indicates the person, or group of
people, to whom the element content is ascribed.
signifies the hand of the agent which made the addition or
performed the deletion.
may be used to indicate faulty deletions, e.g. strikeouts
which include too much or too little text, or erroneous
additions, e.g., an insertion which duplicates some of the text
already present.
Sample values include: 1] duplicate; 2] duplicate-partial; 3] excessStart; 4] excessEnd; 5] shortStart; 6] shortEnd; 7] unremarkable
classifies the type of addition or deletion using any convenient typology.
supplies a pointer to some location defining a named
period of time within which the datable item is understood to
have occurred.
supplies the value of a date or time in a standard form.
specifies the earliest possible date for the event in
standard form, e.g. yyyy-mm-dd.
specifies the latest possible date for the event in
standard form, e.g. yyyy-mm-dd.
indicates the starting point of the period in standard form.
indicates the ending point of the period in standard
form.
indicates whether or not this element is selected by default when
its parent is selected.
(This element is selected if its parent is selected)
(This element can only be selected explicitly, unless it is the
only one of its kind, in which case it is selected if its parent is selected.)
identifies one or more declarable elements within the
header, which are understood to apply to the element bearing this
attribute and its content.
specifies a name conventionally used for this level of
subdivision, e.g. act, volume, book,
section, canto, etc.
specifies how the content of the division is organized.
(composite content: i.e. no claim is made about the
sequence in which the immediate contents of this division
are to be processed, or their inter-relationships.)
(uniform content: i.e. the immediate contents of this
element are regarded as forming a logical unit, to be
processed in sequence.)
indicates whether this division is a sample of the
original source and if so, from which part.
(division lacks material present at end in source.)
(division lacks material at start and end.)
(division lacks material at start.)
(position of sampled material within original unknown.)
(division is not a sample.)
specifies whether or not the division is fragmented by
some other structural element, for example a speech which is
divided between two or more verse stanzas.
(the division is incomplete in some respect)
(either the division is complete, or no claim is made as to its completeness.)
(the initial part of an incomplete division)
(a medial part of an incomplete division)
(the final part of an incomplete division)
(duration) indicates the length of this element in time.
signifies the degree of certainty associated with the
intervention or interpretation.
indicates the agency responsible for the
intervention or interpretation, for example an editor or transcriber.
indicates the nature of the evidence supporting the reliability or
accuracy of the intervention or interpretation.
Suggested values include: 1] internal; 2] external; 3] conjecture
there is internal evidence to support the intervention.
there is external evidence to support the intervention.
the intervention or interpretation has been made by
the editor, cataloguer, or scholar on the basis of their
expertise.
gives a number (or other label) for an element, which is
not necessarily unique within the document.
indicates how the element in question was rendered or
presented in the source text.
names the units used for the measurement.
Suggested values include: 1] cm (centimetres); 2] mm (millimetres); 3] in (inches); 4] lines (lines of text); 5] chars (characters of text)
(centimetres)
(millimetres)
(inches)
(lines of text)
(characters of text)
specifies the size of the measurement in the units specified
indicates the substance that is being measured where this
affects the meaning of the measurement
specifies the applicability of this measurement, where
more than one object is being measured.
Sample values include: 1] all (measurement applies to all instances.); 2] most (measurement applies to most of the instances inspected.); 3] range (measurement applies to only the specified range of instances.)
provides an external means
of locating a full definition for the entity being named, such as a database record key
or other token.
provides an explicit means
of locating a full definition for the entity being named by means of
a URI.
provides a means of locating the canonical form
(nym) of the names associated with the object
named by
the element bearing it.
Suggested values include: 1] infralinear (below the line); 2] margin-bot (in bottom margin); 3] margin-left (in left margin); 4] margin-right (in right margin); 5] margin-top (in top margin); 6] opposite (on opposite page); 7] overleaf (on the other side of the leaf); 8] supralinear (above the line); 9] verso (on verso of sheet); 10] app (note appears in the apparatus at the foot of the page.); 11] end (note appears at end of chapter or volume.); 12] foot (note appears at foot of page.); 13] inline (note appears as a marked paragraph in the body of the text.); 14] interlinear (note appears between lines of the text; a less precise form of either infralinear or supralinear.); 15] inline (addition is made in a space left in the witness by an earlier scribe.); 16] mixed (one or more of the other values)
(below the line)
(in bottom margin)
(in left margin)
(in right margin)
(in top margin)
(on opposite page)
(on the other side of the leaf)
(above the line)
(on verso of sheet)
(note appears in the apparatus at the foot of the page.)
(note appears at end of chapter or volume.)
(note appears at foot of page.)
(note appears as a marked paragraph in the body of the text.)
(note appears between lines of the text; a less precise form of either infralinear or supralinear.)
(addition is made in a space left in the witness by an earlier scribe.)
(one or more of the other values)
characterizes the type of segment.
characterizes the function of the segment.
specifies whether or not the segment is fragmented by some other
structural element, for example a clause which is divided between two
or more sentences.
(the segment is incomplete in some respect)
(either the segment is complete, or no claim is made as to
its completeness)
(the initial part of an incomplete segment)
(a medial part of an incomplete segment)
(the final part of an incomplete segment)
indicates the end of a span initiated by the element
bearing this attribute.
indicates the kind of information held in this cell or
in each cell of this row.
Suggested values include: 1] label (labelling or descriptive information only.); 2] data (data values.)
(labelling or descriptive information only.)
(data values.)
indicates the number of rows occupied by this cell or row.
indicates the number of columns occupied by this cell or
row.
specifies the version name or number of the source from
which the translated version was derived
characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient
classification scheme or typology.
provides a sub-categorization of the element, if needed
(paragraph) marks paragraphs in prose.
(foreign) identifies a word or phrase as belonging to some language other
than that of the surrounding text.
(emphasized) marks words or phrases which are stressed or emphasized for
linguistic or rhetorical effect.
(highlighted) marks a word or phrase as graphically distinct from the
surrounding text, for reasons concerning which no claim is
made.
(distinct) identifies any word or phrase which is regarded as linguistically
distinct, for example as archaic, technical, dialectal, non-preferred,
etc., or as forming part of a sublanguage.
specifies the sublanguage or register to which the word or phrase
is being assigned
specifies how the phrase is distinct diachronically
specifies how the phrase is distinct diatopically
specifies how the phrase is distinct diastatically
(quoted speech, thought, or writing) contains material which is
marked as (ostensibly) quoted from elsewhere; in narrative, this element is used to mark direct or
indirect speech; in dictionaries, it may be used to mark
real or contrived examples of usage; in manuscript descriptions or
other metadata, to mark extracts quoted from the source being documented.
may be used to indicate whether the quoted matter is spoken
or thought, or to characterize it more finely.
Sample values include: 1] spoken; 2] thought; 3] written
(quotation) contains a phrase or passage attributed by the narrator or
author to some agency external to the text.
