Much debate today on how to mark up entries which have variations in narrow transcription, translation, source, or any combination of the above [<var>s in the Lexware system].

We concluded as follows:

-All the <forms> in an entry should have the same phonemic transcription. Ewa will need to make sure this is the case as she goes through the c-rtr, s-rtr,and phar-w files.

-For entries where the narrow transcriptions are different, but the <def>s are the same, all the narrow transcriptions can be collapsed into one <form>, and all the <bibl>s within the <sense> element can be collapsed into one <def>. SEE FOR EXAMPLE: sʕʷáʔʕʷaʔ "cougar".

-For entries where the senses are different, there should be a separate form for each sense, even if the narrow transcriptions are the same. SEE FOR EXAMPLE: ṣạpḷị́ḷ "flour, bread"