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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello (again) everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My name is David, and I work in the studio at the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library in Faribault, MN.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>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’). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>I was wondering which tag corresponds to “about the author”.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>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?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Is there a default tag that should be used in these cases?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I would be very grateful for any information or suggestions anyone may be able to provide.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">David Statz<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Studio Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">507-384-6865 |<span style="color:#003865">
<a href="mailto:david.statz@state.mn.us"><span style="color:blue">david.statz@state.mn.us</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#003865"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">388 SE 6th Ave, Faribault, MN 55021-6340<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="https://education.mn.gov/MDE/fam/mbtbl/index.htm"><span style="color:blue">education.mn.gov/btbl</span></a><span style="color:#003865"> |
</span><a href="https://webopac.klas.com/mn1aopac/"><span style="color:blue">Library Catalog</span></a><span style="color:#003865"> |
</span><a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/login/MN1A"><span style="color:blue">MN BARD</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><img border="0" width="320" height="74" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D4F06E.9FDB3880" alt="Braille and Talking Book Library"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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