A quotation from some other document, together with a
bibliographic reference to its source.
marks words or phrases mentioned, not used.
(so called) contains a word or phrase for which the author or narrator
indicates a disclaiming of responsibility, for example by the use
of scare quotes or italics.
supplies the recommended XML name for an element, class,
attribute, etc. in some language.
(description) contains a brief description of the purpose and application for
an element, attribute, or attribute value.
specifies a component which is considered equivalent to the
parent element, either by co-reference, or by external link.
names the underlying concept of which the parent is a
representation
references the underlying concept of which the parent is a
representation by means of some external identifier
references an external script which contains a method to
transform instances of this element to canonical TEI
MIME type of external filter script
identifies a phrase or word used to provide a gloss or
definition for some other word or phrase.
identifies the associated term element by an
absolute or relative URI reference
identifies the associated term element using a canonical
reference from a scheme defined in a refsDecl element
in the TEI header
contains a single-word, multi-word, or symbolic designation
which is regarded as a technical term.
supplies the sort key for this term in an index.
identifies the associated gloss element by an
absolute or relative URI reference
identifies the associated gloss element using a
canonical reference from a scheme defined in a
refsDecl element in the TEI header
contains text reproduced although apparently incorrect or inaccurate.
(correction) contains the correct form of a passage apparently erroneous in the copy text.
groups a number of alternative encodings for the same point in
a text.
(regularization) contains a reading which has been regularized or normalized
in some sense.
(original form) contains a reading which is marked as following the original,
rather than being normalized or corrected.
(omitted material) indicates a point where material has been omitted in a
transcription, whether for editorial reasons described in the TEI
header, as part of sampling practice, or because the material is
illegible or inaudible.
gives the reason for omission. Sample values include
sampling, illegible, inaudible,
irrelevant, cancelled, cancelled and illegible.
in the case of text omitted from the transcription because of
deliberate deletion by an identifiable hand, signifies the hand which
made the deletion.
In the case of text omitted because of damage, categorizes the cause of the damage, if it can be identified.
Sample values include: 1] rubbing (damage results from rubbing of the
leaf edges); 2] mildew (damage results from mildew on the leaf surface); 3] smoke (damage results from smoke)
(addition) contains letters, words, or phrases inserted in the text by an
author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.
(deletion) contains a letter, word or passage deleted, marked as deleted,
or otherwise indicated as superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an
author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.
contains a word, phrase, or passage which cannot be transcribed
with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the source.
indicates why the material is hard to transcribe.
Where the difficulty in transcription arises from action
(partial deletion, etc.) assignable to an identifiable hand, signifies
the hand responsible for the action.
Where the difficulty in transcription arises from
damage, categorizes the cause of the damage, if it can be identified.
Sample values include: 1] rubbing (damage results from rubbing of the
leaf edges); 2] mildew (damage results from mildew on the leaf surface); 3] smoke (damage results from smoke)
(name, proper noun) contains a proper noun or noun phrase.
indicates the type of the object which is being named by the
phrase.
(referencing string) contains a general purpose name or referring string.
indicates more specifically the object referred to by the
referencing string. Values might include person,
place, ship, element etc.
contains an e-mail address identifying a location to which
e-mail messages can be delivered.
contains a postal address, for example of a
publisher, an organization, or an individual.
contains one line of a postal address.
(street) a full street address including any name or number identifying a
building as well as the name of the street or route on which it is
located.
(postCode) contains a numerical or alphanumeric code used as part of a
postal address to simplify sorting or delivery of mail.
(postBox) contains a number or other identifier for some postal delivery
point other than a street address.
(number) contains a number, written in any form.
indicates the type of numeric value.
Suggested values include: 1] cardinal (absolute number, e.g. 21, 21.5); 2] ordinal (ordinal number, e.g. 21st); 3] fraction (fraction, e.g. one half or three-quarters); 4] percentage (a percentage)
(absolute number, e.g. 21, 21.5)
(ordinal number, e.g. 21st)
(fraction, e.g. one half or three-quarters)
(a percentage)
supplies the value of the number in standard form.
contains a word or phrase referring to some quantity of
an object or commodity, usually comprising a number, a unit, and a
commodity name.
specifies the type of measurement in any convenient typology.
contains a date in any format.
indicates the system or calendar to which the date belongs.
Suggested values include: 1] Gregorian; 2] Julian; 3] Islamic; 4] Hebrew; 5] Revolutionary; 6] Iranian; 7] Coptic; 8] Chinese
Gregorian calendar
Julian calendar
Islamic or Muslim (hijri) lunar calendar
Hebrew or Jewish lunisolar calendar
French Revolutionary calendar
Iranian or Persian (Jalaali) solar calendar
Coptic or Alexandrian calendar
Chinese lunisolar calendar
contains a phrase defining a time of day in any format.
(abbreviation) contains an abbreviation of any sort.
allows the encoder to classify the abbreviation according to
some convenient typology.
Sample values include: 1] suspension (the abbreviation provides the first
letter(s) of the word or phrase, omitting the remainder.); 2] contraction (the abbreviation omits some letter(s) in the middle.); 3] brevigraph (the abbreviation comprises a special symbol or mark.); 4] superscription (the abbreviation includes writing above the line.); 5] acronym (the abbreviation comprises the initial letters of
the words of a phrase.); 6] title (the abbreviation is for a title of address (Dr, Ms, Mr, …)); 7] organization (the abbreviation is for the name of an organization.); 8] geographic (the abbreviation is for a geographic name.)
(expansion) contains the expansion of an abbreviation.
defines a pointer to another location.
specifies the destination of the pointer by supplying one or
more URI References
specifies the destination of the pointer by supplying a
canonical reference from a scheme defined in a refsDecl
element in the TEI header
defines a reference to another location, possibly
modified by additional text or comment.
specifies the destination of the reference by supplying one
or more URI References
specifies the destination of the reference by supplying a
canonical reference from a scheme defined in a refsDecl
element in the TEI header
contains any sequence of items organized as a list.
describes the form of the list.
Suggested values include: 1] ordered (list items are numbered or lettered.); 2] bulleted (list items are marked with a
bullet or other typographic device.); 3] simple (list items are not numbered or bulleted.); 4] gloss (each list item glosses some term or
concept, which is given by a label element preceding
the list item.)
(list items are numbered or lettered.)
(list items are marked with a
bullet or other typographic device.)
(list items are not numbered or bulleted.)
(each list item glosses some term or
concept, which is given by a label element preceding
the list item.)
contains one
component of a list.
contains the label associated with an item in a list; in
glossaries, marks the term being defined.
(heading) contains any type of heading, for example the title of a section,
or the heading of a list, glossary, manuscript description, etc.
categorizes the heading in any way meaningful
to the encoder.
(heading for list labels) contains the heading for the label or term column in a
glossary list or similar structured list.
