indicates the person, or group of
people, to whom the element content is ascribed.
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.
In the case of damage (deliberate defacement, etc.) assignable
to a distinct hand, signifies the hand responsible for the
damage.
categorizes the cause of the damage, if it can be identified.
Sample values include: 1] rubbing; 2] mildew; 3] 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.
assigns an arbitrary number to each stretch of damage
regarded as forming part of the same physical phenomenon.
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.
(organization) 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.
(yes) the division is incomplete in some respect
(no) either the division is complete, or no claim is made as to its completeness.
(initial) the initial part of an incomplete division
(medial) a medial part of an incomplete division
(final) the final part of an incomplete division
(duration) indicates the length of this element in time.
(certainty) signifies the degree of certainty associated with the
intervention or interpretation.
(responsible party) 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.
contains a list of one or more pointers indicating the
sources which support the given reading.
(number) gives a number (or other label) for an element, which is
not necessarily unique within the document.
(rendition) indicates how the element in question was rendered or
presented in the source text.
points to a description of the rendering or
presentation used for this element in the source text.
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
(MIME media type) specifies the applicable multimedia internet mail extension (MIME) media type
(responsible party) indicates who is responsible for the interpretation.
indicates what kind of phenomenon is being noted in the passage.
Sample values include: 1] image; 2] character; 3] theme; 4] allusion
(instances) points to instances of the analysis or interpretation represented
by the current element.
indicates the units used for the measurement, usually
using the standard symbol for the desired units.
Suggested values include: 1] m (metre); 2] kg (kilogram); 3] s (second); 4] Hz (hertz); 5] Pa (pascal); 6] Ω (ohm); 7] L (litre); 8] t (tonne); 9] ha (hectare); 10] Å (ångström); 11] mL (millilitre); 12] cm (centimetre); 13] dB (decibel); 14] kbit (kilobit); 15] Kibit (kibibit); 16] kB (kilobyte); 17] KiB (kibibyte); 18] MB (megabyte); 19] MiB (mebibyte)
(metre) SI base unit of length
(kilogram) SI base unit of mass
(second) SI base unit of time
(hertz) SI unit of frequency
(pascal) SI unit of pressure or stress
(ohm) SI unit of electric resistance
(litre) 1 dm³
(tonne) 10³ kg
(hectare) 1 hm²
(ångström) 10⁻¹⁰ m
(millilitre)
(centimetre)
(decibel) see remarks, below
(kilobit) 10³ or 1000 bits
(kibibit) 2¹⁰ or 1024 bits
(kilobyte) 10³ or 1000 bytes
(kibibyte) 2¹⁰ or 1024 bytes
(megabyte) 10⁶ or 1 000 000 bytes
(mebibyte) 2²⁰ or 1 048 576 bytes
specifies the number of the specified units that
comprise the measurement
indicates the substance that is being measured
provides an external means
of locating a full definition for the entity (or entities) being named, such as a database record key
or other token.
(reference) provides an explicit means
of locating a full definition for the entity being named by means of
a URI.
(reference to the canonical name) 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; 2] margin-bot (bottom margin); 3] margin-left (left margin); 4] margin-right (right margin); 5] margin-top (top margin); 6] opposite; 7] overleaf; 8] supralinear; 9] verso; 10] app (apparatus); 11] end; 12] foot; 13] inline; 14] interlinear; 15] inline; 16] mixed
below the line
(bottom margin) in the bottom margin
(left margin) in the left margin
(right margin) in the right margin
(top margin) in the top margin
on the opposite, i.e. facing, page
on the other side of the leaf
above the line
on verso of the sheet or page
(apparatus) 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.
(yes) the segment is incomplete in some respect
(no) either the segment is complete, or no claim is made as to
its completeness
(initial) the initial part of an incomplete segment
(medial) a medial part of an incomplete segment
(final) 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; 2] data
labelling or descriptive information only.
data values.
indicates the number of rows occupied by this cell or row.
(columns) indicates the number of columns occupied by this cell or
row.
signifies the hand of the agent which made the intervention.
indicates the effect of the intervention, for example in
the case of a deletion, strikeouts
which include too much or too little text, or in the case of an
addition, 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] partial; 8] unremarkable
(sequence) assigns a sequence number related to the order in which
the encoded features carrying this attribute are believed to have occurred.
