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high medium low unknown 0 1 (\-?[\d]+/\-?[\d]+) unknown inapplicable 0 1 2 9 [\-+]?\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} (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ [0-9.,DHMPRSTWYZ/:+\-]+ egXML 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 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 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. (organization) specifies how the content of the division is organized. composite 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 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. 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. 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. Y (yes) the division is incomplete in some respect N (no) either the division is complete, or no claim is made as to its completeness. I (initial) the initial part of an incomplete division M (medial) a medial part of an incomplete division F (final) the final part of an incomplete division 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. 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. contains a list of one or more pointers indicating sources supporting the given intervention or interpretation. (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. points to a description of the rendering or presentation used for this element in the source text. provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI references into absolute URI references. signals an intention about how white space should be managed by applications. default the processor should treat white space according to the default XML white space handling rules preserve the processor should preserve unchanged any and all white space in the source 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 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. 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. 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 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 targets attribute of the enclosed link, join, or alt tags. specifies the source from which declarations and definitions for the components of the object being defined may be obtained. points at one or several elements or sets of elements by means of one or more data pointers, using the URI syntax. supplies an arbitrary XPath expression identifying a set of nodes, selected within the context identified by the target attribute if this is supplied, or within the context of the element bearing this attribute if it is not. 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. Y (yes) the segment is incomplete in some respect N (no) either the segment is complete, or no claim is made as to its completeness I (initial) the initial part of an incomplete segment M (medial) a medial part of an incomplete segment F (final) the final part of an incomplete segment (edition) supplies an 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. 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 label labelling or descriptive information only. data 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 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 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 spoken representation of speech thought representation of thought, e.g. internal monologue written quotation from a written source soCalled authorial distance foreign (foreign words) distinct (linguistically distinct) term (technical term) emph (rhetorically emphasized) mentioned 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 object documented by its parent element, including its intended usage, purpose, or application where this is appropriate. identifies a phrase or word used to provide a gloss or definition for some other word or phrase. (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. identifies the associated gloss element using a canonical reference from a scheme defined in a refsDecl element in the TEI header supplies the sort key for this term in an index. (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. (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. 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, 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 (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. (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 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. 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 represented by the content of this element belongs. Suggested values include: 1] Gregorian; 2] Julian; 3] Islamic; 4] Hebrew; 5] Revolutionary; 6] Iranian; 7] Coptic; 8] Chinese Gregorian Gregorian calendar Julian Julian calendar Islamic Islamic or Muslim (hijri) lunar calendar Hebrew Hebrew or Jewish lunisolar calendar Revolutionary French Revolutionary calendar Iranian Iranian or Persian (Jalaali) solar calendar Coptic Coptic or Alexandrian calendar Chinese 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. Only one of the attributes 'target' and 'cRef' may be supplied. (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. Only one of the attributes 'target' and 'cRef' may be supplied. (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 (list) 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 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. 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. 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. 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, 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. 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. (page break) marks the boundary between one page of a text and the next in a standard reference system. (line break) marks the start of a new (typographic) line in some edition or version of a text. (column break) marks the boundary between one column of a text and the next in a standard reference system. (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(s) of the author(s), personal or corporate, of a work; for example in the same form as that provided by a recognized bibliographic name authority. 