(heading for list items) contains the heading for the item or gloss column in a
glossary list or similar structured list.
contains a note or annotation.
describes the type of note.
indicates who is responsible for the annotation: author,
editor, translator, etc.
indicates whether the copy text shows the exact place of reference
for the note.
indicates the point (or points) of attachment for a note, or the beginning of
the span to which the note is attached.
points to the end of the span to which the note is attached, if
the note is not embedded in the text at that point.
(index entry) marks a location to be indexed for whatever purpose.
supplies a name to specify which index (of several) the index entry belongs to.
(automatically generated text division) indicates the location at which a textual division generated
automatically by a text-processing application is to appear.
specifies what type of generated text division (e.g. index,
table of contents, etc.) is to appear.
Sample values include: 1] index (an index is to be generated and inserted at this point.); 2] toc (a table of contents); 3] figlist (a list of figures); 4] tablist (a list of tables)
indicates the location of an inline graphic, illustration, or figure.
The display width of the image
The display height of the image
A scale factor to be applied to the image to make it the desired display size
The target URL
The MIME type
provides encoded binary data representing an inline graphic or other object.
The display width of the object
The display height of the object
A scale factor to be applied to the object to make it the desired display size
The MIME type
The encoding used to encode the binary data. If not
specified, this is assumed to be Base64
marks a boundary point separating any kind of section of a text, as indicated by
changes in a standard reference system, where the section is not
represented by a structural element.
indicates the edition or version to which the milestone applies.
provides a conventional name for the kind of section changing at this milestone.
Suggested values include: 1] page (physical page breaks (synonymous with the pb
element).); 2] column (column breaks.); 3] line (line breaks (synonymous with the lb element).); 4] book (any units termed book, liber, etc.); 5] poem (individual poems in a collection.); 6] canto (cantos or other major sections of a poem.); 7] stanza (stanzas within a poem, book, or canto.); 8] act (acts within a play.); 9] scene (scenes within a play or act.); 10] section (sections of any kind.); 11] absent (passages not present in the reference edition.)
(physical page breaks (synonymous with the pb
element).)
(column breaks.)
(line breaks (synonymous with the lb element).)
(any units termed book, liber, etc.)
(individual poems in a collection.)
(cantos or other major sections of a poem.)
(stanzas within a poem, book, or canto.)
(acts within a play.)
(scenes within a play or act.)
(sections of any kind.)
(passages not present in the reference edition.)
(page break) marks the boundary between one page of a text and the next
in a standard reference system.
indicates the edition or version in which the page break is located
at this point
(line break) marks the start of a new (typographic) line in some
edition or version of a text.
indicates the edition or version in which the line break is located
at this point
(column break) marks the boundary between one column of a text and the next
in a standard reference system.
indicates the edition or version in which the column break is located
at this point
(analytic level) contains bibliographic elements describing an item (e.g. an
article or poem) published within a monograph or journal and not as an
independent publication.
(monographic level) contains bibliographic elements describing an item (e.g. a book
or journal) published as an independent item (i.e. as a separate
physical object).
(series information) contains information about the series in which a book or other
bibliographic item has appeared.
in a bibliographic reference, contains the name of the author(s),
personal or corporate,
of a work; the primary statement of responsibility for any
bibliographic item.
secondary statement of responsibility for a
bibliographic item, for example the name of an individual, institution
or organization, (or of several such) acting as editor, compiler,
translator, etc.
specifies the nature of the intellectual responsibility
(statement of responsibility) supplies a statement of responsibility for the intellectual content of a text, edition, recording, or
series, where the specialized elements for authors, editors, etc. do
not suffice or do not apply.
contains a phrase describing the nature of a person's
intellectual responsibility.
contains the full title of a work of any kind.
indicates the bibliographic level for a title, that is,
whether it identifies an article, book, journal,
series, or unpublished material.
(analytic title (article, poem, or other item published as
part of a larger item))
(monographic title (book, collection, or other item published
as a distinct item, including single volumes of multi-volume
works))
(journal title)
(series title)
(title of unpublished material (including theses and
dissertations unless published by a commercial press))
classifies the title according to some convenient typology.
Sample values include: 1] main (main title); 2] sub (subtitle, title of part); 3] alt (alternate title, often in another language,
by which the work is also known); 4] short (abbreviated form of title); 5] desc (descriptive paraphrase of the work functioning as a title)
in bibliographic references,
contains a description of the meeting or conference from which
the bibliographic item derives.
groups information relating to the publication or distribution
of a bibliographic item.
provides the name of the organization responsible for
the publication or distribution of a bibliographic item.
(scope of citation) defines the scope of a bibliographic reference, for example as a
list of pagenumbers, or a named subdivision of a larger work.
identifies the type of information conveyed by the element, e.g.
pages, volume.
Suggested values include: 1] vol (the element contains a volume number.); 2] issue (the element contains an issue number, or volume and
issue numbers.); 3] pp (the element contains a page number or page range.); 4] cap (the element contains a chapter indication (number
and/or title)); 5] part (the element identifies a part of a book or collection.)
(the element contains a volume number.)
(the element contains an issue number, or volume and
issue numbers.)
(the element contains a page number or page range.)
(the element contains a chapter indication (number
and/or title))
(the element identifies a part of a book or collection.)
contains the name of the place where a bibliographic item was
published.
(bibliographic citation) contains a loosely-structured bibliographic citation of which
the sub-components may or may not be explicitly tagged.
(structured bibliographic citation) contains a structured bibliographic citation, in which only
bibliographic subelements appear and in a specified order.
(citation list) contains a list of bibliographic citations of any kind.
contains or references some other bibliographic item which is
related to the present one in some specified manner, for example as a
constituent or alternative version of it.
(verse line) contains a single, possibly incomplete, line of verse.
specifies whether or not the line is metrically complete.
(the line is metrically incomplete)
(either the line is complete, or no claim is made as to its
completeness)
(the initial part of an incomplete line)
(a medial part of an incomplete line)
(the final part of an incomplete line)
(line group) contains a group of verse lines functioning as a formal unit,
e.g. a stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc.
(speech) An individual speech in a performance text, or a passage
presented as such in a prose or verse text.
A specialized form of heading or label, giving the name of
one or more speakers in a dramatic text or fragment.
(stage direction) contains any kind of stage direction within a dramatic text or
fragment.
indicates the kind of stage direction.
Suggested values include: 1] setting (describes a setting.); 2] entrance (describes an entrance.); 3] exit (describes an exit.); 4] business (describes stage business.); 5] novelistic (is a narrative, motivating stage direction.); 6] delivery (describes how a character speaks.); 7] modifier (gives some detail about a character.); 8] location (describes a location.); 9] mixed (more than one of the above)
(describes a setting.)
(describes an entrance.)
(describes an exit.)
(describes stage business.)
(is a narrative, motivating stage direction.)
(describes how a character speaks.)