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
names the unit used for the measurement
Suggested values include: 1] cm (centimetres); 2] mm (millimetres); 3] in (inches); 4] lines; 5] chars (characters)
(centimetres)
(millimetres)
(inches)
lines of text
(characters) characters of text
specifies the length in the units specified
specifies the applicability of this measurement, where
more than one object is being measured.
Sample values include: 1] all; 2] most; 3] range
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.
(abbreviated) the name component is given in an
abbreviated form.
(initial letter) 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.
(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.
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
(speech or thought) indicates passages thought or spoken aloud, whether
explicitly indicated in the source or not, whether directly
or indirectly reported, whether by real people or
fictional characters.
may be used to indicate whether the quoted matter
is regarded as having been vocalized or signed.
may be used to indicate whether the quoted matter is regarded
as direct or indirect speech.
(quotation) contains a phrase or passage attributed by the narrator or
author to some agency external to the text.
(separated from the surrounding text with quotation
marks) contains material which is marked as (ostensibly)
being somehow different than the surrounding text, for any
one of a variety of reasons including, but not limited to:
direct speech or thought, technical terms or jargon,
authorial distance, quotations from elsewhere, and passages
that are mentioned but not used.
may be used to indicate whether the offset passage is spoken
or thought, or to characterize it more finely.
Suggested values include: 1] spoken; 2] thought; 3] written; 4] soCalled; 5] foreign (foreign words); 6] distinct (linguistically distinct); 7] term (technical term); 8] emph (rhetorically emphasized); 9] mentioned
representation of speech
representation of thought, e.g. internal monologue
quotation from a written source
authorial distance
(foreign words)
(linguistically distinct)
(technical term)
(rhetorically emphasized)
refering to itself, not its normal
referant
(cited quotation) contains a quotation from some other document, together with a
bibliographic reference to its source. In a dictionary it may
contain an example text with at least one occurrence of the word
form, used in the sense being described, or a translation of the
headword, or an example.
marks words or phrases mentioned, not used.
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.
(description) contains a brief description of the purpose and application for
an element, attribute, or attribute value.
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
(canonical 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
(latin for thus or so) 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.
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, invisible, or inaudible.
gives the reason for omission. Sample values include
sampling, illegible, inaudible,
irrelevant, cancelled, 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; 2] mildew; 3] smoke
indicates approximately how much text has been omitted
from the transcription (using the unit specified on the
unit attribute), either because of editorial policy
or because a deletion, damage, or other cause has rendered
transcription impossible.
names the unit used for describing the extent of the gap
Suggested values include: 1] lines; 2] chars (characters); 3] pages; 4] cm (centimetres); 5] mm (millimetres); 6] in (inches)
lines of text
(characters) characters of text
pages, i.e. one side of a leaf
(centimetres)
(millimetres)
(inches)
(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; 2] mildew; 3] 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.
(electronic mail address) 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.
(address line) contains one line of a postal address.
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.
(postal code) contains a numerical or alphanumeric code used as part of a
postal address to simplify sorting or delivery of mail.
(postal box or post office box) 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; 2] ordinal; 3] fraction; 4] 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.
(measure group) contains a group of dimensional specifications which relate to
the same object, for example the height and width of a manuscript page.
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; 2] contraction; 3] brevigraph; 4] superscription; 5] acronym; 6] title; 7] organization; 8] geographic
(expansion) contains the expansion of an abbreviation.
(pointer) defines a pointer to another location.
specifies the destination of the pointer by supplying one or
more URI References
(canonical reference) specifies the destination of the pointer by supplying a
canonical reference from a scheme defined in a refsDecl
element in the TEI header
(reference) 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
(canonical reference) 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; 2] bulleted; 3] simple; 4] gloss
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.
(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.
(responsible party) 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.
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
(uniform resource locator) A URL which refers to the image itself.
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 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.
(edition) 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; 2] column; 3] line; 4] book; 5] poem; 6] canto; 7] stanza; 8] act; 9] scene; 10] section; 11] absent
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.
(edition) 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.
(edition) 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.
(edition) 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.
