JJ asked about including dates in the personography. Now that we have a personlist and person elements, we have a lot of choice in what date elements and attributes to use. Which to use depends on what dates she wants to record for a person, how precisely and her intended uses for that information. I gave her examples of the range of possibilities supported by TEI and she will consider and then get back to me.

[[Janelle's answer: I have decided not to mark up dates in the personography at the moment. The personography is a service to users, but is not adding functionality to the Map. I suggest we focus our attention on what is innovative about the project; I would eventually like to mark up dates pertaining to place.]]