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. (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 a title for any kind of work. indicates the bibliographic level for a title, that is, whether it identifies an article, book, journal, series, or unpublished material. a (analytic) analytic title (article, poem, or other item published as part of a larger item) m (monographic) monographic title (book, collection, or other item published as a distinct item, including single volumes of multi-volume works) j (journal) journal title s (series) series title u (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. 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. specifies the starting point of the range of units indicated by the type attribute. specifies the end-point of the range of units indicated by the type attribute. (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. If the 'target' attribute 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. specifies whether or not the line is metrically complete. Y (yes) the line is metrically incomplete N (no) either the line is complete, or no claim is made as to its completeness I (initial) the initial part of an incomplete line M (medial) a medial part of an incomplete line F (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 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 (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; 3] figlist; 4] tablist (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. (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. 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, etc. 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. (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) 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. (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. 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. indicates the authority for any 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. (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. (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-od-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. (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. css Cascading Stylesheet Language xslfo Extensible Stylesheet Language Formatting Objects free Informal free text description other A user-defined rendition description language where CSS is used, provides a way of defining pseudo-elements, that is, styling rules applicable to specific sub-portions of an element. (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. 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 page breaks in the reference edition. column column breaks. line line breaks. book any units termed book, liber, etc. poem individual poems in a collection. canto cantos or other major sections of a poem. 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. 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. [\d]+[a-z]*[\d]*(\.[\d]+[a-z]*[\d]*){0,3} (text-profile description) provides a detailed description of non-bibliographic aspects of a text, specifically the languages and sublanguages used, the situation in which it was produced, the participants and their setting. contains information about the creation of a text. (language usage) describes the languages, sublanguages, registers, dialects, etc. represented within a text. characterizes a single language or sublanguage used within a text. (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. 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 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. describes a particular font or other significant typographic feature distinguished within the description of a printed resource. describes a particular script distinguished within the description of a manuscript or similar resource. (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) 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. (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. (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. specifies the 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. (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 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). 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. (attribute) contains the name of an attribute appearing within running text. supplies an identifier for the scheme in which this name is defined. Sample values include: 1] TEI(text encoding initiative) ; 2] DBK(docbook) ; 3] XX(unknown) contains literal code from some formal language such as a programming language. (formal language) a name identifying the formal language in which the code is expressed (example) contains any kind of illustrative example. (example of XML) contains a single well-formed XML fragment demonstrating the use of some XML element or attribute, in which the egXML element itself functions as the root element. indicates the intended validity of the example with respect to a schema. true the example is intended to be fully valid, assuming that its root element can be used as the root element in the schema concerned. feasible the example could be transformed into a valid document by inserting any number of valid attributes and child elements anywhere within it; it is valid against a version of the schema concerned in which every data, list, element, or attribute element has been made optional. false the example is not intended to be valid, and contains deliberate errors. (element name) contains the name (generic identifier) of an element. supplies the name of the scheme in which this name is defined. Sample values include: 1] TEI(text encoding initiative) ; 2] DBK(docbook) ; 3] XX(unknown) ; 4] Schematron; 5] HTML (identifier) contains an identifier or name for an object of some kind in a formal language. contains text of a complete start- or end-tag, possibly including attribute specifications, but excluding the opening and closing markup delimiter characters. indicates the type of XML tag intended start a start-tag, with delimiters < and > is intended end an end-tag, with delimiters </ and > is intended empty a empty tag, with delimiters < and /> is intended pi a pi (processing instruction), with delimiters <? and ?> is intended comment a comment, with delimiters <!