented 1 year ago

Timothy II of Alexandria (person/792) is listed as "Miaphysite" and Yuhanon Barbur (person/831) is listed as "Chalcedonian". These are more systems of belief (or "faiths") than they are "religious affiliations".