Re: XML for linguists?

Boudewijn Rempt wrote:

>  <stream text=3D"Edo qoiqoi s=FCmzi nerananmen" language=3D"denden">
>    <e>edo
>      <tag name=3D"TR">my</tag>
>      <e>e
>      <tag name=3D"GL">poss</tag></e>
>      <e>do
>      <tag name=3D"GL">1sMGH</tag></e>
>    </e>
>    <e text=3D"qoiqoi">...</e>
>    <e text=3D"s=FCmzi">...</e>
>    <e text=3D"nerananmen">...</e>
>  </stream>
I was thinking, FWIW, more like this:

<clause type=3D"main" ...>
        <phrase type=3D"noun" case=3D"erg" trans=3D"my ... ...">
                <word pos=3D"det" agree=3D"pos" person=3D"1s" hon=3D"MGH" trans=3D"my">
                        edo
                </word>
                <word pos=3D"..." ... ...>
                        qoiqoi
                </word>
        </phrase>
        <phrase type=3D"verb" ...>
                ...
        </phrase>
</clause>

Obviously the <word> can be split into morphemes also.
But this still leaves the semantics completely undefined;
no single "trans" attribute, even per entity, is good enough.
Maybe it's a crazy idea entirely.