(gives some detail about a character.)
(describes a location.)
(more than one of the above)
(TEI corpus) contains the whole of a TEI encoded corpus, comprising a
single corpus header and one or more TEI elements, each containing
a single text header and a text.
The version of the TEI scheme
(TEI Header) supplies the descriptive and declarative information making
up an electronic title page prefixed to every TEI-conformant
text.
specifies the kind of document to which the header is
attached, for example whether it is a corpus or individual text.
Sample values include: 1] text (the header is attached to a single text.); 2] corpus (the header is attached to a corpus.)
(File Description) contains a full bibliographic description of an electronic
file.
(title statement) groups information about the title of a work and those
responsible for its intellectual content.
specifies the name of a sponsoring organization or
institution.
(Funding body) specifies the name of an individual, institution, or organization
responsible for the funding of a project or text.
(principal researcher) supplies the name of the principal researcher responsible for the
creation of an electronic text.
(edition statement) groups information relating to one edition of a text.
(Edition) describes the particularities of one edition of a text.
describes the approximate size of a text as stored on
some carrier medium, whether digital or non-digital, specified in any convenient units.
(publication statement) groups information concerning the publication or distribution
of an electronic or other text.
supplies the name of a person or other agency responsible for the
distribution of a text.
(release authority) supplies the name of a person or other agency responsible for
making an electronic file available, other than a publisher or
distributor.
(identifying number) supplies any standard or non-standard number used to identify a
bibliographic item.
categorizes the number, for example as an ISBN or other
standard series.
supplies information about the availability of a text, for
example any restrictions on its use or distribution, its copyright
status, etc.
supplies a code identifying the current availability of the
text.
(the text is freely available.)
(the status of the text is unknown.)
(the text is not freely available.)
(series statement) groups information about the series, if any, to which
a publication belongs.
(Notes statement) collects together any notes providing information about a text
additional to that recorded in other parts of the bibliographic
description.
supplies a description of the source text(s) from
which an electronic text was derived or generated.
contains a fully-structured bibliographic citation, in which all
components of the TEI file description
are present.
(script statement) contains a citation giving details of the script used for
a spoken text.
(recording statement) describes a set of recordings used as the basis for transcription of a
spoken text.
(recording event) details of an audio or video recording event
used as the source of a spoken text, either directly or from
a public broadcast.
the kind of recording.
(audio recording)
(audio and video recording)
(equipment) provides technical details of the equipment and media used for
an audio or video recording used as the source for a spoken text.
(broadcast) describes a broadcast used as the source of a spoken text.
(Encoding description) documents the relationship between an electronic text and the
source or sources from which it was derived.
(project description) describes in detail the aim or purpose for which an electronic
file was encoded, together with any other relevant information
concerning the process by which it was assembled or collected.
(sampling declaration) contains a prose description of the rationale and methods used
in sampling texts in the creation of a corpus or collection.
(editorial practice declaration) provides details of editorial principles and practices applied
during the encoding of a text.
(correction principles) states how and under what circumstances corrections have been
made in the text.
indicates the degree of correction applied to the text.
(the text has been thoroughly checked and
proofread.)
(the text has been checked at least once.)
(the text has not been checked.)
(the correction status of the text is unknown.)
indicates the method adopted to indicate corrections within the
text.
(corrections have been made silently)
(corrections have been represented using editorial tags)
indicates the extent of normalization or regularization of the
original source carried out in converting it to electronic form.
indicates the authority for any normalization carried out.
indicates the method adopted to indicate normalizations within
the text.
(normalization made silently)
(normalization represented using editorial tags)
specifies editorial practice adopted with respect to quotation
marks in the original.
indicates whether or not quotation marks have been retained as
content within the text.
(no quotation marks have been retained)
(some quotation marks have been retained)
(all quotation marks have been retained)
specifies how quotation marks are indicated within the
text.
(quotation marks are retained as data.)
(the rendition attribute is consistently used to
indicate the form of quotation marks.)
(use of quotation marks has been standardized.)
(quotation marks are represented inconsistently.)
(use of quotation marks is unknown.)
(Hyphenation) summarizes the way in which hyphenation in a source text has been
treated in an encoded version of it.
indicates whether or not end-of-line hyphenation has been
retained in a text.
(all end-of-line hyphenation has been retained,
even though the lineation of the original
may not have been.)
(end-of-line hyphenation has been retained in some
cases.)
(all soft end-of-line hyphenation has been removed:
any remaining end-od-line hyphenation should be retained.)
(all end-of-line hyphenation has been removed:
any remaining hyphenation occurred within the line.)
describes the principles according to which the text has been
segmented, for example into sentences, tone-units, graphemic strata,
etc.
(Standard values) specifies the format used when standardized date or number
values are supplied.
describes the scope of any analytic or interpretive information
added to the text in addition to the transcription.
(tagging declaration) provides detailed information about the tagging applied to a document.
(tag usage) supplies information about the usage of a specific element
within a text.
the name (generic identifier) of the element indicated by
the tag.
specifies the number of occurrences of this element within the text.
specifies the number of occurrences of this element within
the text which bear a distinct value for the global
xml:id attribute.
specifies the identifier of a rendition element
which defines how this element is to be rendered.
supplies the formal name of the namespace to which the elements
documented by its children belong.
the full formal name of the namespace concerned.
(rendition) supplies information about the intended rendition of one or more
elements.
supplies a MIME type for the content of this element.
(references declaration) specifies how canonical references are constructed for this
text.
identifies the document type within which
this reference declaration is used.
(defines how to convert a canonical reference into a
URI) specifies an expression and replacement pattern for
tranforming a canonical reference into a URI.
specifies a regular expression against which the values of
cRef attributes can be matched.
specifies a replacement pattern
which, once subpattern substitution has been performed, provides
a URI.
specifies one component of a canonical reference defined by
the milestone method.
indicates which edition or version the milestone applies to.
indicates what kind of state is changing at this milestone.
Suggested values include: 1] page (page breaks in the reference edition.); 2] column (column breaks.); 3] line (line breaks.); 4] book (any units termed book, liber, etc.); 5] poem (individual poems in a collection.); 6] canto (cantos or other major sections of a poem.); 7] stanza (stanzas within a poem, book, or canto.); 8] act (acts within a play.); 9] scene (scenes within a play or act.); 10] section (sections of any kind.); 11] absent (passages not present in the reference edition.)
(page breaks in the reference edition.)
(column breaks.)
(line breaks.)
(any units termed book, liber, etc.)
(individual poems in a collection.)
(cantos or other major sections of a poem.)
(stanzas within a poem, book, or canto.)
(acts within a play.)
(scenes within a play or act.)
(sections of any kind.)
(passages not present in the reference edition.)
specifies the fixed length of the reference component.
supplies a delimiting string following the reference
component.
(classification declarations) contains one or more taxonomies defining any classificatory
codes used elsewhere in the text.
