Colonial Despatches

NOTE: Completed 2012-04-23. Many new vessel entries have resulted from this work, and they will need to be completed when time permits.

Try this, first in /db/coldesp/correspondence, and then in /db/coldesp/:

xquery version "1.0";

declare default element namespace "http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0";

for $r in //name[@type='vessel'][not(@key)]
return $r

The vessel tags inside the correspondence seem mainly to be for vessels which HAVE write-ups; these should simply be correctly linked with @key. The broader set include vessels which may not have bios yet; bios need to be created, and those vessels linked.

This is the state of play on TNB's work as of today:

• Peripheral bios will all be finished except for one:
  • gordon_t, Captain George T Gordon is the entry.
  • He was captain of the Cormorant, on station in Nisqually in 1846.
  • Gordon Lake was named after him.
  • More research is required to complete his bio.
• B58 bios: references all switched to Chicago style, and minor edits done up to storks_hk. Old references have just been commented out. Sometimes better references have been added, from a more recent source.
• A lot of citations for the revised bios still need to be checked in hard copies in the library; sometimes the library will have a different edition, and page numbers may have to be changed.
• Many, many bios remain to be completed (more than two thirds).
• Many bios refer to BCDES and could be linked to page-images we have (e.g. the bio for shepherd_j), but we currently lack a system to link from editorial text to a page-image. This needs to be implemented, and BCDES references linked and clarified.
• Vessels and placenames are up to date to the end of 1861.