-- and --> is intended ms a marked-section, with delimiters <[CDATA[ and ]]> is intended supplies the name of the schema in which this tag is defined. TEI (text encoding initiative) This tag is defined as part of the TEI scheme. DBK (docbook) this tag is part of the Docbook scheme. XX (unknown) this tag is part of an unknown scheme. (value) contains a single attribute value. (specification list) marks where a list of descriptions is to be inserted into the prose documentation. (specification description) indicates that a description of the specified element or class should be included at this point within a document. (identifier) supplies the identifier of the documentary element or class for which a description is to be obtained. (attributes) supplies attribute names for which descriptions should additionally be obtained. points to the specification for an attribute or model class which is to be included in a schema the identifier used for the required class within the source indicated. points to the specification for some element which is to be included in a schema the identifier used for the required element within the source indicated. points to the specification for some pattern which is to be included in a schema the identifier used for the required pattern within the source indicated. (module reference) references a module which is to be incorporated into a schema. child elements of moduleRef are only allowed when an external module is being loaded supplies a list of the elements which are to be copied from the specified module into the schema being defined. supplies a list of the elements which are not to be copied from the specified module into the schema being defined. the name of a TEI module (uniform resource locator) refers to a non-TEI module of RELAX NG code by external location (module specification) documents the structure, content, and purpose of a single module, i.e. a named and externally visible group of declarations. type of module to be generated (schema specification) generates a TEI-conformant schema and documentation for it. specifies entry points to the schema, i.e. which elements may be used as the root of documents conforming to it. (namespace) specifies the default namespace (if any) applicable to components of the schema. specifies a default prefix which will be prepended to all patterns relating to TEI elements, unless otherwise stated. This allows for external schemas to be mixed in which have elements of the same names as the TEI. (target language) specifies which language to use when creating the objects in a schema if names for elements or attributes are available in more than one language, . (documentation language) specifies which languages to use when creating documentation if the description for an element, attribute, class or macro is available in more than one language, . (specification group) contains any convenient grouping of specifications for use within the current module. (reference to a specification group) indicates that the declarations contained by the specGrp referenced should be inserted at this point. points at the specification group which logically belongs here. contains the intended expansion for the entity documented by a macroSpec element, enclosed by quotation marks. (element specification) documents the structure, content, and purpose of a single element type. (namespace) specifies the namespace to which this element belongs specifies a default prefix which will be prepended to all patterns relating to the element, unless otherwise stated. (class specification) contains reference information for a TEI element class; that is a group of elements which appear together in content models, or which share some common attribute, or both. indicates whether this is a model class or an attribute class model (content model) members of this class appear in the same content models atts (attributes) members of this class share common attributes indicates which alternation and sequence instantiations of a model class may be referenced. By default, all variations are permitted. alternation members of the class are alternatives sequence members of the class are to be provided in sequence sequenceOptional members of the class may be provided, in sequence, but are optional sequenceOptionalRepeatable members of the class may be provided one or more times, in sequence, but are optional. sequenceRepeatable members of the class may be provided one or more times, in sequence alternation members of the class are alternatives sequence members of the class are to be provided in sequence sequenceOptional members of the class may be provided, in sequence, but are optional sequenceOptionalRepeatable members of the class may be provided one or more times, in sequence, but are optional. sequenceRepeatable members of the class may be provided one or more times, in sequence alternation members of the class are alternatives sequence members of the class are to be provided in sequence sequenceOptional members of the class may be provided, in sequence, but are optional sequenceOptionalRepeatable members of the class may be provided one or more times, in sequence, but are optional. sequenceRepeatable members of the class may be provided one or more times, in sequence alternation members of the class are alternatives sequence members of the class are to be provided in sequence sequenceOptional members of the class may be provided, in sequence, but are optional sequenceOptionalRepeatable members of the class may be provided one or more times, in sequence, but are optional. sequenceRepeatable members of the class may be provided one or more times, in sequence alternation members of the class are alternatives sequence members of the class are to be provided in sequence sequenceOptional members of the class may be provided, in sequence, but are optional sequenceOptionalRepeatable members of the class may be provided one or more times, in sequence, but are optional. sequenceRepeatable members of the class may be provided one or more times, in sequence (macro specification) documents the function and implementation of a pattern. indicates which type of entity should be generated, when an ODD processor is generating a module using XML DTD syntax. pe (parameter entity) dt (datatype entity) contains any commentary or discussion about the usage of an