(taxonomy) defines a typology used to classify texts either implicitly, by
means of a bibliographic citation, or explicitly by a structured
taxonomy.
(category) contains an individual descriptive category, possibly nested
within a superordinate category, within a user-defined taxonomy.
(category description) describes some category within a taxonomy
or text typology, either in the form of a brief prose description
or in terms of the situational parameters used by the TEI
formal textDesc.
(FSD (feature-system declaration) declaration) identifies the feature system declaration which contains
definitions for a particular type of feature structure.
identifies the type of feature structure documented by the FSD;
this will be the value of the type attribute on at least one
feature structure.
supplies a link to the entity containing the feature system
declaration.
documents the notation employed to represent a metrical
pattern when this is specified as the value of a met,
real, or rhyme attribute on any structural
element of a metrical text (e.g. lg, l, or
seg).
indicates whether the notation conveys the abstract
metrical form, its actual prosodic realization, or the rhyme
scheme, or some combination thereof.
specifies a regular expression defining any value that
is legal for this notation.
documents the intended significance of a particular character or
character sequence within a metrical notation, either explicitly or in
terms of other symbol elements in the same metDecl.
specifies the character or character sequence being documented.
specifies whether the symbol is defined in terms of other
symbols (terminal is set to false) or in prose
(terminal is set to true).
declares the method used to encode text-critical variants.
indicates which method is used to encode the apparatus of
variants.
(apparatus uses line numbers or other canonical reference scheme
referenced in a base text.)
(apparatus indicates the precise locations of the beginning and
ending of each lemma relative to a base text.)
(alternate readings of a passage are given in parallel in the
text; no notion of a base text is necessary.)
indicates whether the apparatus appears within the running text
or external to it.
(apparatus appears within the running text.)
(apparatus appears outside the base text.)
(text-profile description) provides a detailed description of non-bibliographic aspects of a
text, specifically the languages and sublanguages used, the situation in
which it was produced, the participants and their setting.
contains information about the creation of a text.
(language usage) describes the languages, sublanguages, registers, dialects etc.
represented within a text.
characterizes a single language or sublanguage used within a
text.
Supplies a language code constructed as defined in RFC 3066 (or
its successor) which is used to identify the language documented
by this element, and which is referenced by the global xml:lang attribute.
specifies the approximate percentage (by volume) of the
text which uses this language.
(text classification) groups information which describes the nature or topic of a text
in terms of a standard classification scheme, thesaurus, etc.
contains a list of keywords or phrases identifying the topic or
nature of a text.
identifies the controlled vocabulary within which the set of
keywords concerned is defined.
contains the classification code used for this text in some
standard classification system.
identifies the classification system or taxonomy in use.
(category reference) specifies one or more defined categories
within some taxonomy or text typology.
identifies the categories concerned
identifies the classification scheme within which the set of
categories concerned is defined
(revision description) summarizes the revision history for a file.
summarizes a particular change or correction made
to a particular version of an electronic text which is
shared between several researchers.
supplies the date of the change in standard form, i.e. yyyy-mm-dd.
(TEI document) contains a single TEI-conformant document,
comprising a TEI header and a text, either in isolation or as part of a
teiCorpus element.
The version of the TEI scheme
contains a single text of any kind, whether unitary or
composite, for example a poem or drama, a collection of essays, a novel,
a dictionary, or a corpus sample.
(text body) contains the whole body of a single unitary text, excluding any front or back matter.
contains the body of a composite text, grouping together a
sequence of distinct texts (or groups of such texts) which are regarded
as a unit for some purpose, for example the collected works of an
author, a sequence of prose essays, etc.
contains a single text of any kind, whether unitary or
composite, which interrupts the
text containing it at any point and after which the surrounding text
resumes.
(text division) contains a subdivision of the front, body, or back of a
text.
(level-1 text division) contains a first-level subdivision of the front, body, or back
of a text.
(level-2 text division) contains a second-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a
text.
(level-3 text division) contains a third-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a
text.
(level-4 text division) contains a fourth-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a
text.
(level-5 text division) contains a fifth-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a
text.
(level-6 text division) contains a sixth-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a
text.
(level-7 text division) contains the smallest possible subdivision of the front, body or
back of a text, larger than a paragraph.
(trailer) contains a closing title or footer appearing at the end of
a division of a text.
contains the primary statement of responsibility given for a work
on its title page or at the head or end of the work.
contains a brief description of the place, date, time, etc. of
production of a letter, newspaper story, or other work, prefixed or
suffixed to it as a kind of heading or trailer.
A formal list or prose description of the topics addressed by
a subdivision of a text.
(epigraph) contains a quotation, anonymous or attributed, appearing at
the start of a section or chapter, or on a title page.
groups together dateline, byline, salutation, and similar
phrases appearing as a preliminary group at the start of a
division, especially of a letter.
groups together salutations, datelines, and similar
phrases appearing as a final group at the end of a
division, especially of a letter.
(salutation) contains a salutation or greeting prefixed to a foreword,
dedicatory epistle, or other division of a text, or the
salutation in the closing of a letter, preface, etc.
(signature) contains the closing salutation, etc., appended to a foreword,
dedicatory epistle, or other division of a text.
(title page) contains the title page of a text, appearing within the front
or back matter.
classifies the title page according to any convenient typology.
(document title) contains the title of a document, including all its
constituents, as given on a title page.
(title part) contains a subsection or division of the title of a work, as
indicated on a title page.
specifies the role of this subdivision of the title.
Suggested values include: 1] main (main title of the work); 2] sub (subtitle of the work); 3] alt (alternative title of the work); 4] short (abbreviated form of title); 5] desc (descriptive paraphrase of the work)
(main title of the work)
(subtitle of the work)
(alternative title of the work)
(abbreviated form of title)
(descriptive paraphrase of the work)
(document author) contains the name of the author of the document, as given on the
title page (often but not always contained in a byline).
contains a formal statement authorizing the publication of
a work, sometimes required to appear on a title page or its verso.
(document edition) contains an edition statement as presented on a title page of a
document.
(document imprint) contains the imprint statement (place and date of publication,
publisher name), as given
(usually) at the foot of a title page.
(document date) contains the date of a document, as given
(usually) on a title page.
gives the value of the date in a standard form, generally YYYY-MM-DD.
(front matter) contains any prefatory matter (headers,
title page, prefaces, dedications, etc.)
found at the start of a document, before the main body.
