ROMA-generated relaxng schema is buggy

[scottkleinman]

The relaxng schema file Sharon generated in ROMA works in oXygen, but it crashed the Python lxml validator. Re-generating the schema from the ODD document in OxGarage produced a different file that worked. Modifying the schema in the ODD file is a pain, but ROMA doesn't even seem to upload a file for modification anymore, so we may just have to use this method.

For what it's worth, this issue was discovered when I was creating an internal document editor for the AEME platform. You can now edit and validate the code from within the platform, so you can do transcription side by side with the image. It's not as good as oXygen, but it's pretty close—and much easier if you're working on a laptop.

[dorothyk98]

Do you think this is a better fix going forward or is there anything else out there that people are using?

[scottkleinman]

I'm not aware of any other GUI tools to customise TEI schemas besides ROMA. But someone should get on it. For now, I think hand-editing the ODD file and generating a new schema in OxGarage may be the way to go.

[skgoetz]

Interesting. Is Roma maintained actively now that Sebastian Rahtz cannot work on it? It would be worth while to submit a bug report / maintenance request.

[scottkleinman]

I think I saw the James Cummings was maintaining the GitHub repo, but I'm not sure if the server version is kept up to date. Personally, I think it needs to be replaced by something with a modern interface. But, if I have a chance, I'll submit a bug report.