indicates the person, or group of people, to whom the element content is ascribed. supplies a pointer to some location defining a named period of time within which the datable item is understood to have occurred. supplies the value of a date or time in a standard form. specifies the earliest possible date for the event in standard form, e.g. yyyy-mm-dd. specifies the latest possible date for the event in standard form, e.g. yyyy-mm-dd. indicates the starting point of the period in standard form. indicates the ending point of the period in standard form. indicates whether or not this element is selected by default when its parent is selected. This element is selected if its parent is selected This element can only be selected explicitly, unless it is the only one of its kind, in which case it is selected if its parent is selected. identifies one or more declarable elements within the header, which are understood to apply to the element bearing this attribute and its content. (organization) specifies how the content of the division is organized. composite content: i.e. no claim is made about the sequence in which the immediate contents of this division are to be processed, or their inter-relationships. uniform content: i.e. the immediate contents of this element are regarded as forming a logical unit, to be processed in sequence. indicates whether this division is a sample of the original source and if so, from which part. division lacks material present at end in source. division lacks material at start and end. division lacks material at start. position of sampled material within original unknown. division is not a sample. specifies whether or not the division is fragmented by some other structural element, for example a speech which is divided between two or more verse stanzas. (yes) the division is incomplete in some respect (no) either the division is complete, or no claim is made as to its completeness. (initial) the initial part of an incomplete division (medial) a medial part of an incomplete division (final) the final part of an incomplete division (duration) indicates the length of this element in time. (certainty) signifies the degree of certainty associated with the intervention or interpretation. (responsible party) indicates the agency responsible for the intervention or interpretation, for example an editor or transcriber. indicates the nature of the evidence supporting the reliability or accuracy of the intervention or interpretation. Suggested values include: 1] internal; 2] external; 3] conjecture there is internal evidence to support the intervention. there is external evidence to support the intervention. the intervention or interpretation has been made by the editor, cataloguer, or scholar on the basis of their expertise. contains a list of one or more pointers indicating the sources which support the given reading. (number) gives a number (or other label) for an element, which is not necessarily unique within the document. (rendition) indicates how the element in question was rendered or presented in the source text. points to a description of the rendering or presentation used for this element in the source text. (MIME media type) specifies the applicable multimedia internet mail extension (MIME) media type indicates the units used for the measurement, usually using the standard symbol for the desired units. Suggested values include: 1] m (metre); 2] kg (kilogram); 3] s (second); 4] Hz (hertz); 5] Pa (pascal); 6] Ω (ohm); 7] L (litre); 8] t (tonne); 9] ha (hectare); 10] Å (ångström); 11] mL (millilitre); 12] cm (centimetre); 13] dB (decibel); 14] kbit (kilobit); 15] Kibit (kibibit); 16] kB (kilobyte); 17] KiB (kibibyte); 18] MB (megabyte); 19] MiB (mebibyte) (metre) SI base unit of length (kilogram) SI base unit of mass (second) SI base unit of time (hertz) SI unit of frequency (pascal) SI unit of pressure or stress (ohm) SI unit of electric resistance (litre) 1 dm³ (tonne) 10³ kg (hectare) 1 hm² (ångström) 10⁻¹⁰ m (millilitre) (centimetre) (decibel) see remarks, below (kilobit) 10³ or 1000 bits (kibibit) 2¹⁰ or 1024 bits (kilobyte) 10³ or 1000 bytes (kibibyte) 2¹⁰ or 1024 bytes (megabyte) 10⁶ or 1 000 000 bytes (mebibyte) 2²⁰ or 1 048 576 bytes specifies the number of the specified units that comprise the measurement indicates the substance that is being measured provides an external means of locating a full definition for the entity (or entities) being named, such as a database record key or other token. (reference) provides an explicit means of locating a full definition for the entity being named by means of a URI. (reference to the canonical name) provides a means of locating the canonical form (nym) of the names associated with the object named by the element bearing it. Suggested values include: 1] infralinear; 2] margin-bot (bottom margin); 3] margin-left (left margin); 4] margin-right (right margin); 5] margin-top (top margin); 6] opposite; 7] overleaf; 8] supralinear; 9] verso; 10] app (apparatus); 11] end; 12] foot; 13] inline; 14] interlinear; 15] inline; 16] mixed below the line (bottom margin) in the bottom margin (left margin) in the left margin (right margin) in the right margin (top margin) in the top margin on the opposite, i.e. facing, page on the other side of the leaf above the line on verso of the sheet or page (apparatus) note appears in the apparatus at the foot of the page. note appears at end of chapter or volume. note appears at foot of page. note appears as a marked paragraph in the body of the text. note appears between lines of the text; a less precise form of either infralinear or supralinear. addition is made in a space left in the witness by an earlier scribe. one or more of the other values characterizes the type of segment. characterizes the function of the segment. specifies whether or not the segment is fragmented by some other structural element, for example a clause which is divided between two or more sentences. (yes) the segment is incomplete in some respect (no) either the segment is complete, or no claim is made as to its completeness (initial) the initial part of an incomplete segment (medial) a medial part of an incomplete segment (final) the final part of an incomplete segment indicates the end of a span initiated by the element bearing this attribute. signifies the hand of the agent which made the intervention. indicates the effect of the intervention, for example in the case of a deletion, strikeouts which include too much or too little text, or in the case of an addition, an insertion which duplicates some of the text already present. Sample values include: 1] duplicate; 2] duplicate-partial; 3] excessStart; 4] excessEnd; 5] shortStart; 6] shortEnd; 7] partial; 8] unremarkable (sequence) assigns a sequence number related to the order in which the encoded features carrying this attribute are believed to have occurred. specifies the version name or number of the source from which the translated version was derived characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology. provides a sub-categorization of the element, if needed (paragraph) marks paragraphs in prose. (foreign) identifies a word or phrase as belonging to some language other than that of the surrounding text. (emphasized) marks words or phrases which are stressed or emphasized for linguistic or rhetorical