AM 6. Setup for Success
Things to consider:
This is a dynamic process
- When a project is brand new, there aren't many settings that can be fixed.
- As the project matures, some of the inventories start to make sense.
Who is working on the project
- Set up users, roles, and permissions
- Would it be useful to have a ‘simplified menu’?
Do you need to customise the settings?
- custom.sty
- change the style sheet settings
- the names of markers (in other languages)
- the colour to help identify features?
- custom.vrs
- identify verses that are different from the default versification
What spelling will be used?
- Place the spelling letters in the language settings.
- (Remember that what you put in the language settings could go into the ‘Speech and Language Data Repository’.)
How will characters be entered?
- Keyman/MSKLC (Keyman is free!)
- AutoCorrect.txt
Which quotation system will be used?
- Define quotation rules [Dynamic]
- Think about your rules
- Test what you have chosen
- Adjust rules
- Make corrections to rules/text if necessary
When you have text data
- Start with inventories
- Start at the beginning [characters]
- Look for options in the inventories!
- Is the element valid all the time? Or just in certain situations?
Biblical reference settings
- Which book names do you use?
- What is the format of a reference?
- Where to place the origin of notes? [First, last...]