(responsibility) 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) analytic title (article, poem, or other item published as
part of a larger item)
(monographic) monographic title (book, collection, or other item published
as a distinct item, including single volumes of multi-volume
works)
(journal) journal title
(series) series title
(unpublished) 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; 2] sub (subordinate); 3] alt (alternate); 4] short; 5] desc (descriptive)
contains the formalized descriptive title for a meeting or
conference, for use in a bibliographic description for an item
derived from such a meeting, or as a heading or preamble to
publications emanating from it.
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 page numbers, 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 (volume); 2] issue; 3] pp (pages); 4] chap (chapter); 5] part
(volume) the element contains a volume number.
the element contains an issue number, or volume and
issue numbers.
(pages) the element contains a page number or page range.
(chapter) the element contains a chapter indication (number
and/or title)
the element identifies a part of a book or collection.
(publication place) 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 sub-elements 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.
(yes) the line is metrically incomplete
(no) either the line is complete, or no claim is made as to its
completeness
(initial) the initial part of an incomplete line
(medial) a medial part of an incomplete line
(final) 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; 2] entrance; 3] exit; 4] business; 5] novelistic; 6] delivery; 7] modifier; 8] location; 9] mixed
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
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
(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; 2] toc (table of contents); 3] figlist (figure list); 4] tablist (table list)
(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; 2] 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.
(source description) supplies a description of the source text(s) from
which an electronic text was derived or generated.
(fully-structured bibliographic citation) contains a fully-structured bibliographic citation, in which all
components of the TEI file description
are present.
(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 markup
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 markup
specifies editorial practice adopted with respect to quotation
marks in the original.
(quotation marks) 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.
(rend attribute) the rend attribute is consistently used to
indicate the form of quotation marks.
(standardized) use of quotation marks has been standardized.
(not standardized) quotation marks are represented inconsistently.
use of quotation marks is unknown.
summarizes the way in which hyphenation in a source text has been
treated in an encoded version of it.
(end-of-line) 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.
supplies information about the usage of a specific element
within a text.
(element name) the name (generic identifier) of the element indicated by
the tag.
specifies the number of occurrences of this element within the text.
(with unique identifier) 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.
supplies information about the rendition or appearance of one or more
elements in the source text.
identifies the language used to describe the rendition.
Cascading Stylesheet Language
Extensible Stylesheet Language
Formatting Objects
Informal free text description
A user-defined rendition description language
(references declaration) specifies how canonical references are constructed for this
text.
(canonical reference pattern) specifies an expression and replacement pattern for
transforming 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.
(reference state) specifies one component of a canonical reference defined by
the milestone method.
(edition) indicates which edition or version the milestone applies to.
indicates what kind of state is changing at this milestone.
Suggested values include: 1] page; 2] column; 3] line; 4] book; 5] poem; 6] canto; 7] stanza; 8] act; 9] scene; 10] section; 11] absent
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.
(delimiter) supplies a delimiting string following the reference
component.
(classification declarations) contains one or more taxonomies defining any classificatory
codes used elsewhere in the text.
defines a typology used to classify texts either implicitly, by
means of a bibliographic citation, or explicitly by a structured
taxonomy.
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.
(application information) records information about an application which has
edited the TEI file.
provides information about an application which has acted
upon the document.
Supplies an identifier for the application, independent of
its version number or display name.
Supplies a version number for the application, independent of
its identifier or display name.
(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.
(note on hand) describes a particular style
or hand distinguished within a manuscript.
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.
(identifier) Supplies a language code constructed as defined in BCP 47 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.
(classification code) 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.
(geographic coordinates declaration) documents the notation and the datum used for geographic
coordinates expressed as content of the geo element
elsewhere within the document.
supplies a commonly used code name for the datum employed.
Suggested values include: 1] WGS84 (World Geodetic System); 2] MGRS (Military Grid Reference System); 3] OSGB36 (ordnance survey great britain); 4] ED50 (European Datum coordinate system)
(World Geodetic System) a pair of numbers to be interpreted as latitude followed by longitude
according to the World Geodetic System.
(Military Grid Reference System) the values supplied are geospatial entity object codes,
based on Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates
(ordnance survey great britain) the value supplied is to be interpreted as a British National Grid
Reference.
(European Datum coordinate system) the value supplied is to be interpreted as latitude followed by
longitude according to the European Datum coordinate system.
(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.
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.
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.
contains a postscript, e.g. to a letter.
(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.
