high
medium
low
unknown
0
1
(\-?[\d]+/\-?[\d]+)
0
regular
irregular
unknown
unknown
inapplicable
[\-+]?\d+(\.\d+)?(%|cm|mm|in|pt|pc|px|em|ex|gd|rem|vw|vh|vm)
(\-?[0-9]+\.?[0-9]*,\-?[0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)
[\d]+(\.[\d]+){0,2}
[\d]+[a-z]*[\d]*(\.[\d]+[a-z]*[\d]*){0,3}
(\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+
[0-9.,DHMPRSTWYZ/:+\-]+
indicates the person, or group of people, to whom the element content is ascribed.
provides an externally-defined means of identifying the entity (or entities) being named, using a coded value of some kind.
(reference) provides an explicit means of locating a full definition for the entity being named by means of one or more URIs.
gives a minimum estimated value for the approximate measurement.
gives a maximum estimated value for the approximate measurement.
where the measurement summarizes more than one observation or a range, supplies the minimum value observed.
where the measurement summarizes more than one observation or a range, supplies the maximum value observed.
specifies the degree of statistical confidence (between zero and one) that a value falls within the range specified by min and max, or the proportion of observed values that fall within that range.
names the unit used for the measurement Suggested values include: 1] cm(centimetres) ; 2] mm(millimetres) ; 3] in(inches) ; 4] lines; 5] chars(characters)
cm
(centimetres)
mm
(millimetres)
in
(inches)
lines
lines of text
chars
(characters) characters of text
specifies the length in the units specified
indicates the size of the object concerned using a project-specific vocabulary combining quantity and units in a single string of words.
characterizes the precision of the values specified by the other attributes.
where the measurement summarizes more than one observation, specifies the applicability of this measurement. Sample values include: 1] all; 2] most; 3] range
in the case of damage (deliberate defacement, inking out, etc.) assignable to a distinct hand, signifies the hand responsible for the damage by pointing to one of the hand identifiers declared in the document header (see section ).
categorizes the cause of the damage, if it can be identified. Sample values include: 1] rubbing; 2] mildew; 3] smoke
provides a coded representation of the degree of damage, either as a number between 0 (undamaged) and 1 (very extensively damaged), or as one of the codes high, medium, low, or unknown. The damage element 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.
indicates whether or not the element bearing this attribute should be considered to mark the end of an orthographic token in the same way as whitespace.
(canonical reference) specifies the destination of the pointer by supplying a canonical reference expressed using the scheme defined in a refsDecl element in the TEI header
supplies the value of the date or time in a standard form, e.g. yyyy-mm-dd.
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, e.g. yyyy-mm-dd.
indicates the ending point of the period in standard form, e.g. yyyy-mm-dd.
indicates the system or calendar to which the date represented by the content of this element belongs.
@calendar indicates the system or calendar to which the date represented by the content of this element belongs, but this
element has no textual content.
supplies a pointer to some location defining a named period of time within which the datable item is understood to have occurred.
contains a PID (persistent identifier) that aligns the given element with the appropriate Data Category (or categories) in ISOcat.
contains a PID (persistent identifier) that aligns the content of the given element or the value of the given attribute with the appropriate simple Data Category (or categories) in ISOcat.
indicates whether or not this element is selected by default when its parent is selected.
true
This element is selected if its parent is selected
false
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 whether or not its parent element is fragmented in some way, typically by some other overlapping structure: for example a speech which is divided between two or more verse stanzas, a paragraph which is split across a page division, a verse line which is divided between two speakers.
Y
(yes) the element is fragmented in some (unspecified) respect
N
(no) either the element is not fragmented, or no claim is made as to its completeness.
I
(initial) this is the initial part of a fragmented element
M
(medial) this is a medial part of a fragmented element
F
(final) this is the final part of a fragmented element
(organization) specifies how the content of the division is organized.
composite
no claim is made about the sequence in which the immediate contents of this division are to be processed, or their inter-relationships.
uniform
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.
initial
division lacks material present at end in source.
medial
division lacks material at start and end.
final
division lacks material at start.
unknown
position of sampled material within original unknown.
complete
division is not a sample.
describes the status of a document either currently or, when associated with a dated element, at the time indicated. Sample values include: 1] approved; 2] candidate; 3] cleared; 4] deprecated; 5] draft; 6] embargoed; 7] expired; 8] frozen; 9] galley; 10] proposed; 11] published; 12] recommendation; 13] submitted; 14] unfinished; 15] withdrawn
(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
internal
there is internal evidence to support the intervention.
external
there is external evidence to support the intervention.
conjecture
the intervention or interpretation has been made by the editor, cataloguer, or scholar on the basis of their expertise.
indicates whether this is an instant revision or not.
(identifier) provides a unique identifier for the element bearing the attribute.
(number) gives a number (or other label) for an element, which is not necessarily unique within the document.
(language) indicates the language of the element content using a tag generated according to BCP 47.
(rendition) indicates how the element in question was rendered or presented in the source text.
contains an expression in some formal style definition language which defines the rendering or presentation used for this element in the source text
points to a description of the rendering or presentation used for this element in the source text.
signals an intention about how white space should be managed by applications.
default
signals that the application's default white-space processing modes are acceptable
preserve
indicates the intent that applications preserve all white space
gives a name or other identifier for the scribe believed to be responsible for this hand.
points to a full description of the scribe concerned, typically supplied by a person element elsewhere in the description.
characterizes the particular script or writing style used by this hand, for example secretary, copperplate, Chancery, Italian, etc.
points to a full description of the script or writing style used by this hand, typically supplied by a scriptNote element elsewhere in the description.
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.
sole
only this hand is used throughout the manuscript
major
this hand is used through most of the manuscript
minor
this hand is used occasionally in the manuscript
(MIME media type) specifies the applicable multimedia internet mail extension (MIME) media type
Where the media are displayed, indicates the display width
Where the media are displayed, indicates the display height
Where the media are displayed, indicates a scale factor to be applied when generating the desired display size
(uniform resource locator) specifies the URL from which the media concerned may be obtained.
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)
m
(metre) SI base unit of length
kg
(kilogram) SI base unit of mass
s
(second) SI base unit of time
Hz
(hertz) SI unit of frequency
Pa
(pascal) SI unit of pressure or stress
Ω
(ohm) SI unit of electric resistance
L
(litre) 1 dm³
t
(tonne) 10³ kg
ha
(hectare) 1 hm²
Å
(ångström) 10⁻¹⁰ m
mL
(millilitre)
cm
(centimetre)
dB
(decibel) see remarks, below
kbit
(kilobit) 10³ or 1000 bits
Kibit
(kibibit) 2¹⁰ or 1024 bits
kB
(kilobyte) 10³ or 1000 bytes
KiB
(kibibyte) 2¹⁰ or 1024 bytes
MB
(megabyte) 10⁶ or 1 000 000 bytes
MiB
(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
may be used to specify further information about the entity referenced by this name, for example the occupation of a person, or the status of a place.
