Diary Entry Template
This document provides the master plaintext template for generating Series 06-DIA Diary entries. It ensures that all digital transcriptions of original diary records adhere uniformly to the strict formatting, participant identification, and cross-referencing rules required by the Scole Archive Naming Standard (SANS), while preserving the integrity of the raw historical data..
Archive file
Scole-01-ADM-06-DIA-Diary-Entry-Template.txt [Drive]
Document content
Below is the plaintext HTML extraction of the Archive file.
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FILE ID: Scole-01-ADM-06-DIA-Diary-Entry-Template.txt
LOCATION: 01-ADM-Administrative/ADM-01-SANS-Documentation/
ARCHIVE-ID: Scole-01-ADM-TMP-02
PURPOSE: Master Plaintext Template for Series 06-DIA Diary entries.
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GENERATED FILE ID: Scole-06-DIA-[YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]-[###].txt
GENERATED LOCATION: 06-DIA-Diary/Session-[###]-[YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]/
GENERATED ARCHIVE-ID: Scole-06-DIA-[###]
GENERATED PURPOSE: Personal diary entry regarding Scole Session [###].
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ARCHIVE-ID: [To be assigned upon session file creation]
LOCATION: 06-DIA-Diary/Session-[###]-[YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]/
SESSION-ID: S-[###]
DATE: [DD/MM/YYYY]
SUBJECT: Diary Entry for Session [###]
SOURCE: Witnessing the Impossible (Foy, 2008 and 2023) / Original Diary
TAGS: #DiaryEntry #ScoleSession #S-[###] #[PhenomenaTags]
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VENUE:
Scole Experimental Room (SER); the converted cellar of Street Farmhouse, Scole, Norfolk, England.
GROUP PARTICIPANTS (Alphabetical by Surname):
1. [Surname, First Name]
2. [Surname, First Name]
GUEST PARTICIPANTS (Alphabetical by Surname):
1. [Surname, First Name]
2. [Surname, First Name]
COMMUNICATORS (Alphabetical by Name):
1. [Name]
2. [Name]
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DIARY TEXT:
Session [###].
[Day of week] [Date] [Month] [YYYY].
[Insert transcription here. Use flowing text (soft line breaks) so that text wraps naturally across the page until a sentence or paragraph finishes. Do not use hard line breaks in the middle of sentences. Only use a double line-break to indicate the start of a new paragraph.]
[Example Paragraph 1: The flowing text should continue across the document width without artificial returns, allowing the text to be easily copied and repurposed in other software.]
[Example Paragraph 2: This format is now the mandatory standard for all Plaintext documents within the Scole Archive to ensure consistency.]
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ARCHIVAL NOTES:
This diary entry was recorded shortly after the conclusion of the session to preserve the most accurate immediate recollections of the phenomena and communications received. [Insert additional archival notes here.]
CROSS-REFERENCES:
- SESSION LOG: Scole-08-SES-[YYYY-MM-DD]-[###]
- AUDIO: Scole-02-AUD-[YYYY-MM-DD]-[###]
- TRANSCRIPT: Scole-03-TRX-[YYYY-MM-DD]-[###]
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REVISION HISTORY:
v1.7 - 17/10/2026 - Updated structural dividers to 5-character and 3-character SANS responsive standard.
v1.6 - 12/10/2026 - Corrected instructional paragraphs and Archival Notes to strict flowing text (soft breaks).
v1.5 - 12/10/2026 - Removed Researcher Contributions to preserve raw data integrity; added missing Generated Archive-ID to header; enforced two-line session/date format.
v1.4 - 06/04/2026 - Added Venue and Communicators sections.
v1.3 - 27/03/2026 - Removed all citation instances and confirmed flowing text.
v1.2 - 27/03/2026 - Standardised for Flowing Text (Soft Line Breaks).
v1.1 - 18/03/2026 - Reclassified as TMP-02 with dual-header structure.
v1.0 - 13/03/2026 - Plaintext Template created; stored in Series 01-ADM.
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