element, attribute, class, or entity not otherwise documented within the containing element. (list of references) supplies a list of significant references to places where this element is discussed, in the current document or elsewhere. groups an example demonstrating the use of an element along with optional paragraphs of commentary. specifies all the classes of which the documented element or class is a member or subclass. specifies the effect of this declaration on its parent module. change this declaration changes the declaration of the same name in the current definition replace this declaration replaces the declaration of the same name in the current definition specifies class membership of the parent element or class. specifies the identifier for a class of which the documented element or class is a member or subclass specifies the effect of this declaration on its parent module. add this declaration is added to the current definitions delete this declaration and all of its children are removed from the current setup (equivalent) specifies a component which is considered equivalent to the parent element, either by co-reference, or by external link. names the underlying concept of which the parent is a representation (uniform resource identifier) references the underlying concept of which the parent is a representation by means of some external identifier references an external script which contains a method to transform instances of this element to canonical TEI (alternate identifier) supplies the recommended XML name for an element, class, attribute, etc. in some language. (content model) contains the text of a declaration for the schema documented. controls whether or not pattern names generated in the corresponding RELAXNG schema source are automatically prefixed to avoid potential nameclashes. true Each name referenced in e.g. a rng:ref element within a content model is automatically prefixed by the value of the prefix attribute on the current schemaSpec false No prefixes are added: any prefix required by the value of the prefix attribute on the current schemaSpec must therefore be supplied explicitly, as appropriate. (constraint rules) the formal rules of a constraint (constraint on schema) contains a constraint, expressed in some formal syntax, which cannot be expressed in the structural content model Rules in the Schematron 1.* language must be inside a constraint with a value of 'schematron' on the scheme attribute Rules in the ISO Schematron language must be inside a constraint with a value of 'isoschematron' on the scheme attribute supplies the name of the language in which the constraints are defined schematron (Schematron) isoschematron (ISO Schematron) xsl (XSLT) private (private constraint language) contains documentation for all the attributes associated with this element, as a series of attDef elements. (organization) specifies whether all the attributes in the list are available (org="group") or only one of them (org="choice") group grouped choice alternated (attribute definition) contains the definition of a single attribute. specifies the optionality of an attribute or element. req (required) mwa (mandatory when applicable ) rec (recommended ) rwa (recommended when applicable ) opt (optional ) (namespace) specifies the namespace to which this attribute belongs (attribute pointer) points to the definition of an attribute or group of attributes. the name of the pattern defining the attribute(s) specifies the declared value for an attribute, by referring to any datatype defined by the chosen schema language. (minimum number of occurences) indicates the minimum number of times this datatype may occur in the specification of the attribute being defined (maximum number of occurences) indicates the maximum number of times this datatype may occur in the specification of the attribute being defined unbounded (default value) specifies the default declared value for an attribute. (value description) specifies any semantic or syntactic constraint on the value that an attribute may take, additional to the information carried by the datatype element. documents a single attribute-value within a list of possible or mandatory items. specifies the attribute value concerned. (value list) contains one or more valItem elements defining possible values for an attribute. specifies the extensibility of the list of attribute values specified. closed only the values specified are permitted. semi (semi-open) all the values specified should be supported, but other values are legal and software should have appropriate fallback processing for them. open the values specified are sample values only. specifies the effect of this declaration on its parent object. add this declaration is added to the current definitions delete if present already, the whole of the declaration for this object is removed from the current setup change this declaration changes the declaration of the same name in the current definition replace this declaration replaces the declaration of the same name in the current definition Supplies the identifier by which this element may be referenced. Says whether this object should be predeclared in the tei infrastructure module. Supplies a name for the module in which this object is to be declared. indicates the current status of the object identified with respect to the current version of the TEI Guidelines. deprecated the item is not recommended for use, and may be withdrawn at a future release. unstable the item is new and still under review. changed the item has changed significantly since the preceding version. stable the item has not recently changed and is not expected to do so except for correction of any errors. indicates type of entry, in dictionaries with multiple types. Suggested values include: 1] main; 2] hom(homograph) ; 3] xref(cross reference) ; 4] affix; 5] abbr(abbreviation) ; 6] supplemental; 7] foreign main a main entry (default). hom (homograph) groups information relating to one homograph within an entry. xref (cross reference) a reduced entry whose only function is to point to another main entry (e.g. for forms of an irregular verb or for variant spellings: was pointing to be, or esthete to aesthete). affix an entry for a prefix, infix, or suffix. abbr (abbreviation) an entry for an abbreviation. supplemental a supplemental entry (for use in dictionaries which issue supplements to their main work in which they include updated information about entries). foreign an entry for a foreign word in a monolingual dictionary. contains a (sortable) character sequence reflecting the entry's alphabetical position in the printed dictionary. gives an expanded form of information presented more concisely in the dictionary (normalized) gives a normalized form of information given by the source text in a non-normalized form gives the list of split values for a merged form gives a value which lacks any realization in the printed source text. (original) gives the original string or is the empty string when the element does not appear in the source text. provides a reference to an anchor element elsewhere in the document indicating the original location of this component. gives a reference to another element, where the original appears as a merged form. (optional) indicates whether the element is optional or not groups successive entries for a set of homographs. contains a reasonably well-structured dictionary entry. (unstructured entry) contains a dictionary entry which does not necessarily conform to the constraints imposed by the entry element. (homograph) groups information relating to one homograph within an entry. groups together all information relating to one word sense in a dictionary entry, for example definitions, examples, and translation equivalents. gives the nesting depth of this sense. (dictionary scrap) encloses a part of a dictionary entry in which other phrase-level dictionary elements are freely combined. (form information group) groups all the information on the written and spoken forms of one headword. classifies form as simple, compound, etc. Suggested values include: 1] simple; 2] lemma; 3] variant; 4] compound; 5] derivative; 6] inflected; 7] phrase simple single free lexical item lemma the headword itself variant a variant form compound word formed from simple lexical items derivative word derived from headword inflected word in other than usual dictionary form phrase multiple-word lexical item (orthographic form) gives the orthographic form of a dictionary headword. gives the type of spelling. gives the extent of the orthographic information provided. Sample values include: 1] full(full form) ; 2] pref(prefix) ; 3] suff(suffix) ; 4] part(partial) (pronunciation) contains the pronunciation(s) of the word. indicates whether the pronunciation is for whole word or part. Sample values include: 1] full(full form) ; 2] pref(prefix) ; 3] suff(suffix) ; 4] part(partial) indicates what notation is used for the pronunciation, if more than one occurs in the machine-readable dictionary. (hyphenation) contains a hyphenated form of a dictionary headword, or hyphenation information in some other form. (syllabification) contains the syllabification of the headword. contains the stress pattern for a dictionary headword, if given separately. (grammatical information) within an entry in a dictionary or a terminological data file, contains grammatical information relating to a term, word, or form. classifies the grammatical information given according to some convenient typology — in the case of terminological information, preferably the dictionary of data element types specified in ISO WD 12 620. Sample values include: 1] pos(part of speech) ; 2] gen(gender) ; 3] num(number) ; 4] animate; 5] proper (gender) identifies the morphological gender of a lexical item, as given in the dictionary. indicates grammatical number associated with a form, as given in a dictionary. contains grammatical case information given by a dictionary for a given form. (person) contains an indication of the grammatical person (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) associated with a given inflected form in a dictionary. (tense) indicates the grammatical tense associated with a given inflected form in a dictionary. contains information about the grammatical mood of verbs (e.g. indicative, subjunctive, imperative). (inflectional class) indicates the inflectional class associated with a lexical item. indicates the type of indicator used to specify the inflection class, when it is necessary to distinguish between the usual abbreviated indications (e.g. inv) and other kinds of indicators, such as special codes referring to conjugation patterns, etc. Sample values include: 1] abbrev; 2] verbTable (grammatical information group) groups morpho-syntactic information about a lexical item, e.g. pos, gen, number, case, or iType (inflectional class). (part of speech) indicates the part of speech assigned to a dictionary headword such as noun, verb, or adjective. (subcategorization) contains subcategorization information (transitive/intransitive, countable/non-countable, etc.) (collocate) contains a collocate of the headword. (definition) contains definition text in a dictionary entry. (etymology) encloses the etymological information in a dictionary entry. (language name) name of a language mentioned in etymological or other linguistic discussion. (usage) contains usage information in a dictionary entry. classifies the usage information using any convenient typology. Sample values include: 1] geo(geographic) ; 2] time; 3] dom(domain) ; 4] reg(register) ; 5] style; 6] plev(preference level) ; 7] lang(language) ; 8] gram(grammatical) ; 9] syn(synonym) ; 10] hyper(hypernym) ; 11] colloc(collocation) ; 12] comp(complement) ; 13] obj(object) ; 14] subj(subject) ; 15] verb; 16] hint (label) contains a label for a form, example, translation, or other piece of information, e.g. abbreviation for, contraction of, literally, approximately, synonyms:, etc. classifies the label using any convenient typology. (cross-reference phrase) contains a phrase, sentence, or icon referring the reader to some other location in this or another text. indicates the type of cross reference, using any convenient typology. Sample values include: 1] syn(synonym) ; 2] etym(etymological) ; 3] cf(compare or consult) ; 4] illus(illustration) (related entry) contains a dictionary entry for a lexical item related to the headword, such as a compound phrase or derived form, embedded inside