(back matter) contains any appendixes, etc. following the main part of a
text.
contains a description of a single identifiable
manuscript.
describes the system used to ensure
correct ordering of the quires making up a codex or incunable,
typically by means of annotations at the foot of the page.
contains a measurement measured along the axis parallel to the spine.
contains a measurement measured across the spine.
contains a measurement measured along the axis perpendicular to the spine.
contains a heraldic formula
or phrase, typically found as part of a blazon, coat of arms, etc.
defines a location within a manuscript or manuscript part, usually as a (possibly discontinuous) sequence of folio references.
identifies the foliation scheme in terms of which the location is being specified.
specifies the starting point of the location in a normalized form.
specifies the end-point of the location in a normalized form.
supplies a link to one or more page images or
transcriptions of the specified range of folios.
contains a word or phrase describing the
material of which a manuscript (or part of a manuscript) is composed.
contains any form of date, used to
identify the date of origin for a manuscript or manuscript part.
contains any form of place name, used to identify the
place of origin for a manuscript or manuscript part.
The word or words taken from a fixed point
in a codex (typically the beginning of the
second leaf) in order
to provide a unique identifier for it.
contains discussion of the leaf or quire signatures found within a codex.
contains a word or phrase describing a
stamp or similar device.
contains a word or phrase describing a
watermark or similar device.
contains the information required to identify
the manuscript being described.
contains the name of an organization such as a university or
library, with which a manuscript is identified, generally its
holding institution.
contains the name of a repository within which manuscripts are stored, possibly forming part of an institution.
contains the name of a collection of
manuscripts, not necessarily located within a single repository.
(alternative identifier) contains an alternative or former structured identifier used for
a manuscript, such as a former catalogue number.
(alternative name) contains any form of unstructured alternative
name used for a manuscript, such as an ocellus
nominum, or nickname.
contains the colophon
of a manuscript item: that is, a statement providing information regarding the date, place, agency, or reason for production of the manuscript.
contains the explicit of a
manuscript item, that is, the closing words of the text proper,
exclusive of any rubric or colophon which might follow it.
contains information concerning the manuscript's filiation, i.e. its relationship to other surviving manuscripts of the same text, its protographs, antigraphs and apographs.
contains the string of words that denotes the end of a text division, often with an assertion as to its author and title, usually set off from the text itself by red ink, by a different size or type of script, or by some other such visual device.
contains the incipit of a manuscript item, that is the opening words of the text proper, exclusive of any rubric which might precede it, of sufficient length to identify the work uniquely; such incipts were, in fomer times, frequently used a means of reference to a work, in place of a title.
describes the intellectual content of
a manuscript or manuscript part, either as a series of paragraphs or
as a series of structured manuscript items.
identifies the text types or classifications applicable
to this object.
describes an individual work or item within the intellectual
content of a manuscript or manuscript part.
identifies the text types or classifications applicable to this
item
contains a structured description for an
individual work or item within the intellectual content of a
manuscript or manuscript part.
identifies the text types or classifications applicable to this
item
contains the text of any rubric or heading attached to a particular manuscript item, that is, a string of words through which a
manuscript signals the beginning of a text division, often with an assertion as to its author and title, which is in some way set off from the text itself, usually in red ink, or by use of different size or type of script, or some other such visual device.
contains a brief summary of the
intellectual content of an item, provided by the cataloguer
describes the languages and writing systems used by a
manuscript (as opposed to its description, which is described in the langUsage element)
supplies a code which identifies the chief language used
in the manuscript.
one or more codes identifying any other languages used in
the manuscript.
indicates whether the passage being quoted is defective,
i.e. incomplete through loss or damage.
contains a full physical description of a
manuscript or manuscript part, optionally subdivided using more
specialised elements from the model.physDescPart class.
contains a description of the physical
components making up the object which is being described.
a short project-specific name identifying the physical form of
the carrier, for example as a codex, roll, fragment, partial leaf,
cutting etc.
groups elements describing the physical support for the written part of a manuscript.
a short project-defined name for the material composing
the majority of the support
contains a description of the materials
etc. which make up the physical support for the written part of a manuscript.
contains a description of how the leaves or bifolia are physically
arranged.
describes the numbering system or systems used to
count the leaves or pages in a codex.
contains a description of the physical
condition of the manuscript.
collects the set of layout descriptions applicable to a manuscript.
describes how text is laid out on the
page, including information about any ruling, pricking, or other
evidence of page-preparation techniques.
specifies the number of columns per page
specifies the number of ruled lines per column
specifies the number of written lines per
colum
contains a description of all the different kinds of writing used in a manuscript.
specifies the number of distinct hands identified within the manuscript
(note on hand) describes a particular style
or hand distinguished within a manuscript.
gives a standard name or other identifier for the scribe
believed to be responsible for this hand.
characterizes the particular script or writing style used by
this hand, for example secretary, copperplate, Chancery, Italian, etc..
describes the tint or type of ink, e.g. brown, or other
writing medium, e.g. pencil
specifies how widely this hand is used in the manuscript.
(only this hand is used throughout the manuscript)
(this hand is used through most of the manuscript)
(this hand is used occasionally in the manuscript)
contains description of type of musical notation.
contains a description of the decoration of a manuscript, either as a sequence of paragraphs, or as a sequence of topically organised decoNote elements.
contains a note describing either a
decorative component of a manuscript, or a fairly homogenous class of
such components.
contains a description of any significant additions found
within a manuscript, such as marginalia or other annotations.
describes the present and former bindings of a manuscript, either
as a series of paragraphs or as a series of distinct binding elements,
one for each binding of the manuscript.
contains a description of one binding, i.e. type of covering, boards, etc. applied to a manuscript
specifies whether or not the binding is contemporary with the majority of its contents
describes the seals or other external items attached to a manuscript, either
as a series of paragraphs or as a series of distinct seal elements,
possibly with additional decoNotes.
contains a description of one seal or similar
attachment applied to a manuscript
specifies whether or not the seal is contemporary with the
item to which it is affixed
(accompanying material) contains details of any significant additional
material which may be closely associated with the manuscript being
described, such as non-contemporaneous documents or fragments bound in
with the manuscript at some earlier historical period.
groups elements
describing the full history of a manuscript or manuscript part.
contains any descriptive or other information
concerning the origin of a manuscript or manuscript part.
contains any descriptive or other information
concerning a single identifiable episode during the history of a manuscript
or manuscript part, after its creation but before its acquisition.
contains any descriptive or other information
concerning the process by which a manuscript or manuscript part entered the holding
institution.
groups additional information, combining
bibliographic information about a manuscript, or surrogate copies of
it with curatorial or administrative information.
(administrative information) contains information about the present
custody and availability of the manuscript, and also about the record
description itself.
provides information about the source and
revision status of the parent manuscript description itself.
describes the original source for the information contained with a manuscript description.
contains a description of a manuscript's custodial history, either
as running prose or as a series of dated custodial events.
describes a single event during the custodial history of a manuscript.
contains information about any digital or
photographic representations of the manuscript being described which
may exist in the holding institution or elsewhere.
contains information about an originally
distinct manuscript or part of a manuscript, now forming part of a composite manuscript.
defines an association or hypertextual link
among elements or passages, of some type
not more precisely specifiable by other elements.
specifies the identifiers of the elements or passages
to be linked or associated.
defines a collection of associations or hypertextual links.