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; 2] sub (subordinate); 3] alt (alternate); 4] short; 5] desc (descriptive)
main title of the work
(subordinate) subtitle of the work
(alternate) alternative title of the work
abbreviated form of title
(descriptive) 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 standard form, i.e. 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.
(manuscript description) 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 dimensional specification.
indicates which aspect of the object is being measured.
Sample values include: 1] leaves; 2] ruled; 3] pricked; 4] written; 5] miniatures; 6] binding; 7] box
contains a measurement measured along the axis parallel to the spine.
specifies a length 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.
(origin date) contains any form of date, used to
identify the date of origin for a manuscript or manuscript part.
(origin place) contains any form of place name, used to identify the
place of origin for a manuscript or manuscript part.
(second folio) 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.
(manuscript identifier) 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.
(manuscript contents) 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.
(manuscript item) 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
(structured manuscript 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.
(text language) describes the languages and writing systems used by a
manuscript (as opposed to its description, which is described in the langUsage element).
(main language) supplies a code which identifies the chief language used
in the manuscript.
(other languages) 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.
(physical description) 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.
(support description) 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.
(layout description) 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
(description of hands) contains a description of all the different kinds of writing used in a manuscript.
specifies the number of distinct hands identified within the manuscript
contains description of type of musical notation.
(decoration description) contains a description of the decoration of a manuscript, either as a sequence of paragraphs, or as a sequence of topically organised decoNote elements.
(note on decoration) 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.
(binding description) 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
(seal description) 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.
(recorded history) 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.
(custodial history) contains a description of a manuscript's custodial history, either
as running prose or as a series of dated custodial events.
(custodial event) 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.
(manuscript part) 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.
(link group) 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.
(yes) the block is incomplete
(no) either the block is complete, or no claim is made as to its
completeness
(initial) the initial part of an incomplete block
(medial) a medial part of an incomplete block
(final) 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) represents any segmentation of text below the
chunk level.
provides a sub-categorization of the segment marked.
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] d (days); 2] h (hours); 3] min (minutes); 4] s (seconds); 5] ms (milliseconds)
(days)
(hours)
(minutes)
(seconds)
(milliseconds)
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] min (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.
(exclusive) indicates that the alternation is exclusive, i.e. that
at most one of the alternatives occurs.
(inclusive) 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.
(exclusive) indicates that the alternation is exclusive, i.e. that at
most one of the alternatives occurs.
(inclusive) indicates that the alternation is not exclusive, i.e. that
one or more of the alternatives occur.
(corresponds) points to elements that correspond to the current
element in some way.
(synchronous) 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.
(previous) 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.
(target function) describes the function of each of the values of the
targets attribute of the enclosed link,
join, or alt tags.
(organization name) contains an organizational name.
(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.
contains a family (inherited) name, as opposed to a given,
baptismal, or nick name.
contains a forename, given or baptismal name.
(generational name component) contains a name component used to distinguish otherwise similar
names on the basis of the relative ages or generations of the persons named.
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.
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.
contains the name of a geo-political unit consisting of two or
more nation states or countries.
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.
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.
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.
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
contains information about a person's birth, such as its date
and place.
contains information about the physical climate of a place.
contains information about a person's death, such as its date
and place.
contains a description of the
educational experience of a person.
contains data relating to any kind of significant event
associated with a person, place, or organization.
indicates the location of an event by pointing to a place element
specifies the faith, religion, or belief set of a person.
contains information about a person's period of activity.
(geographical coordinates) contains any expression of a set of geographic coordinates,
representing a point, line, or area on the surface of the earth in
some notation.
(language knowledge) 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
(language known) summarizes the state of a person's linguistic competence,
i.e., 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
(list of organizations) contains a list of descriptions, each of which provides
information about an identifiable organization.
(list of persons) 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.
(list of places) contains a list of places, optionally followed by a list
of relationships (other than containment) defined amongst
them.
defines the location of a place as a set of geographical
coordinates, in terms of a other named geo-political entities,
or as an address.
contains an informal description of a person's present
or past nationality or citizenship.
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.
(organization) provides information about an identifiable organization such
as a business, a tribe, or any other grouping of people.
specifies a primary role or classification for the organization.
(relation group) provides information about relationships identified amongst people,
places, and organizations, either informally as prose or as formally
expressed relation links.
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.
contains data about a geographic location
contains information about the population of a place.