(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.
specifies where this item is placed Suggested values include: 1] below; 2] bottom; 3] margin; 4] top; 5] opposite; 6] overleaf; 7] above; 8] end; 9] inline; 10] inspace
below
below the line
bottom
at the foot of the page
margin
in the margin (left, right, or both)
top
at the top of the page
opposite
on the opposite, i.e. facing, page
overleaf
on the other side of the leaf
above
above the line
end
at the end of e.g. chapter or volume.
inline
within the body of the text.
inspace
in a predefined space, for example left by an earlier scribe.
characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology.
provides a sub-categorization of the element, if needed
The
element should not be categorized in detail with @subtype unless also categorized in general with @type
specifies the language of the content to be found at the destination referenced by target, using a language tag generated according to BCP 47.
@targetLang can only be used if @target is specified.
specifies the destination of the reference by supplying one or more URI References
specifies the intended meaning when the target of a pointer is itself a pointer.
all
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.
one
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.
none
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 target attribute of the enclosed link, join, or alt tags.
characterizes the function of the segment.
supplies the sort key for this element in an index, list or group which contains it.
(edition) supplies a sigil or other arbitrary identifier for the source edition in which the associated feature (for example, a page, column, or line break) occurs at this point in the text.
(edition reference) provides a pointer to the source edition in which the associated feature (for example, a page, column, or line break) occurs at this point in the text.
indicates the end of a span initiated by the element bearing this attribute.
The element indicated by @spanTo (
) must follow the current element
identifies the language used to describe the rendition.
css
Cascading Stylesheet Language
xslfo
Extensible Stylesheet Language Formatting Objects
free
Informal free text description
other
A user-defined rendition description language
supplies a version number for the style language provided in scheme.
@schemeVersion can only be used if @scheme is specified.
indicates the location within a temporal alignment at which this element begins.
indicates the location within a temporal alignment at which this element ends.
indicates 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
documents the presumed cause for the intervention.
fix
repeated for the purpose of fixation
unclear
repeated to clarify a previously illegible or badly written text or mark
(sequence) assigns a sequence number related to the order in which the encoded features carrying this attribute are believed to have occurred.
specifies the date on which the source text was extracted and sent to the translator
identifies the unit of information conveyed by the element, e.g. columns, pages, volume. Suggested values include: 1] volume; 2] issue; 3] page; 4] line; 5] chapter; 6] part; 7] column
volume
the element contains a volume number.
issue
the element contains an issue number, or volume and issue numbers.
page
the element contains a page number or page range.
line
the element contains a line number or line range.
chapter
the element contains a chapter indication (number and/or title)
part
the element identifies a part of a book or collection.
column
the element identifies a column.
specifies the starting point of the range of units indicated by the unit attribute.
specifies the end-point of the range of units indicated by the unit attribute.
provides a pointer to the bibliographical source from which a quotation or citation is drawn.
indicates whether the name component is given in full, as an abbreviation or simply as an initial.
yes
the name component is spelled out in full.
abb
(abbreviated) the name component is given in an abbreviated form.
init
(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 name.
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] speaker; 8] stanza; 9] act; 10] scene; 11] section; 12] absent; 13] unnumbered
page
physical page breaks (synonymous with the pb element).
column
column breaks.
line
line breaks (synonymous with the lb element).
book
any units termed book, liber, etc.
poem
individual poems in a collection.
canto
cantos or other major sections of a poem.
speaker
changes of speaker or narrator.
stanza
stanzas within a poem, book, or canto.
act
acts within a play.
scene
scenes within a play or act.
section
sections of any kind.
absent
passages not present in the reference edition.
unnumbered
passages present in the text, but not to be included as part of the reference.
(paragraph) marks paragraphs in prose. [3.1. 7.2.5. ]
inline
right
left
center
(foreign) identifies a word or phrase as belonging to some language other than that of the surrounding text. [3.3.2.1. ]
(emphasized) marks words or phrases which are stressed or emphasized for linguistic or rhetorical effect. [3.3.2.2. 3.3.2. ]
(highlighted) marks a word or phrase as graphically distinct from the surrounding text, for reasons concerning which no claim is made. [3.3.2.2. 3.3.2. ]
latintype
antiqua
superscript
subscript
italic
spaced_out
bold
underline
small-caps
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. [3.3.2.3. ]
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. [3.3.3. ]
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. [3.3.3. 4.3.1. ]
(quoted) contains material which is distinguished from the surrounding text using quotation marks or a similar method, 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. [3.3.3. ]
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; 6] distinct; 7] term; 8] emph; 9] mentioned
spoken
representation of speech
thought
representation of thought, e.g. internal monologue
written
quotation from a written source
soCalled
authorial distance
foreign
distinct
linguistically distinct
term
technical term
emph
rhetorically emphasized
mentioned
refering to itself, not its normal referent
(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. [3.3.3. 4.3.1. 9.3.5.1. ]
marks words or phrases mentioned, not used. [3.3.3. ]
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. [3.3.3. ]
(description) contains a brief description of the object documented by its parent element, including its intended usage, purpose, or application where this is appropriate. [22.4.1. ]
identifies a phrase or word used to provide a gloss or definition for some other word or phrase. [3.3.4. 22.4.1. ]
contains a single-word, multi-word, or symbolic designation which is regarded as a technical term. [3.3.4. ]
(Latin for thus or so ) contains text reproduced although apparently incorrect or inaccurate. [3.4.1. ]
(correction) contains the correct form of a passage apparently erroneous in the copy text. [3.4.1. ]
groups a number of alternative encodings for the same point in a text. [3.4. ]
(regularization) contains a reading which has been regularized or normalized in some sense. [3.4.2. 12. ]
(original form) contains a reading which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected. [3.4.2. 12. ]
(gap) 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. [3.4.3. ]
gives the reason for omission. Sample values include sampling, inaudible, irrelevant, cancelled.
in the case of text omitted from the transcription because of deliberate deletion by an identifiable hand, indicates 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
(addition) contains letters, words, or phrases inserted in the source text by an author, scribe, or a previous annotator or corrector. [3.4.3. ]
(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, or a previous annotator or corrector. [3.4.3. ]
strikethrough
overwritten
converted
pasted_over
contains a word, phrase, or passage which cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the source. [11.3.3.1. 3.4.3. ]
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. [3.5.1. ]
(referencing string) contains a general purpose name or referring string. [13.2.1. 3.5.1. ]
(electronic mail address) contains an e-mail address identifying a location to which e-mail messages can be delivered. [3.5.2. ]
contains a postal address, for example of a publisher, an organization, or an individual. [3.5.2. 2.2.4. 3.11.2.4. ]
(address line) contains one line of a postal address. [3.5.2. 2.2.4. 3.11.2.4. ]
contains 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. [3.5.2. ]
(postal code) contains a numerical or alphanumeric code used as part of a postal address to simplify sorting or delivery of mail. [3.5.2. ]
(postal box or post office box) contains a number or other identifier for some postal delivery point other than a street address. [3.5.2. ]
(number) contains a number, written in any form. [3.5.3. ]
indicates the type of numeric value. Suggested values include: 1] cardinal; 2] ordinal; 3] fraction; 4] percentage
cardinal
absolute number, e.g. 21, 21.5
ordinal
ordinal number, e.g. 21st
fraction
fraction, e.g. one half or three-quarters
percentage
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. [3.5.3. ]
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. [10.3.4. ]
contains a date in any format. [3.5.4. 2.2.4. 2.5. 3.11.2.4. 15.2.3. 13.3.6. ]
contains a phrase defining a time of day in any format. [3.5.4. ]
(abbreviation) contains an abbreviation of any sort. [3.5.5. ]
allows the encoder to classify the abbreviation according to some convenient typology.
