[Studiotalk] Digital Book Mark-up Questions

[Statz, David (MDE)]

Hello (again) everyone,

My name is David, and I work in the studio at the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library in Faribault, MN.

I had some questions about mark-up (more specifically, how to assign the tags) for digital books, and I was wondering how other network libraries handle the following tasks/situations/issues:

1)      I have been assigning tags based on Specification 1203:2014 (Construction of Talking Books), but I have not been able to find a corresponding tag in 'Appendix A. Books Structures and Class-Attribute Relations' for some of the books parts (such as 'about the author').

2)      I was wondering which tag corresponds to "about the author".

3)      In general, when a tag that directly corresponds to part of a digital book cannot be found/does not exist, is a different tag used?

4)      Is there a default tag that should be used in these cases?
I would be very grateful for any information or suggestions anyone may be able to provide.

Thank you,


David Statz
Studio Director
507-384-6865  |  david.statz at state.mn.us<mailto:david.statz at state.mn.us>

Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library
388 SE 6th Ave, Faribault, MN 55021-6340
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