(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; 2] personal; 3] other
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 status or quality
attributed to a person, place, or organization at some specific time.
contains information about the physical terrain of a place.
contains a description of some culturally-determined and in
principle unchanging characteristic attributed to a person or place .
(canonical name) contains the definition for a canonical name or namepart of
any kind.
points to constituent nyms
(list of canonical names) contains a list of nyms, that is, standardized names for any
thing.
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.
contains a representation of some written source in the form of
a set of images rather than as transcribed or encoded text.
(facsimile) points directly to an image, or to a part of a
facsimile element which corresponds with this
element.
defines a written surface in terms of a rectangular
coordinate space, optionally grouping one or more graphic representations of
that space, and rectangular zones of interest
within it.
points to an element which encodes the starting position of the text corresponding to the
inscribed part of the surface.
gives the x coordinate value for the upper left corner of a
rectangular space.
gives the y coordinate value for the upper left corner of a
rectangular space.
gives the x coordinate value for the lower right corner of a
rectangular space.
gives the y coordinate value for the lower right corner of a
rectangular space.
defines a rectangular area contained within a surface
element.
(added span of text) marks the beginning of a longer sequence of text added by an
author, scribe, annotator or corrector (see also add).
contains an area of damage to the text witness.
(damaged span of text) marks the beginning of a longer sequence of text which is
damaged in some way but still legible.
(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.
(editorial expansion) contains a sequence of letters added by an editor or
transcriber when expanding an abbreviation.
(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 (page number); 4] lineNum (line number); 5] sig (signature); 6] catch (catchword)
contains one or more handNote elements documenting the
different hands identified within the source texts.
marks the beginning of a sequence of text written in a new
hand, or the beginning of a scribal stint.
identifies the new hand.
signifies the editor or transcriber responsible for identifying
the change of hand.
(abbreviation marker) contains a sequence of letters or signs present in an
abbreviation which are omitted or replaced in the expanded form of
the abbreviation.
indicates restoration of text to an earlier state by
cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.
indicates the location of a significant space in the copy text.
(dimension) indicates whether the space is horizontal or vertical.
the space is horizontal.
the space is vertical.
(responsible party) indicates the individual responsible for identifying and measuring
the space.
(substitution) groups one or more deletions with one or more additions when
the combination is to be regarded as a single intervention in the text.
signifies text supplied by the transcriber or editor for any
reason, typically because the original cannot be read because of
physical damage or loss to the original.
indicates why the text has had to be supplied.
contains text displayed in tabular form, in
rows and columns.
indicates the number of rows in the table.
(columns) 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.
groups elements representing or containing graphic information
such as an illustration or figure.
(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.
(character or glyph) represents a non-standard character or glyph.
points to a description of the character or glyph intended.
(character) provides descriptive information about a character.
(character name) contains the name of a character, expressed following Unicode conventions.
(character property) provides a name and value for some property of the parent
character or glyph.
(character declarations) provides information about nonstandard characters and glyphs.
(character glyph) provides descriptive information about a character glyph.
(character glyph name) contains the name of a glyph, expressed following Unicode
conventions for character names.
(locally-defined property name) contains a locally defined name for some property.
(character mapping) contains one or more
characters which are related to the parent character or glyph
in some respect, as specified by the type
attribute.
(unicode property name) contains the name of a registered Unicode normative or
informative property.
specifies the version number of the Unicode Standard in
which this property name is defined.
(value) contains a single value for some property, attribute, or other
analysis.
(s-unit) contains a sentence-like division of a text.
(clause) represents a grammatical clause.
(phrase) represents a grammatical phrase.
(word) represents a grammatical (not necessarily orthographic) word.
identifies the word's lemma (dictionary entry form).
(morpheme) represents a grammatical morpheme.
identifies the morpheme's base form.
(character) represents a character.
(analysis) indicates one or more elements containing interpretations of the
element on which the ana attribute appears.
associates an interpretative annotation directly with a span
of text.
specifies the beginning of the passage being annotated; if
not accompanied by a to attribute, then specifies the
entire passage.
specifies the end of the passage being annotated.
(span group) collects together span tags.
(interpretation) summarizes a specific interpretative annotation which can be
linked to a span of text.
(interpretation group) collects together a set of related interpretations which share
responsibility or type.