(expansion) contains the expansion of an abbreviation. [3.5.5. ]
(pointer) defines a pointer to another location. [3.6. 16.1. ]
Only one of the attributes @target and @cRef may be supplied on
.
(reference) defines a reference to another location, possibly modified by additional text or comment. [3.6. 16.1. ]
Only one of the attributes @target' and @cRef' may be supplied on
(list) contains any sequence of items organized as a list. [3.7. ]
describes the form of the list. Suggested values include: 1] ordered; 2] bulleted; 3] simple; 4] gloss
ordered
list items are numbered or lettered.
bulleted
list items are marked with a bullet or other typographic device.
simple
list items are not numbered or bulleted.
gloss
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. [3.7. 2.5. ]
contains any label or heading used to identify part of a text, typically but not exclusively in a list or glossary. [3.7. ]
(heading) contains any type of heading, for example the title of a section, or the heading of a list, glossary, manuscript description, etc. [4.2.1. ]
(heading for list labels) contains the heading for the label or term column in a glossary list or similar structured list. [3.7. ]
(heading for list items) contains the heading for the item or gloss column in a glossary list or similar structured list. [3.7. ]
contains a note or annotation. [3.8.1. 2.2.6. 3.11.2.8. 9.3.5.4. ]
indicates whether the copy text shows the exact place of reference for the note.
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. [3.8.2. ]
a single word which follows the rules defining a legal XML name (see ), supplying a name to specify which index (of several) the index entry belongs to.
indicates the location of any form of external media such as an audio or video clip etc. [3.9. ]
(MIME media type) specifies the applicable multimedia internet mail extension (MIME) media type
indicates the location of an inline graphic, illustration, or figure. [3.9. ]
provides encoded binary data representing an inline graphic, audio, video or other object. [3.9. ]
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, typically but not necessarily indicating a point at which some part of a standard reference system changes, where the change is not represented by a structural element. [3.10.3. ]
(gathering begins) marks the point in a transcribed codex at which a new gathering or quire begins. [3.10.3. ]
(page break) marks the start of a new page in a paginated document. [3.10.3. ]
(line break) marks the start of a new (typographic) line in some edition or version of a text. [3.10.3. 7.2.5. ]
(column break) marks the beginning of a new column of a text on a multi-column page. [3.10.3. ]
(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. [3.11.2.1. ]
(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). [3.11.2.1. ]
(series information) contains information about the series in which a book or other bibliographic item has appeared. [3.11.2.1. ]
in a bibliographic reference, contains the name(s) of an author, personal or corporate, of a work; for example in the same form as that provided by a recognized bibliographic name authority. [3.11.2.2. 2.2.1. ]
contains a 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. [3.11.2.2. ]
(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. May also be used to encode information about individuals or organizations which have played a role in the production or distribution of a bibliographic work. [3.11.2.2. 2.2.1. 2.2.2. 2.2.5. ]
(responsibility) contains a phrase describing the nature of a person's intellectual responsibility, or an organization's role in the production or distribution of a work. [3.11.2.2. 2.2.1. 2.2.2. 2.2.5. ]
contains a title for any kind of work. [3.11.2.2. 2.2.1. 2.2.5. ]
classifies the title according to some convenient typology. Sample values include: 1] main; 2] sub(subordinate) ; 3] alt(alternate) ; 4] short; 5] desc(descriptive)
indicates the bibliographic level for a title, that is, whether it identifies an article, book, journal, series, or unpublished material.
a
(analytic) the title applies to an analytic item, such as an article, poem, or other work published as part of a larger item.
m
(monographic) the title applies to a monograph such as a book or other item considered to be a distinct publication, including single volumes of multi-volume works
j
(journal) the title applies to any serial or periodical publication such as a journal, magazine, or newspaper
s
(series) the title applies to a series of otherwise distinct publications such as a collection
u
(unpublished) the title applies to any unpublished material (including theses and dissertations unless published by a commercial press)
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. [3.11.2.2. ]
groups information relating to the publication or distribution of a bibliographic item. [3.11.2.4. ]
provides the name of the organization responsible for the publication or distribution of a bibliographic item. [3.11.2.4. 2.2.4. ]
(scope of bibliographic reference) defines the scope of a bibliographic reference, for example as a list of page numbers, or a named subdivision of a larger work. [3.11.2.4. ]
identifies the type of information conveyed by the element, e.g. columns, pages, volume. Suggested values include: 1] vol(volume) ; 2] issue; 3] pp(pages) ; 4] ll(lines) ; 5] chap(chapter) ; 6] part
vol
(volume) the element contains a volume number.
issue
the element contains an issue number, or volume and issue numbers.
pp
(pages) the element contains a page number or page range.
ll
(lines) the element contains a line number or line range.
chap
(chapter) the element contains a chapter indication (number and/or title)
part
the element identifies a part of a book or collection.
(cited range) defines the range of cited content, often represented by pages or other units [3.11.2.4. ]
(publication place) contains the name of the place where a bibliographic item was published. [3.11.2.4. ]
(bibliographic citation) contains a loosely-structured bibliographic citation of which the sub-components may or may not be explicitly tagged. [3.11.1. 2.2.7. 15.3.2. ]
(structured bibliographic citation) contains a structured bibliographic citation, in which only bibliographic sub-elements appear and in a specified order. [3.11.1. 2.2.7. 15.3.2. ]
(citation list) contains a list of bibliographic citations of any kind. [3.11.1. 2.2.7. 15.3.2. ]
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. [3.11.2.7. ]
If the @target attribute on
is used, the relatedItem element must be empty
A relatedItem element should have either a 'target' attribute or a child element to indicate the related bibliographic item
points to the related bibliographic element by means of an absolute or relative URI reference
(verse line) contains a single, possibly incomplete, line of verse. [3.12.1. 3.12. 7.2.5. ]
(line group) contains one or more verse lines functioning as a formal unit, e.g. a stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc. [3.12.1. 3.12. 7.2.5. ]
An lg element must contain at least one child l, lg or gap element.
indent
(speech) contains an individual speech in a performance text, or a passage presented as such in a prose or verse text. [3.12.2. 3.12. 7.2.2. ]
contains a specialized form of heading or label, giving the name of one or more speakers in a dramatic text or fragment. [3.12.2. ]
spaced_out
underlie
(stage direction) contains any kind of stage direction within a dramatic text or fragment. [3.12.2. 3.12. 7.2.4. ]
inline
right
left
center
underline
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
setting
describes a setting.
entrance
describes an entrance.
exit
describes an exit.
business
describes stage business.
novelistic
is a narrative, motivating stage direction.
delivery
describes how a character speaks.
modifier
gives some detail about a character.
location
describes a location.
mixed
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. [4. 15.1. ]
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. [3.8.2. ]
specifies what type of generated text division (e.g. index, table of contents, etc.) is to appear. Sample values include: 1] index; 2] toc; 3] figlist; 4] tablist
(text language) describes the languages and writing systems identified within the bibliographic work being described, rather than its description. [3.11.2.4. 10.6.6. ]
(main language) supplies a code which identifies the chief language used in the bibliographic work.
(other languages) one or more codes identifying any other languages used in the bibliographic work.
specifies a regular expression against which the values of other attributes can be matched.
specifies a replacement pattern, that is, the skeleton of a relative or absolute URI containing references to groups in the matchPattern which, once subpattern substitution has been performed, complete the URI.