(anonymous block) contains any arbitrary component-level unit of text, acting as
an anonymous container for phrase or inter level elements analogous to, but
without the semantic baggage of, a paragraph.
specifies whether or not the block is complete.
(the block is incomplete)
(either the block is complete, or no claim is made as to its
completeness)
(the initial part of an incomplete block)
(a medial part of an incomplete block)
(the final part of an incomplete block)
(anchor point) attaches an identifier to a
point within a text, whether or not it corresponds with a textual
element.
(arbitrary segment) contains any arbitrary phrase-level unit of text (including
other seg elements).
provides a sub-categorization of the segment marked.
(when) indicates a point in time either relative to other elements in the
same timeline tag, or absolutely.
supplies an absolute value for the time.
specifies the unit of time in which the interval
value is expressed, if this is not inherited from the parent timeLine.
Suggested values include: 1] s (seconds); 2] ms (milliseconds); 3] m (minutes); 4] h (hours); 5] d (days)
(seconds)
(milliseconds)
(minutes)
(hours)
(days)
specifies the numeric portion of a time interval
identifies the reference point for determining the time of the
current when element, which is obtained by adding the interval to the
time of the reference point.
(timeline) provides a set of ordered points in time which can be linked to
elements of a spoken text to create a temporal alignment of that text.
designates the origin of the timeline, i.e. the time at which it
begins.
specifies the unit of time corresponding to the
interval value of the timeline or of its
constituent points in time.
Suggested values include: 1] d (days); 2] h (hours); 3] m (minutes); 4] s (seconds); 5] ms (milliseconds)
(days)
(hours)
(minutes)
(seconds)
(milliseconds)
specifies the numeric portion of a time interval
identifies a possibly fragmented segment of text, by pointing
at the possibly discontiguous elements which compose it.
specifies the identifiers of the elements or passages
to be joined into a virtual
element.
specifies the name of an element
which this aggregation
may be understood to represent.
indicates whether the targets to be joined include the
entire element indicated (the entire subtree including its root),
or just the children of the target (the branches of the subtree).
(the rooted subtrees indicated by the targets
attribute are joined, each subtree become a child of the virtual
element created by the join)
(the children of the subtrees indicated by the
targets attribute become the children of the virtual element
(i.e. the roots of the subtrees are discarded))
(join group) groups a collection of join elements and possibly
pointers.
describes the result of the joins gathered in this collection.
(alternation) identifies an alternation or a set of choices among elements or passages.
specifies the identifiers of the alternative elements or passages.
states whether the alternations gathered in this collection are exclusive or inclusive.
(indicates that the alternation is exclusive, i.e. that
at most one of the alternatives occurs.)
(indicates that the alternation is not exclusive, i.e. that
one or more of the alternatives occur.)
If mode is , each weight
states the probability that the corresponding alternative
occurs. If mode is incl each weight states
the probability that the corresponding alternative occurs given
that at least one of the other alternatives occurs.
(alternation group) groups a collection of alt elements and possibly
pointers.
states whether the alternations gathered in this collection are
exclusive or inclusive.
(indicates that the alternation is exclusive, i.e. that at
most one of the alternatives occurs.)
(indicates that the alternation is not exclusive, i.e. that
one or more of the alternatives occur.)
points to elements that correspond to the current
element in some way.
points to elements that are synchronous with the current
element.
points to an element that is the same as the current
element.
points to an element of which the current element is a
copy.
points to the next element of a virtual aggregate of which
the current element is part.
points to the previous element of a virtual aggregate of
which the current element is part.
points to elements that are in exclusive alternation
with the current element.
selects one or more alternants; if one alternant is
selected, the ambiguity or uncertainty is marked as resolved. If
more than one alternant is selected, the degree of ambiguity or
uncertainty is marked as reduced by the number of alternants not
selected.
categorizes the pointer in some respect, using any
convenient set of categories.
specifies the intended meaning when the target of a
pointer is itself a pointer.
(if the element pointed to is itself a pointer, then
the target of that pointer will be taken, and so on, until
an element is found which is not a pointer.)
(if the element pointed to is itself a pointer, then
its target (whether a pointer or not) is taken as the target
of this pointer.)
(no further evaluation of targets is carried out
beyond that needed to find the element specified in the
pointer's target.)
optionally specifies the identifiers of the elements
within which all elements indicated by the contents of this
element lie.
describes the function of each of the values of the
targets attribute of the enclosed link,
join or alt tags.
indicates whether the name component is given in full, as an
abbreviation or simply as an initial.
(the name component is spelled out in full.)
(the name component is given in an
abbreviated form.)
(the name component is indicated only by
one initial.)
specifies the sort order of the name component in relation
to others within the personal name.
supplies the value of a date or time in a standard form.
specifies the earliest possible date for the event in
standard form, e.g. yyyy-mm-dd.
specifies the latest possible date for the event in
standard form, e.g. yyyy-mm-dd.
indicates the starting point of the period in standard form.
indicates the ending point of the period in standard form.
(duration) indicates the length of this element in time.
(personal name) contains a proper noun or proper-noun phrase referring to a
person, possibly including any or all of the person's forenames,
surnames, honorifics, added names, etc.
(surname) contains a family (inherited) name, as opposed to a given,
baptismal, or nick name.
(forename) contains a forename, given or baptismal name.
contains a name component used to distinguish otherwise similar
names on the basis of the relative ages or generations of the persons named.
(name link) contains a connecting phrase or link used within a name but not
regarded as part of it, such as van der or of.
(additional name) contains an additional name component, such as a nickname,
epithet, or alias, or any other descriptive phrase used within a
personal name.
(roleName) contains a name component which indicates that the referent has a
particular role or position in society, such as an official title or
rank.
contains an absolute or relative place name.
(bloc) contains the name of a geo-political unit consisting of two or
more nation states or countries.
(country) contains the name of a geo-political unit, such as a nation,
country, colony, or commonwealth, larger than or administratively superior
to a region and smaller than a bloc.
supplies a regularized form of the country name using a
name or code from ISO 3166
(region) contains the name of an administrative unit such as a state,
province, or county, larger than a settlement, but smaller than a country.
contains the name of any kind of subdivision of a
settlement, such as a parish, ward, or other
administrative or geographic unit.
contains the name of a settlement such as a city, town, or
village identified as a single geo-political or
administrative unit.
(offset) that part of a relative temporal or spatial expression
which indicates the direction of the offset between the two place
names, dates, or times involved in the expression.
(geographical name) a name associated with some geographical feature such as
Windrush Valley or Mount Sinai.
provides more culture- linguistic- or application-
specific information used to categorize this name
component.
(geographical feature name) contains a common noun identifying some geographical feature
contained within a geographic name, such as valley,
mount etc.
(organization name) contains an organizational name.
