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Use shorter text as supplied by via email

in places.xml - some results filtering by place type look odd

For dates which appear only in regnal year form ("14 Nov. 33 Edw. I" etc.), add in parentheses either (where possible) the exact year, or otherwise the range of years.

Add @key to region[type=parish] - new authority records will need to be created for the numerous parishes (e.g. Brewood) which do not currently exist in their own right - this should be done programmatically

It could be very useful for users to have more information about the history and contents of the various collections as this is not currently easily available anywhere else (information on archives.bodleian is usually very limited). For example there could be a page collections_1 for Bedfordshire, collections_2 for Berkshire and so on (these would be based on TEI records /collections_1 either inside the collections folder or in a new folder). Charter records could link to these using @key on the collection element. <collection key="collection_xxx">Miscellaneous</collection>. Links from the landing page could then point to these pages and/or there could be a new "collections" browse button. (If there was a collections browse button the landing page could show more basic information about the contents of the catalogue rather as archives.bodleian does).
Sample collection page bc2d41a
Does any of this seem sensible - how easy/difficult would it be to implement - should we wait until user testing to see if it would be a high priority for users?

relates to #47

A large number of seals from the charter collection were cut off and are now stored separately from the charters. E.g. https://charters-qa.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/charter_105091 MS. Ch. Suffolk 733 is the charter, MS. Ch. Suffolk 733* is the seal.

This potentially complicates the ordering process. A request at the charter_105091 page could trigger requests for both the charter and the seal, which might be easiest but would be inefficient if the reader didn't want to see the seal. Or could there be different buttons? - request charter, request seal, request charter and seal?

To complicate things, one charter may have several seals: https://charters-qa.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/charter_105068

add records for missing items.

collection names were updated by 96abefa and are up to date in the collections filter

(examples where it displays: https://charters-qa.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/?f%5Bms_collection_s%5D%5B%5D=Suffolk&f%5Btype%5D%5B%5D=charter&page=16&per_page=200) -- apparently because of the format of the history selection with an acquistion element and no provenance elements (which can be changed in the data, but might be useful to change whatever is causing the display to avoid future issues)

The preview is sometimes blank, can it be omitted in those cases (https://charters-qa.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/?f%5Bms_collection_s%5D%5B%5D=Kent&f%5Btype%5D%5B%5D=charter&page=18)

Preview sometimes blank I guess we will need to change how the helper method is built in here

Ideally do not display the fields county/county of origin/ parish/parish of origin (but not a priority if this is complicated)

The orderable item is often a box or guardbook rather than the individual charter. This is captured in the TEI as follows:
<idno type="shelfmark">MS. Ch. Eng. 1</idno> <altIdentifier> <idno type="orderableItem">MS. Ch. Eng. b. 1</idno> </altIdentifier>

seals only: records to be created and populated

For example, the index page for Suffolk (place_000070) should show a list of all places with <region key="000070">. Commit 12993e9 added the relevant @key values to the region elements for counties. Similarly for areas which are not counties: for example the page for Chesham (place_108838) should show other places with <region key="108838">. Commit 7d0a7f7 added the values for Chesham as a test in but in general the required values on region[@type='parish'] are not yet present.

The label above the list should be something like "Other places in this administrative area". The list should perhaps be in multiple columns to avoid too much scrolling.

make sure these are in place for all collections

I just add this issue so I wont forget to work on it.

If a charter has a granted parish and a granted County the parish should be displayed.
If a charter has no granted parish but a granted County the County should be displayed as a fallback.

I thought Blacklight8 is smart enough so I could just use unless: 'granted_parish' but obviously it is not.

eg. https://charters-qa.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/place_102196 should show (affter Place Type)
Parish: Sternfield
County: Suffolk

The purpose of this is to help readers identify places in cases like Newton where the name is common. (For that reason it would also be helpful to have parish and county display on the search results list for names - here is the search result for Newton https://charters-qa.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/?q=newton )

Currently there is only one entity for a place and parish, where these have the same name. We can discuss if this is correct or desirable to change. Most region[@type='parish'] do not yet have @key values.

@irv I wasn't sure if you'd had a chance to fix the mapping problems created by the different numberings of the tiff files in Portfolio / TEI - if you have, feel free to close this, if not, no particular rush

images of charter slips (and other sources used? Turner and Coxe and Denholm-Young) to be hosted and linked to facsimile URLs in TEI records. Requires @tdungate

Search results (e.g. https://charters-qa.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/?q=kent+rolls or https://charters-qa.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/?q=richard+AND+as*well ) are displaying the older style summaries, can these also show the whole content preview?