(TEI header) supplies the descriptive and declarative information making up an electronic title page prefixed to every TEI-conformant text. [2.1.1. 15.1. ]
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. [2.2. 2.1.1. ]
(title statement) groups information about the title of a work and those responsible for its content. [2.2.1. 2.2. ]
specifies the name of a sponsoring organization or institution. [2.2.1. ]
(funding body) specifies the name of an individual, institution, or organization responsible for the funding of a project or text. [2.2.1. ]
(principal researcher) supplies the name of the principal researcher responsible for the creation of an electronic text. [2.2.1. ]
(edition statement) groups information relating to one edition of a text. [2.2.2. 2.2. ]
(edition) describes the particularities of one edition of a text. [2.2.2. ]
describes the approximate size of a text stored on some carrier medium or of some other object, digital or non-digital, specified in any convenient units. [2.2.3. 2.2. 3.11.2.4. 10.7.1. ]
(publication statement) groups information concerning the publication or distribution of an electronic or other text. [2.2.4. 2.2. ]
supplies the name of a person or other agency responsible for the distribution of a text. [2.2.4. ]
(release authority) supplies the name of a person or other agency responsible for making a work available, other than a publisher or distributor. [2.2.4. ]
(identifier) supplies any form of identifier used to identify some object, such as a bibliographic item, a person, a title, an organization, etc. in a standardized way. [2.2.4. 2.2.5. 3.11.2.4. ]
categorizes the identifier, for example as an ISBN, Social Security number, etc.
supplies information about the availability of a text, for example any restrictions on its use or distribution, its copyright status, any licence applying to it, etc. [2.2.4. ]
supplies a code identifying the current availability of the text.
free
the text is freely available.
unknown
the status of the text is unknown.
restricted
the text is not freely available.
contains information about a licence or other legal agreement applicable to the text. [2.2.4. ]
(series statement) groups information about the series, if any, to which a publication belongs. [2.2.5. 2.2. ]
(notes statement) collects together any notes providing information about a text additional to that recorded in other parts of the bibliographic description. [2.2.6. 2.2. ]
(source description) describes the source from which an electronic text was derived or generated, typically a bibliographic description in the case of a digitized text, or a phrase such as "born digital" for a text which has no previous existence. [2.2.7. ]
(fully-structured bibliographic citation) contains a fully-structured bibliographic citation, in which all components of the TEI file description are present. [3.11.1. 2.2. 2.2.7. 15.3.2. ]
(encoding description) documents the relationship between an electronic text and the source or sources from which it was derived. [2.3. 2.1.1. ]
(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. [2.3.1. 2.3. 15.3.2. ]
(sampling declaration) contains a prose description of the rationale and methods used in sampling texts in the creation of a corpus or collection. [2.3.2. 2.3. 15.3.2. ]
(editorial practice declaration) provides details of editorial principles and practices applied during the encoding of a text. [2.3.3. 2.3. 15.3.2. ]
(correction principles) states how and under what circumstances corrections have been made in the text. [2.3.3. 15.3.2. ]
indicates the degree of correction applied to the text.
high
the text has been thoroughly checked and proofread.
medium
the text has been checked at least once.
low
the text has not been checked.
unknown
the correction status of the text is unknown.
indicates the method adopted to indicate corrections within the text.
silent
corrections have been made silently
markup
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. [2.3.3. 15.3.2. ]
indicates a bibliographic description or other resource documenting the principles underlying the normalization carried out.
indicates the method adopted to indicate normalizations within the text.
silent
normalization made silently
markup
normalization represented using markup
specifies editorial practice adopted with respect to quotation marks in the original. [2.3.3. 15.3.2. ]
On
, either the @marks attribute should be used, or a paragraph of description provided
(quotation marks) indicates whether or not quotation marks have been retained as content within the text.
none
no quotation marks have been retained
some
some quotation marks have been retained
all
all quotation marks have been retained
specifies how quotation marks are indicated within the text.
summarizes the way in which hyphenation in a source text has been treated in an encoded version of it. [2.3.3. 15.3.2. ]
(end-of-line) indicates whether or not end-of-line hyphenation has been retained in a text.
all
all end-of-line hyphenation has been retained, even though the lineation of the original may not have been.
some
end-of-line hyphenation has been retained in some cases.
hard
all soft end-of-line hyphenation has been removed: any remaining end-of-line hyphenation should be retained.
none
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. [2.3.3. 15.3.2. ]
(standard values) specifies the format used when standardized date or number values are supplied. [2.3.3. 15.3.2. ]
describes the scope of any analytic or interpretive information added to the text in addition to the transcription. [2.3.3. ]
(tagging declaration) provides detailed information about the tagging applied to a document. [2.3.4. 2.3. ]
supplies information about the usage of a specific element within a text. [2.3.4. ]
(generic identifier) specifies the name (generic identifier) of the element indicated by the tag, within the namespace indicated by the parent namespace element.
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 was rendered in the source text.
supplies the formal name of the namespace to which the elements documented by its children belong. [2.3.4. ]
specifies the full formal name of the namespace concerned.
supplies information about the rendition or appearance of one or more elements in the source text. [2.3.4. ]
where CSS is used, provides a way of defining pseudo-elements, that is, styling rules applicable to specific sub-portions of an element. Sample values include: 1] first-line; 2] first-letter; 3] before; 4] after
(style definition language declaration) specifies the name of the formal language in which style or renditional information is supplied elsewhere in the document. The specific version of the scheme may also be supplied. [2.3.5. ]
(references declaration) specifies how canonical references are constructed for this text. [2.3.6.3. 2.3. 2.3.6. ]
(canonical reference pattern) specifies an expression and replacement pattern for transforming a canonical reference into a URI. [2.3.6.3. 2.3.6. 2.3.6.2. ]
(prefixing scheme used in data.pointer values) defines a prefixing scheme used in data.pointer values, showing how abbreviated URIs using the scheme may be expanded into full URIs. [16.2.3. ]
supplies a name which functions as the prefix for an abbreviated pointing scheme such as a private URI scheme. The prefix constitutes the text preceding the first colon.
(list of prefix definitions) contains a list of definitions of prefixing schemes used in data.pointer values, showing how abbreviated URIs using each scheme may be expanded into full URIs. [16.2.3. ]
(reference state) specifies one component of a canonical reference defined by the milestone method. [2.3.6.3. 2.3.6. ]
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. [2.3.7. 2.3. ]
defines a typology either implicitly, by means of a bibliographic citation, or explicitly by a structured taxonomy. [2.3.7. ]
contains an individual descriptive category, possibly nested within a superordinate category, within a user-defined taxonomy. [2.3.7. ]
(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. [2.3.7. ]
(geographic coordinates declaration) documents the notation and the datum used for geographic coordinates expressed as content of the geo element elsewhere within the document. [2.3.8. ]
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)
WGS84
(World Geodetic System) a pair of numbers to be interpreted as latitude followed by longitude according to the World Geodetic System.
MGRS
(Military Grid Reference System) the values supplied are geospatial entity object codes, based on
OSGB36
(ordnance survey great britain) the value supplied is to be interpreted as a British National Grid Reference.
ED50
(European Datum coordinate system) the value supplied is to be interpreted as latitude followed by longitude according to the European Datum coordinate system.
