Directory hierarchy
Proper CTS directory hierarchy resembles the structure of the collection URN. Here we view directory as interchangeable with folder.
Let's look at the URN for the K'iche' column of the Ximenez (1701) edition if the Popol Wuj as an example:
urn:cts:mayaLit:lit0001.pw0001.popolwuj-quc:
The relevant values of the URN for the directory structure are the values of the {WORK} component.
Look at the following image to see the directory structure for our Ximenez TEI paragraphs edition of the Popol Wuj:
As you can see, every structure starts with a root data directory. Inside the data directory is a folder containing lit0001, the textgroup subcomponent of the {WORK} component.
Inside lit0001 there are two items. The first is a file named __cts__.xml. This is a metadata file that contains important information about the textgroup (name, language, URN up to that point, etc.). The second item is another folder called pw0001, the work subcomponent of the {WORK} component.
For the Ximenez TEI paragraphs edition, pw0001 has three items. The first is another __cts__.xml file, which contains important metadata about the work(s) within this file. The second item is lit0001.pw0001.popolwuj-quc.xml. This is the encoded text of the K'iche' column of Ximenez's 1701 edition of the Popol Wuj. The third and final item is lit0001.pw0001.popolwuj-spa.xml. This is the encoded text of the Castellano column of the same edition.
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