(affiliation) contains an informal description of a person's present
or past affiliation with some
organization, for example an employer or sponsor.
specifies the age of a person.
supplies a numeric code representing the age or age group
(Birth details) contains information about a person's birth, such as its date
and place.
contains information about a person's death, such as its date
and place.
contains a description of the
educational experience of a person.
specifies the faith, religion, or belief set of a person.
contains information about a person's period of activity.
summarizes the state of a person's linguistic knowledge, either
as prose or by a list of langKnown elements.
supplies one or more valid language tags for the languages
specified
(linguistic competence) summarizes the state of a person's knowledge of a single language.
supplies a valid language tag for the language concerned.
a code indicating the person's level of knowledge for this language
contains a list of descriptions, each of which provides
information about an identifiable person or a group of people, for
example the participants in a language interaction, or the people referred
to in a historical source.
contains an informal description of a person's present
or past nationality or citizenship.
supplies a regularized form of the country name using a
name or code from ISO 3166
contains an informal description of a person's trade,
profession or occupation.
identifies the classification system or taxonomy in use by supplying
the identifier of a taxonomy element elsewhere in the header.
identifies an occupation code defined within the
classification system or taxonomy defined by the scheme
attribute.
(participant relationships) describes the relationships or social links existing between
participants in a linguistic interaction.
contains data relating to any kind of significant event in the
life of a person, place, or organization.
indicates the location of an event by pointing to a place element
provides information about an identifiable individual, for
example a participant in a language interaction, or a person referred
to in a historical source.
specifies a primary role or classification for the person.
specifies the sex of the person.
specifies an age group for the person.
(personal group) describes a group of individuals treated as a single person for
analytic purposes.
specifies the role of this group of participants in the
interaction.
specifies the sex of the participant group.
specifies the age group of the participants.
specifies the size or approximate size of the group.
(relationship) describes any kind of relationship or linkage amongst a specified
group of participants.
categorizes the relationship in some respect, e.g.
as social, personal or other.
Suggested values include: 1] social (relationship concerned with social roles); 2] personal (relationship concerned with personal roles, e.g.
kinship, marriage, etc.); 3] other (other kinds of relationship)
(relationship concerned with social roles)
(relationship concerned with personal roles, e.g.
kinship, marriage, etc.)
(other kinds of relationship)
supplies a name for the kind of relationship of which
this is an instance.
identifies the passive participants in a non-mutual
relationship.
identifies the active participants in a non-mutual
relationship, or all the participants in a mutual one.
supplies a list of participants amongst all of whom the relationship holds equally.
(residence) describes a person's present or past places of residence.
specifies the sex of a person.
(socio-economic status) contains an informal description of a person's perceived social or
economic status.
identifies the classification system or taxonomy in use.
identifies a status code defined within the
classification system or taxonomy defined by the source
attribute.
contains a description of some ongoing status or quality
attributed to a person, place, or organization.
contains a description of some culturally-determined characteristic
attributed to a person or place.
contains the definition for a canonical name or namepart of
any kind
points to constituent nyms
contains a list of nyms, that is, standardized names for any
thing.
(added span of text) marks the beginning of a longer sequence of text added by an
author, scribe, annotator or corrector (see also add).
(deleted span of text) marks the beginning of a longer sequence of text deleted,
marked as deleted, or otherwise signaled as superfluous or spurious by an
author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.
indicates restoration of text to an earlier state by
cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.
characterizes the means of restoration.
indicates the action cancelled by the restoration.
signifies the hand of the agent which made the restoration.
signifies text supplied by the transcriber or editor in place
of text which cannot be read, either because of physical damage or
loss in the original or because it is illegible for any
reason.
indicates why the text has had to be supplied.
where the presumed loss of text leading to the supplying of
text arises from action (partial deletion, etc.) assignable to an
identifiable hand, signifies the hand responsible for the action.
In the case of text which has been supplied because of damage, categorizes the cause of the damage, if it can be identified.
Sample values include: 1] rubbing (damage results from rubbing of the
leaf edges); 2] mildew (damage results from mildew on the leaf surface); 3] smoke (damage results from smoke)
states the source of the supplied text.
used in the header to define each distinct scribe or
handwriting style.
gives the name of,or other identifier for, the scribe.
indicates recognized writing styles.
indicates dominant language of hand.
describes tint or type
of ink, e.g. brown. May also be used to indicate the writing medium, e.g. pencil
describes other characteristics of the hand,
particularly those related to the quality of the writing.
Sample values include: 1] shaky (handwriting is shaky); 2] thick (strokes are unusually thick); 3] regular (writing is regular)
indicates whether or
not this is the first or main scribe of the document.
indicates the editor or transcriber responsible for identifying
the hand.
marks the beginning of a sequence of text written in a new
hand, or the beginning of a scribal stint.
identifies the new hand.
indicates recognized
writing styles.
describes tint or type
of ink, e.g. brown. May also be used to indicate the writing medium, e.g. pencil
describes other characteristics of the hand,
particularly those related to the quality of the writing.
Sample values include: 1] shaky (handwriting is shaky); 2] thick (strokes are unusually thick); 3] regular (writing is regular)
signifies the editor or transcriber responsible for identifying
the change of hand.
contains a series of hand elements listing the
different hands of the source.
contains an area of damage to the text witness.
classifies the damage according to any convenient typology.
indicates approximately how much text is in the damaged area,
in letters, minims, inches, or any appropriate unit, where this
cannot be deduced from the contents of the tag. For example, the
damage may span structural divisions in the text so that the tag must
then be empty of content.
In the case of damage (deliberate defacement, etc.) assignable
to an identifiable hand, signifies the hand responsible for the
damage.
categorizes the cause of the damage, if it can be identified.
Sample values include: 1] rubbing (damage results from rubbing of the
leaf edges); 2] mildew (damage results from mildew on the leaf surface); 3] smoke (damage results from smoke)
Signifies the degree of damage according to a convenient scale.
The damage tag with the degree attribute should
only be used where the text may be read with some confidence; text
supplied from other sources should be tagged as supplied.
indicates the location of a significant space in the copy text.
indicates whether the space is horizontal or vertical.
(the space is horizontal.)
(the space is vertical.)
indicates the individual responsible for identifying and measuring
the space.
(forme work) contains a running head (e.g. a header, footer), catchword, or
similar material appearing on the current page.
classifies the material encoded according to some useful typology.
Sample values include: 1] header; 2] footer; 3] pageNum; 4] sig; 5] catch
contains text displayed in tabular form, in
rows and columns.
indicates the number of rows in the table.
indicates the number of columns in each row of the table.
contains one row of a table.
contains one cell of a table.
contains a mathematical or other formula.
supplies the name of a previously defined notation used for the
content of the
element.
contains a block containing graphics, illustrations, or figures.
(Description of Figure) contains a brief prose description of the appearance or content
of a graphic figure, for use when documenting an image without
displaying it.