(application information) records information about an application which has edited the TEI file. [2.3.10. ]
provides information about an application which has acted upon the document. [2.3.10. ]
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. [2.4. 2.1.1. ]
(note on hand) describes a particular style or hand distinguished within a manuscript. [10.7.2. ]
contains a summary or formal abstract prefixed to an existing source document by the encoder. [2.4.4. ]
contains information about the creation of a text. [2.4.1. 2.4. ]
(language usage) describes the languages, sublanguages, registers, dialects, etc. represented within a text. [2.4.2. 2.4. 15.3.2. ]
characterizes a single language or sublanguage used within a text. [2.4.2. ]
(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.
100
(text classification) groups information which describes the nature or topic of a text in terms of a standard classification scheme, thesaurus, etc. [2.4.3. ]
contains a list of keywords or phrases identifying the topic or nature of a text. [2.4.3. ]
identifies the controlled vocabulary within which the set of keywords concerned is defined identifies the classification scheme within which the set of categories concerned is defined, for example by a taxonomy element, or by some other resource.
(classification code) contains the classification code used for this text in some standard classification system. [2.4.3. ]
identifies the classification system in use, as defined by for example by a taxonomy element, or some other resource..
(category reference) specifies one or more defined categories within some taxonomy or text typology. [2.4.3. ]
identifies the classification scheme within which the set of categories concerned is defined, for example by a taxonomy element, or by some other resource.
(calendar description) contains a description of the calendar system used in any dating expression found in the text. [2.4. 2.4.5. ]
describes a calendar or dating system used in a dating formula in the text. [2.4.5. ]
(revision description) summarizes the revision history for a file. [2.5. 2.1.1. ]
documents a change or set of changes made during the production of a source document, or during the revision of an electronic file. [2.5. 2.4.1. ]
points to one or more elements that belong to this change.
describes a particular font or other significant typographic feature distinguished within the description of a printed resource. [10.7.2. ]
describes a particular script distinguished within the description of a manuscript or similar resource. [10.7.2. ]
groups a number of change descriptions associated with either the creation of a source text or the revision of an encoded text. [2.5. 11.7. ]
indicates whether the ordering of its child change elements is to be considered significant or not
(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. [4. 15.1. ]
specifies the major version number of the TEI Guidelines against which this document is valid.
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. [4. 15.1. ]
(text body) contains the whole body of a single unitary text, excluding any front or back matter. [4. ]
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. [4. 4.3.1. 15.1. ]
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. [4.3.2. ]
(text division) contains a subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. [4.1. ]
(level-1 text division) contains a first-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. [4.1.2. ]
(level-2 text division) contains a second-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. [4.1.2. ]
(level-3 text division) contains a third-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. [4.1.2. ]
(level-4 text division) contains a fourth-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. [4.1.2. ]
(level-5 text division) contains a fifth-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. [4.1.2. ]
(level-6 text division) contains a sixth-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. [4.1.2. ]
(level-7 text division) contains the smallest possible subdivision of the front, body or back of a text, larger than a paragraph. [4.1.2. ]
contains a closing title or footer appearing at the end of a division of a text. [4.2.4. 4.2. ]
contains the primary statement of responsibility given for a work on its title page or at the head or end of the work. [4.2.2. 4.5. ]
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. [4.2.2. ]
contains a formal list or prose description of the topics addressed by a subdivision of a text. [4.2. 4.6. ]
contains a quotation, anonymous or attributed, appearing at the start or end of a section or on a title page. [4.2.3. 4.2. 4.6. ]
groups together dateline, byline, salutation, and similar phrases appearing as a preliminary group at the start of a division, especially of a letter. [4.2. ]
groups together salutations, datelines, and similar phrases appearing as a final group at the end of a division, especially of a letter. [4.2.2. 4.2. ]
(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. [4.2.2. ]
(signature) contains the closing salutation, etc., appended to a foreword, dedicatory epistle, or other division of a text. [4.2.2. ]
contains a postscript, e.g. to a letter. [4.2. ]
(title page) contains the title page of a text, appearing within the front or back matter. [4.6. ]
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. [4.6. ]
contains a subsection or division of the title of a work, as indicated on a title page. [4.6. ]
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
main title of the work
sub
(subordinate) subtitle of the work
alt
(alternate) alternative title of the work
short
abbreviated form of title
desc
(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). [4.6. ]
contains a formal statement authorizing the publication of a work, sometimes required to appear on a title page or its verso. [4.6. ]
(document edition) contains an edition statement as presented on a title page of a document. [4.6. ]
(document imprint) contains the imprint statement (place and date of publication, publisher name), as given (usually) at the foot of a title page. [4.6. ]
(document date) contains the date of a document, as given on a title page or in a dateline. [4.6. ]
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. [4.6. 4. ]
(back matter) contains any appendixes, etc. following the main part of a text. [4.7. 4. ]
(corresponds) points to elements that correspond to the current element in some way.
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.
defines an association or hypertextual link among elements or passages, of some type not more precisely specifiable by other elements. [16.1. ]
You must supply at least two values for @target or @targets on
(link group) defines a collection of associations or hypertextual links. [16.1. ]
(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. [16.3. ]
(anchor point) attaches an identifier to a point within a text, whether or not it corresponds with a textual element. [8.4.2. 16.4. ]
(arbitrary segment) represents any segmentation of text below the chunk level. [16.3. 6.2. 7.2.5. ]
inline
right
left
center
indicates a point in time either relative to other elements in the same timeline tag, or absolutely. [16.5.2. ]
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)
d
(days)
h
(hours)
min
(minutes)
s
(seconds)
ms
(milliseconds)
specifies a time interval either as a number or as one of the keywords defined by the datatype data.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. [16.5.2. ]
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)
d
(days)
h
(hours)
min
(minutes)
s
(seconds)
ms
(milliseconds)
specifies a time interval either as a positive integral value or using one of a set of predefined codes.
identifies a possibly fragmented segment of text, by pointing at the possibly discontiguous elements which compose it. [16.7. ]
You must supply at least two values for @target on
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).
root
the rooted subtrees indicated by the targets attribute are joined, each subtree become a child of the virtual element created by the join
branches
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. [16.7. ]
supplies the default value for the result on each join included within the group.
(alternation) identifies an alternation or a set of choices among elements or passages. [16.8. ]
specifies the destination of the reference by supplying one or more URI References
states whether the alternations gathered in this collection are exclusive or inclusive.
excl
(exclusive) indicates that the alternation is exclusive, i.e. that at most one of the alternatives occurs.
incl
(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. [16.8. ]
states whether the alternations gathered in this collection are exclusive or inclusive.
excl
(exclusive) indicates that the alternation is exclusive, i.e. that at most one of the alternatives occurs.
incl
(inclusive) indicates that the alternation is not exclusive, i.e. that one or more of the alternatives occur.
indicates whether the passage being quoted is defective, i.e. incomplete through loss or damage.