a larger entry. (orthographic-form reference) in a dictionary example, indicates a reference to the orthographic form(s) of the headword. indicates the kind of typographic modification made to the headword in the reference. Sample values include: 1] cap(capital) ; 2] noHyph(no hyphen) (orthographic-variant reference) in a dictionary example, indicates a reference to variant orthographic form(s) of the headword. indicates the kind of variant involved. Sample values include: 1] pt(past tense) ; 2] pp(past participle) ; 3] prp(present participle) ; 4] f(feminine) ; 5] pl(plural) (pronunciation reference) in a dictionary example, indicates a reference to the pronunciation(s) of the headword. (pronunciation-variant reference) in a dictionary example, indicates a reference to variant pronunciation(s) of the headword. defines an association or hypertextual link among elements or passages, of some type not more precisely specifiable by other elements. You may not supply both @target and @targets You must supply either @target or @targets You must supply at least two values for @target 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. Y (yes) the block is incomplete N (no) either the block is complete, or no claim is made as to its completeness I (initial) the initial part of an incomplete block M (medial) a medial part of an incomplete block F (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. 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) d (days) h (hours) min (minutes) s (seconds) ms (milliseconds) specifies the numeric portion of a time interval 0 unknown 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) d (days) h (hours) min (minutes) s (seconds) ms (milliseconds) specifies the numeric portion of a time interval 0 regular irregular identifies a possibly fragmented segment of text, by pointing at the possibly discontiguous elements which compose it. You may not supply both @target and @targets You must supply either @target or @targets You must supply at least two values for @target 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). 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. describes the result of the joins gathered in this collection. (alternation) identifies an alternation or a set of choices among elements or passages. You may not supply both @target and @targets You must supply either @target or @targets You must supply at least two values for @target specifies the identifiers of the alternative elements or passages. 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. 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. (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. 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. (s-unit) contains a sentence-like division of a text. You may not nest one s element within another: use seg instead (clause) represents a grammatical clause. (phrase) represents a grammatical phrase. (word) represents a grammatical (not necessarily orthographic) word. 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. identifies the morpheme's base form. (character) represents a character. (punctuation character) a character or string of characters regarded as constituting a single punctuation mark. 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. (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. indicates the numerical accuracy or precision associated with some aspect of the text markup. indicates the degree of precision to be assigned as a value between 0 (none) and 1 (optimally precise) supplies a standard deviation associated with the value in question indicates the degree of certainty associated with some aspect of the text markup. indicates more exactly the aspect concerning which certainty is being expressed: specifically, whether the markup is correctly located, whether the correct element or attribute name has been used, or whether the content of the element or attribute is correct, etc. name uncertainty concerns whether the name of the element or attribute used is correctly applied. start uncertainty concerns whether the start of the element is correctly identified. end uncertainty concerns whether the end of the element is correctly identified. location uncertainty concerns both the start and the end of the element. value uncertainty concerns the content (for an element) or the value (for an attribute) provides an alternative value for the aspect of the markup in question—an alternative generic identifier, transcription, or attribute value, or the identifier of an anchor element (to indicate an alternative starting or ending location). If an assertedValue is given, the confidence level specified by degree applies to the alternative markup specified by assertedValue; if none is given, it applies to the markup in the text. indicates conditions assumed in the assignment of a degree of confidence. indicates the degree of confidence assigned to the aspect of the markup named by the locus attribute. (responsibility) identifies the individual(s) responsible for some aspect of the markup of particular element(s). indicates the specific aspect of the markup for which responsibility is being assigned. name responsibility is being assigned concerning the name of the element or attribute used. start responsibility is being assigned concerning the start of the element concerned. end responsibility is being assigned concerning the end of the element concerned. location responsibility is being assigned concerning the location of the element concerned. value responsibility is being assigned concerning the content (for an element) or the value (for an attribute) name responsibility is being assigned concerning the name of the element or attribute used. start responsibility is being assigned concerning the start of the element concerned. end responsibility is being assigned concerning the end of the element concerned. location responsibility is being assigned concerning the location of the element concerned. value responsibility is being assigned concerning the content (for an element) or the value (for an attribute) (responsible party) identifies the individual or agency responsible for the indicated aspect of the electronic text. (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). contains the prologue to a drama, typically spoken by an actor out of character, possibly in association with a particular performance or venue. contains the epilogue to a drama, typically spoken by an actor out of character, possibly in association with a particular performance or venue. 