(1) can the text be more helpful that just "search for charters" (eg. example searches?) question for all of us.
(2) can the text change according to context. e.g. from https://charters-qa.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/?f%5Btype%5D%5B%5D=place it would say something like "search places" from https://charters-qa.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/?f%5Bms_seals_b%5D%5B%5D=true "search seals"

e.g. MS. Ch. Suffolk 747
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                       <listBibl><bibl>W. H. Turner and H. O. Coxe, <title>Calendar of charters and rolls preserved in the Bodleian library</title> (Oxford, 1878) [annotated copy, Bodleian Library R.Ref.741], 
                            <citedRange unit="page" from="419" to="419">419</citedRange>
                       </bibl>
                       <bibl>J. Gilbert Wiblin, <title>Handlist 339e. Seals (including casts and matrices)</title>, May 1916 (unpublished handlist, Bodleian Library), p. 172v</bibl></listBibl>
                     <p>This record is based on a calendar prepared in 1878 and some information may be incorrect. References to more recent editions, if available, are provided in the bibliography. Please send any additional corrections to <email>[email protected]</email> or <email>[email protected]</email>.</p></source>
                 </recordHist>
              </adminInfo>
           </additional>

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perhaps a CSS issue as the html shows the titles as <span class="title italic">

sample page: https://charters-qa.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/place_105449

• the data displayed under "also know as" is often quite messy, and we might not have time to tidy it up before launch; so perhaps this could be hidden for now?
• "see also" : probably not necessary as it shoud be less authoritative than the list under "related charters"
• "related charters" - is it possible to display here some additional informatoin about each charter (e.g. date, granted places, or beginning of text - as in e.g. https://medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/org_141158386 (where origin is shown)

e.g. https://charters-qa.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/charter_102056_seal_1

possible solutions (?) (a) do not display these pages separately but only the "parent" page charter_102056 (b) display a link to the "parent" page with text such as "see MS. Ch. Sussex 145"

currently point to the pages on the medieval catalogue. Should point relevant pages on the github charters wiki (when this is made public). Those pages need to be created.

Northampton, St James abbey
Norton, Augustinian priory (check for confusion with Cold Norton)
court of wards and liveries
court of augmentations

Oxford, Christ Church
Abbots Fee manor (Oxon)
Clanfield, manor (Oxon)
Claydon Oxon (correct parish is Cropredy)
Gatehampton Oxon (no entries)

Mongewell manor (one has no entries)
Newnham Murren Oxon (one has no entries0

on the seals browse page https://charters-qa.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/?f%5Bms_seals_b%5D%5B%5D=true in addition to the date of the seal, would it be possible to display other information?
possible logic for what to display would be in this order:
persName or orgName if present - otherwise
legend if present - otherwise
motif (decoNote) if present.

For multiple seals - either display info for each as above (preferable) OR just display number of seals.

This might probably just be the order in the catalog controller

numerous remaining queries in D.D. Ch.Ch. O. where Tuija was not able to match D-Y ref to the Osney Cartulary. Find these by searching for XXX

to be done at launch

the Seals button links to https://charters-qa.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/?f%5Bms_seals_b%5D%5B%5D=true currently returning error message NoMethodError in Catalog#index
If I manually enter https://charters-qa.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/?f%5Btype%5D%5B%5D=seal it works OK (or does it? the results look different from previous iterations)

• can the blue square with text "Charters Catalogue in Oxford Libraries" be changed (a) so formatting matches that on medieval.bodleian (b) with new text "Medieval and Early Modern Charters in the Bodleian Libraries" (if this can be made to fit)
• can the strapline be changed from "A catalogue of Charters at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges" to "A catalogue of medieval and early modern charters, related documents, and seals at the Bodleian Libraries"
• (if either text needs to be shortened, "medieval and early modern" can be omitted from the title or strapline, but not both)

e.g. https://charters-qa.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/?f%5Bms_collection_s%5D%5B%5D=D.+D.+Radcliffe&f%5Btype%5D%5B%5D=charter (nos. 486, 228 etc). This only seems to be happening with the summary entries (i.e. where msItem only contains place and date)

add unaccessioned items

This filter includes unidentified places (if not associated with a county) (e.g. Ploufeld) and also regions / places that are not counties (eg. Stafford, archdeanery)

This is a tricky one

(for e.g. of current display see https://charters-qa.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/charter_100031 )

Or century (decade?) filter if slider is too complex.

e.g. https://charters-qa.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/charter_910048 - unclear why

Ch. Yorks. 78 should relate to Leeds Kirkgate manor? https://archive.org/details/b30459242/page/554/mode/1up

e.g. https://charters-qa.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/place_104596

these should be separated out into separate entries

Can we (temporarily?) remove the following filters which are currently unhelpful due to having only one value or which we think might confuse users (we can explore this more when we user test)

• also known as
• origin county
• repository
• document type

I noticed that the search info component is popping up quite a lot and I don't think it would need to.
For instance, when you click on a record directly linked (e.g. https://charters-qa.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/charter_100017) or when you query without an applied filter (e.g. https://charters-qa.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/?q=pounds).

Before I start working on writing more if or unless clauses I think it would be good to decide when it should show up and when it shouldn't.
I am actually wondering if it would make most sense to only display it on the main page and only if the user hasn't done any filtering or querying.

What do you think @holfordm

Several cases where language is not recorded in the current record (MS. Ch. London and Middlesex 518 is one example from many), these could be reflect with an unknown/not recorded option in the language filter