(manuscript description) contains a description of a single identifiable manuscript or other text-bearing object. [10.1. ]
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. [10.3.7. ]
contains a dimensional specification. [10.3.4. ]
The element
may appear once only
The element
may appear once only
The element
may appear once only
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 any single measurement forming part of a dimensional specification of some sort. [10.3.4. ]
contains a measurement measured along the axis at right angles to the bottom of the written surface, i.e. parallel to the spine for a codex or book. [10.3.4. ]
contains a measurement measured across the spine of a book or codex, or (for other text-bearing objects) perpendicular to the measurement given by the width element. [10.3.4. ]
contains a measurement measured along the axis parallel to the bottom of the written surface, i.e. perpendicular to the spine of a book or codex. [10.3.4. ]
contains a heraldic formula or phrase, typically found as part of a blazon, coat of arms, etc. [10.3.8. ]
defines a location within a manuscript or manuscript part, usually as a (possibly discontinuous) sequence of folio references. [10.3.5. ]
identifies the foliation scheme in terms of which the location is being specified by pointing to some foliation element defining it, or to some other equivalent resource.
specifies the starting point of the location in a normalized form, typically a page number.
specifies the end-point of the location in a normalized form, typically as a page number.
groups a number of locations which together form a distinct but discontinuous item within a manuscript or manuscript part, according to a specific foliation. [10.3.5. ]
identifies the foliation scheme in terms of which all the locations contained by the group are specified by pointing to some foliation element defining it, or to some other equivalent resource.
contains a word or phrase describing the material of which the object being described is composed. [10.3.2. ]
contains a word or phrase describing the type of object being referred to. [10.3.2. ]
(origin date) contains any form of date, used to identify the date of origin for a manuscript or manuscript part. [10.3.1. ]
(origin place) contains any form of place name, used to identify the place of origin for a manuscript or manuscript part. [10.3.1. ]
(second folio) marks 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. [10.3.7. ]
contains discussion of the leaf or quire signatures found within a codex. [10.3.7. ]
contains a word or phrase describing a stamp or similar device. [10.3.3. ]
contains a word or phrase describing a watermark or similar device. [10.3.3. ]
(manuscript identifier) contains the information required to identify the manuscript being described. [10.4. ]
An msIdentifier must contain either a repository or location of some type, or a manuscript name
contains the name of an organization such as a university or library, with which a manuscript is identified, generally its holding institution. [10.4. ]
contains the name of a repository within which manuscripts are stored, possibly forming part of an institution. [10.4. ]
contains the name of a collection of manuscripts, not necessarily located within a single repository. [10.4. ]
(alternative identifier) contains an alternative or former structured identifier used for a manuscript, such as a former catalogue number. [10.4. ]
(alternative name) contains any form of unstructured alternative name used for a manuscript, such as an ocellus nominum, or nickname. [10.4. ]
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. [10.6.1. ]
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. [10.6.1. ]
contains information concerning the manuscript's filiation, i.e. its relationship to other surviving manuscripts of the same text, its protographs, antigraphs and apographs. [10.6.1. ]
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. [10.6.1. ]
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 incipits were, in former times, frequently used a means of reference to a work, in place of a title. [10.6.1. ]
(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. [10.6. ]
identifies the text types or classifications applicable to this object by pointing to other elements or resources defining the classification concerned.
(manuscript item) describes an individual work or item within the intellectual content of a manuscript or manuscript part. [10.6.1. ]
identifies the text types or classifications applicable to this item by pointing to other elements or resources defining the classification concerned.
(structured manuscript item) contains a structured description for an individual work or item within the intellectual content of a manuscript or manuscript part. [10.6.1. ]
identifies the text types or classifications applicable to this item by pointing to other elements or resources defining the classification concerned.
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. [10.6.1. ]
contains an overview of the available information concerning some aspect of an item (for example, its intellectual content, history, layout, typography etc.) as a complement or alternative to the more detailed information carried by more specific elements. [10.6. ]
(physical description) contains a full physical description of a manuscript or manuscript part, optionally subdivided using more specialized elements from the model.physDescPart class. [10.7. ]
contains a description of the physical components making up the object which is being described. [10.7.1. ]
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. [10.7.1. ]
a short project-defined name for the material composing the majority of the support Suggested values include: 1] paper(paper) ; 2] parch(parchment) ; 3] mixed
paper
(paper)
parch
(parchment)
mixed
contains a description of the materials etc. which make up the physical support for the written part of a manuscript. [10.7.1. ]
contains a description of how the leaves or bifolia are physically arranged. [10.7.1. ]
describes the numbering system or systems used to count the leaves or pages in a codex. [10.7.1.4. ]
contains a description of the physical condition of the manuscript. [10.7.1.5. ]
(layout description) collects the set of layout descriptions applicable to a manuscript. [10.7.2. ]
describes how text is laid out on the page, including information about any ruling, pricking, or other evidence of page-preparation techniques. [10.7.2. ]
specifies the number of columns per page
specifies the number of ruled lines per column
specifies the number of written lines per column
(description of hands) contains a description of all the different kinds of writing used in a manuscript. [10.7.2. ]
specifies the number of distinct hands identified within the manuscript
contains a description of the typefaces or other aspects of the printing of an incunable or other printed source. [10.7.2.1. ]
contains a description of the scripts used in a manuscript or similar source. [10.7.2.1. ]
contains description of type of musical notation. [10.7.2. ]
(decoration description) contains a description of the decoration of a manuscript, either as a sequence of paragraphs, or as a sequence of topically organized decoNote elements. [10.7.3. ]
(note on decoration) contains a note describing either a decorative component of a manuscript, or a fairly homogenous class of such components. [10.7.3. ]
contains a description of any significant additions found within a manuscript, such as marginalia or other annotations. [10.7.2. ]
(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. [10.7.3.1. ]
contains a description of one binding, i.e. type of covering, boards, etc. applied to a manuscript. [10.7.3.1. ]
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. [10.7.3.2. ]
contains a description of one seal or similar attachment applied to a manuscript. [10.7.3.2. ]
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. [10.7.3.3. ]
groups elements describing the full history of a manuscript or manuscript part. [10.8. ]
contains any descriptive or other information concerning the origin of a manuscript or manuscript part. [10.8. ]
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. [10.8. ]
contains any descriptive or other information concerning the process by which a manuscript or manuscript part entered the holding institution. [10.8. ]
groups additional information, combining bibliographic information about a manuscript, or surrogate copies of it with curatorial or administrative information. [10.9. ]
(administrative information) contains information about the present custody and availability of the manuscript, and also about the record description itself. [10.9.1. ]
(recorded history) provides information about the source and revision status of the parent manuscript description itself. [10.9.1. ]
describes the original source for the information contained with a manuscript description. [10.9.1.1. ]
(custodial history) contains a description of a manuscript's custodial history, either as running prose or as a series of dated custodial events. [10.9.1.2. ]
(custodial event) describes a single event during the custodial history of a manuscript. [10.9.1.2. ]
contains information about any representations of the manuscript being described which may exist in the holding institution or elsewhere. [10.9. ]
(manuscript part) contains information about an originally distinct manuscript or part of a manuscript, now forming part of a composite manuscript. [10.10. ]
supplies the value of a date or time in some standard form.
specifies the earliest possible date for the event in some custom standard form.
specifies the latest possible date for the event in some custom standard form.
indicates the starting point of the period in some standard form.
indicates the ending point of the period in some standard form.
supplies a pointer to some location defining a named point in time with reference to which the datable item is understood to have occurred
supplies a pointer to a calendar element or other means of interpreting the values of the custom dating attributes.
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.