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. (cast list) contains a single cast list or dramatis personae. (cast list grouping) groups one or more individual castItem elements within a cast list. (cast list item) contains a single entry within a cast list, describing either a single role or a list of non-speaking roles. characterizes the cast item. role the item describes a single role. list the item describes a list of non-speaking roles. the name of a dramatic role, as given in a cast list. (role description) describes a character's role in a drama. Name of an actor appearing within a cast list. (movement) marks the actual entrance or exit of one or more characters on stage. 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. describes the visual context of some part of a screen play in terms of what the spectator sees, generally independent of any dialogue. describes a particular camera angle or viewpoint in a screen play. describes a sound effect or musical sequence specified within a screen play or radio script. 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. (technical stage direction) describes a special-purpose stage direction that is not meant for the actors. categorizes the technical stage direction. light a lighting cue sound a sound cue prop a prop cue block a blocking instruction (performance) identifies the performance or performances to which this technical direction applies. (manuscript description) contains a description of a single identifiable manuscript or other text-bearing object. 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. Width element may appear once only Height element may appear once only Depth 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. groups a number of locations which together form a distinct but discontinuous item within a manuscript or manuscript part, according to a specific foliation. identifies the foliation scheme in terms of which all the locations contained by the group are specified. contains a word or phrase describing the material of which the object being described is composed. contains a word or phrase describing the type of object being refered to. (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. You must supply either a locator of some type or a name 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 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. (text language) in a manuscript description, describes the languages and writing systems identified within the manuscript being described. (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 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. 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 column (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 a description of the typefaces or other aspects of the printing of an incunable or other printed source. contains a description of the scripts used in a manuscript or similar source. 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 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. (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. (name link) contains a connecting phrase or link used within a name but not regarded as part of it, such as van der or of. (additional name) contains an additional name component, such as a nickname, epithet, or alias, or any other descriptive phrase used within a personal name. contains a name component which indicates that the referent has a particular role or position in society, such as an official title or rank. contains an absolute or relative place name. (bloc) contains the name of a geo-political unit consisting of two or more nation states or countries. (country) contains the name of a geo-political unit, such as a nation, country, colony, or commonwealth, larger than or administratively superior to a region and smaller than a bloc. 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. (affiliation) contains an informal description of a person's present or past affiliation with some organization, for example an employer or sponsor. (age) specifies the age of a person. supplies a numeric code representing the age or age group (birth) contains information about a person's birth, such as its date and place. (climate) contains information about the physical climate of a place. (death) contains information about a person's death, such as its date and place. contains a description of the educational experience of a person. (event) 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 elements, each of which provides information about an identifiable organization. (list of events) contains a list of descriptions, each of which provides information about an identifiable event. (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. mixed 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. 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 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. (apparatus entry) contains one entry in a critical apparatus, with an optional lemma and at least one reading. Only one <lem> element may appear within a single apparatus entry, whether it appears outside a <rdgGrp> element or within it. classifies the variation contained in this element according to some convenient typology. identifies the beginning of the lemma in the base text, if necessary. identifies the endpoint of the lemma in the base text, if necessary. (location) indicates the location of the variation, when the location-referenced method of apparatus markup is used. (lemma) contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation. (reading) contains a single reading within a textual variation. (reading group) within a textual variation, groups two or more readings perceived to have a genetic relationship or other affinity. (witness detail) gives further information about a particular witness, or witnesses, to a particular reading. (witnesses) indicates the sigil or sigla for the witnesses to which the detail refers. describes