Chapters repeat in the same book in stoa0054.stoa006.perseus-lat1.xml

[bolner]

In file: stoa0054.stoa006.perseus-lat1.xml

• LINE 7446: Book 4 starts:

  • canonical-latinLit/data/stoa0054/stoa006/stoa0054.stoa006.perseus-lat1.xml

    Line 7446 in d9a69a7

    <div1 type="book" n="4">

• LINE 8602: Chapter 14:

  • canonical-latinLit/data/stoa0054/stoa006/stoa0054.stoa006.perseus-lat1.xml

    Line 8602 in d9a69a7

    <div2 type="chapter" n="14">

• LINE 8732: Chapter 14 again:

  • canonical-latinLit/data/stoa0054/stoa006/stoa0054.stoa006.perseus-lat1.xml

    Line 8732 in d9a69a7

    <div2 type="chapter" n="14">

• LINE 10370: Book 5 starts at:

  • canonical-latinLit/data/stoa0054/stoa006/stoa0054.stoa006.perseus-lat1.xml

    Line 10370 in d9a69a7

    <div1 type="book" n="5">

(Note: Chapter 15 also repeats in that book.)

The texts are different though. Someone with access to the source could compare.

[lcerrato]

@bolner
Thank you. A point of clarification, What is the issue with the Book 4 and Book 5 notations? Are they wrong? As this has not yet been updated, these sorts of structural inconsistencies are generally captured and corrected when texts are made compliant for the new software. (A duplicate chapter would be rejected, for instance.)

[bolner]

@lcerrato
The issue is that in Book 4 the chapters come in this order:
..., 13, 14, 15, 14, 15, 16, ...

So 14 and 15 are repeated.

[lcerrato]

@bolner
Thank you. I was confused by the pointers to where Book 4 and Book 5 start. As I said, this type of issue will fail any checks upon conversion to Epidoc/CTS compliance as a duplicate section would be flagged.
I can take a look now but no corrections will be visible apart from the source file itself.

[bolner]

@lcerrato
I see :) This comes from the sources. This is a print of the Charles Plummer edition:
https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb11817355?page=422,423

Some chapters are missing in some sources.
But it would be nice if the numbering in the markup would not follow the source if that has a non-regular numbering.
So then we could pair the chapters in the English translation.

[lcerrato]

@bolner The source editions should always linked in the header of the file, I believe. This is the case with most files. The pdfs are also linked via the Perseus Catalog.

As I said, since this is not yet transitioned, I did not look at the issue in the print. (We have many errors where the numbering is just applied incorrectly). I do see the long footnote here: https://archive.org/details/venerabilisbaeda01bede/page/232/mode/2up?view=theater

First, were I editing the file, I would have noted the parenthetical chapter numbering (that between the brackets) in the markup. Second, to address this particular issue, we will probably do something like chapter 14 and then chapter 14a.

In a case where there is a duplicate in the print, we have to modify to make it compliant with CTS as that requires unique containers. This current markup would simply not be permitted.

Are you in need of the file for your research or other work? If so, I will prioritize the conversion so that it can be published in the Scaife Viewer.

[bolner]

It's just for a hobby project, no worries :) And I see that the English version only has books 1-3, so book 4 would not cause any problem:
https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-latinLit/blob/master/data/stoa0054/stoa006/stoa0054.stoa006.perseus-eng1.xml#L47

(Because I'm pairing the Latin/English chapters.)

Thanks for the quick answer!

[lcerrato]

@bolner
Well, that's interesting! I should also look into completing the English, now that you've noted it.
I do not see it on any pick lists or to do lists. I am wondering if there is an untagged file somewhere or if it was just neglected. I will open an issue to see that it is completed.
Please let me know if you do want the work converted. I can usually complete within in a day or two depending on other deadlines and scheduling.

[bolner]

My code can parse both formats, so it's okay for now. Thanks again!