(organization name) contains an organizational name. [13.2.2. ]
(personal name) contains a proper noun or proper-noun phrase referring to a person, possibly including one or more of the person's forenames, surnames, honorifics, added names, etc. [13.2.1. ]
contains a family (inherited) name, as opposed to a given, baptismal, or nick name. [13.2.1. ]
contains a forename, given or baptismal name. [13.2.1. ]
(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. [13.2.1. ]
(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. [13.2.1. ]
(additional name) contains an additional name component, such as a nickname, epithet, or alias, or any other descriptive phrase used within a personal name. [13.2.1. ]
contains a name component which indicates that the referent has a particular role or position in society, such as an official title or rank. [13.2.1. ]
contains an absolute or relative place name. [13.2.3. ]
(bloc) contains the name of a geo-political unit consisting of two or more nation states or countries. [13.2.3. ]
(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. [13.2.3. ]
contains the name of an administrative unit such as a state, province, or county, larger than a settlement, but smaller than a country. [13.2.3. ]
contains the name of any kind of subdivision of a settlement, such as a parish, ward, or other administrative or geographic unit. [13.2.3. ]
contains the name of a settlement such as a city, town, or village identified as a single geo-political or administrative unit. [13.2.3. ]
marks 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. [13.2.3. ]
(geographical name) identifies a name associated with some geographical feature such as Windrush Valley or Mount Sinai. [13.2.3. ]
(geographical feature name) contains a common noun identifying some geographical feature contained within a geographic name, such as valley, mount, etc. [13.2.3. ]
(affiliation) contains an informal description of a person's present or past affiliation with some organization, for example an employer or sponsor. [15.2.2. ]
(age) specifies the age of a person. [13.3.2.1. ]
supplies a numeric code representing the age or age group
(birth) contains information about a person's birth, such as its date and place. [15.2.2. ]
(climate) contains information about the physical climate of a place. [13.3.4.3. ]
(death) contains information about a person's death, such as its date and place. [15.2.2. ]
contains a description of the educational experience of a person. [15.2.2. ]
(event) contains data relating to any kind of significant event associated with a person, place, or organization. [13.3.1. ]
indicates the location of an event by pointing to a place element
specifies the faith, religion, or belief set of a person. [13.3.2.1. ]
contains information about a person's period of activity. [13.3.2.1. ]
(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. [13.3.4.1. ]
(language knowledge) summarizes the state of a person's linguistic knowledge, either as prose or by a list of langKnown elements. [13.3.2.1. ]
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. [15.2.2. ]
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 elements, each of which provides information about an identifiable organization. [13.2.2. ]
(list of events) contains a list of descriptions, each of which provides information about an identifiable event. [13.3.1. ]
(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. [13.3.2. 15.2. 2.4. 15.3.2. ]
(list of places) contains a list of places, optionally followed by a list of relationships (other than containment) defined amongst them. [2.2.7. 13.3.4. ]
defines the location of a place as a set of geographical coordinates, in terms of other named geo-political entities, or as an address. [13.3.4. ]
contains an informal description of a person's present or past nationality or citizenship. [15.2.2. ]
contains an informal description of a person's trade, profession or occupation. [15.2.2. ]
indicates the classification system or taxonomy in use, for example by supplying the identifier of a taxonomy element, or pointing to some other resource.
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. [13.2.2. ]
specifies a primary role or classification for the organization.
provides information about relationships identified amongst people, places, and organizations, either informally as prose or as formally expressed relation links. [13.3.2.3. ]
(relation group) provides information about relationships identified amongst people, places, and organizations, either informally as prose or as formally expressed relation links. [13.3.2.3. ]
provides information about an identifiable individual, for example a participant in a language interaction, or a person referred to in a historical source. [13.3.2. 15.2.2. ]
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. [15.2.2. ]
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.
describes informally the size or approximate size of the group for example by means of a number and an indication of accuracy e.g. approx 200.
contains data about a geographic location [13.3.4. ]
contains information about the population of a place. [13.3.4.3. ]
(relationship) describes any kind of relationship or linkage amongst a specified group of places, events, persons, objects or other items. [13.3.2.3. ]
One of the attributes 'name', 'ref' or 'key' must be supplied
Only one of the attributes @active and @mutual may be supplied
the attribute 'passive' may be supplied only if the attribute 'active' is supplied
categorizes the relationship in some respect, e.g. as social, personal or other. Suggested values include: 1] social; 2] personal; 3] other
social
relationship concerned with social roles
personal
relationship concerned with personal roles, e.g. kinship, marriage, etc.
other
other kinds of relationship
supplies a name for the kind of relationship of which this is an instance.
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.
identifies the passive participants in a non-mutual relationship.
(residence) describes a person's present or past places of residence. [15.2.2. ]
specifies the sex of a person. [13.3.2.1. ]
supplies a coded value for sex
(socio-economic status) contains an informal description of a person's perceived social or economic status. [15.2.2. ]
identifies the classification system or taxonomy in use, for example by pointing to a locally-defined taxonomy element or by supplying a URI for an externally-defined system.
identifies a status code defined within the classification system or taxonomy defined by the scheme attribute.
contains a description of some status or quality attributed to a person, place, or organization often at some specific time or for a specific date range. [13.3.1. 13.3.2.1. 13.3.2.1. ]
contains information about the physical terrain of a place. [13.3.4.3. ]
contains a description of some status or quality attributed to a person, place, or organization typically, but not necessarily, independent of the volition or action of the holder and usually not at some specific time or for a specific date range. [13.3.1. 13.3.2.1. 13.3.2.1. ]
(canonical name) contains the definition for a canonical name or name component of any kind. [13.3.5. ]
points to constituent nyms
(list of canonical names) contains a list of nyms, that is, standardized names for any thing. [13.3.5. ]
(facsimile) points to all or part of an image which corresponds with the content of the element.
points to one or more change elements documenting a state or revision campaign to which the element bearing this attribute and its children have been assigned by the encoder.
indicates the element within a transcription of the text containing at least the start of the writing represented by this zone or 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.
contains a representation of some written source in the form of a set of images rather than as transcribed or encoded text. [11.1. ]
contains a transcription or other representation of a single source document potentially forming part of a dossier génétique or collection of sources. [11.1. 11.2.2. ]
defines a written surface as a two-dimensional coordinate space, optionally grouping one or more graphic representations of that space, zones of interest within that space, and transcriptions of the writing within them. [11.1. 11.2.2. ]
describes the method by which this surface is or was connected to the main surface Sample values include: 1] glued; 2] pinned; 3] sewn
indicates whether the surface is attached and folded in such a way as to provide two writing surfaces
defines any kind of useful grouping of written surfaces, for example the recto and verso of a single leaf, which the encoder wishes to treat as a single unit. [11.1. ]
defines any two-dimensional area within a surface element. [11.1. 11.2.2. ]
identifies a two dimensional area within the bounding box specified by the other attributes by means of a series of pairs of numbers, each of which gives the x,y coordinates of a point on a line enclosing the area.
indicates the amount by which this zone has been rotated clockwise, with respect to the normal orientation of the parent surface element as implied by the dimensions given in the msDesc element or by the coordinates of the surface itself. The orientation is expressed in arc degrees.
(added span of text) marks the beginning of a longer sequence of text added by an author, scribe, annotator or corrector (see also add). [11.3.1.4. ]
The spanTo= attribute of
is required.