the type of information given about the witness. contains a list of one or more sigla of witnesses attesting a given reading, in a textual variation. (witness list) lists definitions for all the witnesses referred to by a critical apparatus, optionally grouped hierarchically. contains either a description of a single witness referred to within the critical apparatus, or a list of witnesses which is to be referred to by a single sigil. (fragmented witness start) indicates the beginning, or resumption, of the text of a fragmentary witness. (fragmented witness end) indicates the end, or suspension, of the text of a fragmentary witness. indicates the beginning of a lacuna in the text of a mostly complete textual witness. indicates the end of a lacuna in a mostly complete textual witness. declares the method used to encode text-critical variants. indicates which method is used to encode the apparatus of variants. location-referenced apparatus uses line numbers or other canonical reference scheme referenced in a base text. double-end-point apparatus indicates the precise locations of the beginning and ending of each lemma relative to a base text. parallel-segmentation alternate readings of a passage are given in parallel in the text; no notion of a base text is necessary. indicates whether the apparatus appears within the running text or external to it. internal apparatus appears within the running text. external apparatus appears outside the base text. (witness or witnesses) contains a list of one or more sigla indicating the witnesses which begin or end at this point. (witness or witnesses) contains a list of one or more pointers indicating the witnesses which attest to a given reading. classifies the reading according to some useful typology. Sample values include: 1] substantive; 2] orthographic classifies the cause for the variant reading, according to any appropriate typology of possible origins. Sample values include: 1] homeoteleuton; 2] homeoarchy; 3] paleographicConfusion; 4] haplography; 5] dittography; 6] falseEmendation (variant sequence) provides a number indicating the position of this reading in a sequence, when there is reason to presume a sequence to the variants on any one lemma. signifies the hand responsible for a particular reading in the witness. contains a representation of some written source in the form of a set of images rather than as transcribed or encoded text. (facsimile) points to all or part of an image which corresponds with the content of the 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. 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. identifies a non-rectangular area within the bounding box specified by the other attributes by specifying a series of pairs of numbers, each of which gives the x,y coordinates of a point on a line defining the non-rectangular area. 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). The spanTo= attribute of is required. L'attribut spanTo est requis. 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. 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. 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. (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) (gathering begins) marks the point in a transcribed codex at which a new gathering or quire begins. 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. (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. horizontal the space is horizontal. vertical 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. (Texte superflu) marks text present in the source which the editor believes to be superfluous or redundant. indicates the grounds for believing this text to be superfluous. (metrical notation declaration) documents the notation employed to represent a metrical pattern when this is specified as the value of a met, real, or rhyme attribute on any structural element of a metrical text (e.g. lg, l, or seg). indicates whether the notation conveys the abstract metrical form, its actual prosodic realization, or the rhyme scheme, or some combination thereof. met (met attribute) declaration applies to the abstract metrical form recorded on the met attribute real (real attribute) declaration applies to the actual realization of the conventional metrical structure recorded on the real attribute rhyme (rhyme attribute) declaration applies to the rhyme scheme recorded on the rhyme attribute met (met attribute) declaration applies to the abstract metrical form recorded on the met attribute real (real attribute) declaration applies to the actual realization of the conventional metrical structure recorded on the real attribute rhyme (rhyme attribute) declaration applies to the rhyme scheme recorded on the rhyme attribute met (met attribute) declaration applies to the abstract metrical form recorded on the met attribute real (real attribute) declaration applies to the actual realization of the conventional metrical structure recorded on the real attribute rhyme (rhyme attribute) declaration applies to the rhyme scheme recorded on the rhyme attribute (regular expression pattern) specifies a regular expression defining any value that is legal for this notation. (metrical notation symbol) documents the intended significance of a particular character or character sequence within a metrical notation, either explicitly or in terms of other symbol elements in the same metDecl. specifies the character or character sequence being documented. specifies whether the symbol is defined in terms of other symbols (terminal is set to false) or in prose (terminal is set to true). (metrical structure, conventional) contains a user-specified encoding for the conventional metrical structure of the element. (metrical structure, realized) contains a user-specified encoding for the actual realization of the conventional metrical structure applicable to the element. (rhyme scheme) specifies the rhyme scheme applicable to a group of verse lines. (enjambement) indicates that the end of a verse line is marked by enjambement. Sample values include: 1] no; 2] yes; 3] weak; 4] strong marks the point at which a metrical line may be divided. marks the rhyming part of a metrical line. provides a label to identify which part of a rhyme scheme this rhyming string instantiates.