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Conventions & Technical Specifications — boethlingk

1. Primary Data Source

All facsimile imagery is sourced via the IIIF Image API from Heidelberg University Library: * Manifest (v3): https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/iiif3/boehtlingk1887/manifest * Total Extent: 877 pages (Book pages 1–478 cover the main text, Śiva-Sūtras, and addenda) * IIIF Image URL Scheme: https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/iiif/3/boehtlingk1887%3ANNNNNNNNN.jpg/full/max/0/default.jpg


2. ID & Numbering Scheme

  • Page Index: 0-based index corresponding to manifest order (items[index]).
  • Index 0 = Title page
  • Index 26 = Book page 1 (label "1", Śiva-Sūtras)
  • Sūtra Reference Scheme: Adhyāya.Pāda.Sūtra (e.g. 1.1.1 to 8.4.68).
  • In TEI P5: <milestone unit="sutra" n="1.1.1"/> and <entry xml:id="sutra-1.1.1">
  • In Master JSON: Keyed by "id": "1.1.1"

3. Language Tagging (BCP 47 & TEI)

  • de / xml:lang="de": German translation and commentary.
  • sa / xml:lang="sa": Canonical Sanskrit in Devanāgarī.
  • sa-Latn / xml:lang="sa-Latn": Sanskrit in academic IAST transliteration.

4. TEI Page Referencing

Each page transition in the TEI edition links directly to Heidelberg's IIIF high-resolution facsimile:

<pb n="1" facs="https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/iiif/3/boehtlingk1887%3A000000001.jpg/full/max/0/default.jpg"/>