L'attribut spanTo est requis.
contains an area of damage to the text witness. [11.3.3.1. ]
(damaged span of text) marks the beginning of a longer sequence of text which is damaged in some way but still legible. [11.3.3.1. ]
The @spanTo attribute of
is required.
L'attribut spanTo est requis.
(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. [11.3.1.4. ]
The spanTo= attribute of
is required.
L'attribut spanTo est requis.
(editorial expansion) contains a sequence of letters added by an editor or transcriber when expanding an abbreviation. [11.3.1.2. ]
(forme work) contains a running head (e.g. a header, footer), catchword, or similar material appearing on the current page. [11.6. ]
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. [11.3.2.1. ]
marks the beginning of a sequence of text written in a new hand, or the beginning of a scribal stint. [11.3.2.1. ]
indicates a handNote element describing the hand concerned.
(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. [11.3.1.2. ]
indicates restoration of text to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction. [11.3.1.6. ]
indicates the location of a significant space in the copy text. [11.5.1. ]
(responsible party) (responsible party) indicates the individual responsible for identifying and measuring the space
(dimension) indicates whether the space is horizontal or vertical.
horizontal
the space is horizontal.
vertical
the space is vertical.
(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. [11.3.1.5. ]
must have at least one child add and at least one child del
(substitution join) identifies a series of possibly fragmented additions, deletions or other revisions on a manuscript that combine to make up a single intervention in the text [11.3.1.5. ]
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. [11.3.3.1. ]
one or more words indicating why the text has had to be supplied, e.g. overbinding, faded-ink, lost-folio, omitted-in-original.
marks text present in the source which the editor believes to be superfluous or redundant. [11.3.3.1. ]
one or more words indicating why this text is believed to be superfluous, e.g. repeated, interpolated etc.
contains the transcription of a topographic line in the source document [11.2.2. ]
supplies a list of transpositions, each of which is indicated at some point in a document typically by means of metamarks. [11.3.4.5. ]
contains or describes any kind of graphic or written signal within a document the function of which is to determine how it should be read rather than forming part of the actual content of the document. [11.3.4.2. ]
describes the function (for example status, insertion, deletion, transposition) of the mark.
identifies one or more elements to which the function indicated by the metamark applies.
represents any kind of modification identified within a single document. [11.3.4.1. ]
indicates one or more cancelled interventions in a document which have subsequently been marked as reaffirmed or repeated. [11.3.4.4. ]
points to one or more elements representing the interventions which are being reasserted.
contains a sequence of writing which has been retraced, for example by over-inking, to clarify or fix it. [11.3.4.3. ]
describes a single textual transposition as an ordered list of at least two pointers specifying the order in which the elements indicated should be re-combined. [11.3.4.5. ]
indicates one or more marked-up interventions in a document which have subsequently been marked for cancellation. [11.3.4.4. ]
points to one or more elements representing the interventions which are to be reverted or undone.
(analysis) indicates one or more elements containing interpretations of the element on which the ana attribute appears.
(s-unit) contains a sentence-like division of a text. [17.1. 8.4.1. ]
You may not nest one s element within another: use seg instead
(clause) represents a grammatical clause. [17.1. ]
(phrase) represents a grammatical phrase. [17.1. ]
(word) represents a grammatical (not necessarily orthographic) word. [17.1. ]
provides a lemma for the word, such as an uninflected dictionary entry form.
provides a pointer to a definition of the lemma for the word, for example in an online lexicon.
(morpheme) represents a grammatical morpheme. [17.1. ]
supplies the morpheme's base form.
(character) represents a character. [17.1. ]
(punctuation character) contains a character or string of characters regarded as constituting a single punctuation mark. [17.1. ]
indicates the extent to which this punctuation mark conventionally separates words or phrases
strong
the punctuation mark is a word separator
weak
the punctuation mark is not a word separator
inter
the punctuation mark may or may not be a word separator
provides a name for the kind of unit delimited by this punctuation mark.
indicates whether this punctuation mark precedes or follows the unit it delimits.
associates an interpretative annotation directly with a span of text. [17.3. ]
Only one of the attributes @target and @from may be supplied on
Only one of the attributes @target and @to may be supplied on
If @to is supplied on
, @from must be supplied as well
The attributes @to and @from on
may each contain only a single value
gives the identifier of the node which is the starting point of the span of text being annotated; if not accompanied by a to attribute, gives the identifier of the node of the entire span of text being annotated.
gives the identifier of the node which is the end-point of the span of text being annotated.
(span group) collects together span tags. [17.3. ]
(interpretation) summarizes a specific interpretative annotation which can be linked to a span of text. [17.3. ]
(interpretation group) collects together a set of related interpretations which share responsibility or type. [17.3. ]
(setting) contains a description of the setting, time, locale, appearance, etc., of the action of a play, typically found in the front matter of a printed performance text (not a stage direction). [7.1. ]
contains the prologue to a drama, typically spoken by an actor out of character, possibly in association with a particular performance or venue. [7.1.2. 7.1. ]
contains the epilogue to a drama, typically spoken by an actor out of character, possibly in association with a particular performance or venue. [7.1.2. 7.1. ]
contains a section of front or back matter describing how a dramatic piece is to be performed in general or how it was performed on some specific occasion. [7.1.3. 7.1. ]
(cast list) contains a single cast list or dramatis personae. [7.1.4. 7.1. ]
(cast list grouping) groups one or more individual castItem elements within a cast list. [7.1.4. ]
(cast list item) contains a single entry within a cast list, describing either a single role or a list of non-speaking roles. [7.1.4. ]
characterizes the cast item.
role
the item describes a single role.
list
the item describes a list of non-speaking roles.
contains the name of a dramatic role, as given in a cast list. [7.1.4. ]
(role description) describes a character's role in a drama. [7.1.4. ]
contains the name of an actor appearing within a cast list. [7.1.4. ]
(speech group) contains a group of speeches or songs in a performance text presented in a source as constituting a single unit or number. [7.2.3. ]
(movement) marks the actual entrance or exit of one or more characters on stage. [7.2.4. ]
characterizes the movement, for example as an entrance or exit. Suggested values include: 1] entrance; 2] exit; 3] onStage
entrance
character is entering the stage.
exit
character is exiting the stage.
onStage
character moves on stage
specifies the direction of a stage movement. Sample values include: 1] L(left) ; 2] R(right) ; 3] C(center)
(performance) identifies the performance or performances in which this movement occurred as specified by pointing to one or more performance elements.
describes the visual context of some part of a screen play in terms of what the spectator sees, generally independent of any dialogue. [7.3.1. 7.3. ]
describes a particular camera angle or viewpoint in a screen play. [7.3.1. 7.3. ]
describes a sound effect or musical sequence specified within a screen play or radio script. [7.3.1. 7.3. ]
categorizes the sound in some respect, e.g. as music, special effect, etc.
indicates whether the sound overlaps the surrounding speeches or interrupts them.
contains the text of a caption or other text displayed as part of a film script or screenplay. [7.3.1. 7.3. ]
(technical stage direction) describes a special-purpose stage direction that is not meant for the actors. [7.3.1. ]
categorizes the technical stage direction.
light
a lighting cue
sound
a sound cue
prop
a prop cue
block
a blocking instruction
(performance) points to one or more performance elements documenting the performance or performances to which this technical direction applies.