effect. (highlighted) marks a word or phrase as graphically distinct from the surrounding text, for reasons concerning which no claim is made. identifies any word or phrase which is regarded as linguistically distinct, for example as archaic, technical, dialectal, non-preferred, etc., or as forming part of a sublanguage. specifies the sublanguage or register to which the word or phrase is being assigned specifies how the phrase is distinct diachronically specifies how the phrase is distinct diatopically specifies how the phrase is distinct diastatically (speech or thought) indicates passages thought or spoken aloud, whether explicitly indicated in the source or not, whether directly or indirectly reported, whether by real people or fictional characters. may be used to indicate whether the quoted matter is regarded as having been vocalized or signed. may be used to indicate whether the quoted matter is regarded as direct or indirect speech. (quotation) contains a phrase or passage attributed by the narrator or author to some agency external to the text. (separated from the surrounding text with quotation marks) contains material which is marked as (ostensibly) being somehow different than the surrounding text, for any one of a variety of reasons including, but not limited to: direct speech or thought, technical terms or jargon, authorial distance, quotations from elsewhere, and passages that are mentioned but not used. may be used to indicate whether the offset passage is spoken or thought, or to characterize it more finely. Suggested values include: 1] spoken; 2] thought; 3] written; 4] soCalled; 5] foreign (foreign words); 6] distinct (linguistically distinct); 7] term (technical term); 8] emph (rhetorically emphasized); 9] mentioned representation of speech representation of thought, e.g. internal monologue quotation from a written source authorial distance (foreign words) (linguistically distinct) (technical term) (rhetorically emphasized) refering to itself, not its normal referant (cited quotation) contains a quotation from some other document, together with a bibliographic reference to its source. In a dictionary it may contain an example text with at least one occurrence of the word form, used in the sense being described, or a translation of the headword, or an example. marks words or phrases mentioned, not used. contains a word or phrase for which the author or narrator indicates a disclaiming of responsibility, for example by the use of scare quotes or italics. (description) contains a brief description of the purpose and application for an element, attribute, or attribute value. identifies a phrase or word used to provide a gloss or definition for some other word or phrase. identifies the associated term element by an absolute or relative URI reference (canonical reference) identifies the associated term element using a canonical reference from a scheme defined in a refsDecl element in the TEI header contains a single-word, multi-word, or symbolic designation which is regarded as a technical term. supplies the sort key for this term in an index. identifies the associated gloss element by an absolute or relative URI reference identifies the associated gloss element using a canonical reference from a scheme defined in a refsDecl element in the TEI header (latin for thus or so) contains text reproduced although apparently incorrect or inaccurate. (correction) contains the correct form of a passage apparently erroneous in the copy text. groups a number of alternative encodings for the same point in a text. (regularization) contains a reading which has been regularized or normalized in some sense. (original form) contains a reading which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected. indicates a point where material has been omitted in a transcription, whether for editorial reasons described in the TEI header, as part of sampling practice, or because the material is illegible, invisible, or inaudible. gives the reason for omission. Sample values include sampling, illegible, inaudible, irrelevant, cancelled, illegible. in the case of text omitted from the transcription because of deliberate deletion by an identifiable hand, signifies the hand which made the deletion. In the case of text omitted because of damage, categorizes the cause of the damage, if it can be identified. Sample values include: 1] rubbing; 2] mildew; 3] smoke indicates approximately how much text has been omitted from the transcription (using the unit specified on the unit attribute), either because of editorial policy or because a deletion, damage, or other cause has rendered transcription impossible. names the unit used for describing the extent of the gap Suggested values include: 1] lines; 2] chars (characters); 3] pages; 4] cm (centimetres); 5] mm (millimetres); 6] in (inches) lines of text (characters) characters of text pages, i.e. one side of a leaf (centimetres) (millimetres) (inches) (addition) contains letters, words, or phrases inserted in the text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector. (deletion) contains a letter, word, or passage deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated as superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector. contains a word, phrase, or passage which cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the source. indicates why the material is hard to transcribe. Where the difficulty in transcription arises from action (partial deletion, etc.) assignable to an identifiable hand, signifies the hand responsible for the action. Where the difficulty in transcription arises from damage, categorizes the cause of the damage, if it can be identified. Sample values include: 1] rubbing; 2] mildew; 3] smoke (name, proper noun) contains a proper noun or noun phrase. indicates the type of the object which is being named by the phrase. (referencing string) contains a general purpose name or referring string. indicates more specifically the object referred to by the referencing string. Values might include person, place, ship, element etc. (electronic mail address) contains an e-mail address identifying a location to which e-mail messages can be delivered. contains a postal address, for example of a publisher, an organization, or an individual. (address line) contains one line of a postal address. a full street address including any name or number identifying a building as well as the name of the street or route on which it is located. (postal code) contains a numerical or alphanumeric code used as part of a postal address to simplify sorting or delivery of mail. (postal box or post office box) contains a number or other identifier for some postal delivery point other than a street address. (number) contains a number, written in any form. indicates the type of numeric value. Suggested values include: 1] cardinal; 2] ordinal; 3] fraction; 4] percentage absolute number, e.g. 21, 21.5 ordinal number, e.g. 21st fraction, e.g. one half or three-quarters a percentage supplies the value of the number in standard form. contains a word or phrase referring to some quantity of an object or commodity, usually comprising a number, a unit, and a commodity name. specifies the type of measurement in any convenient typology. (measure group) contains a group of dimensional specifications which relate to the same object, for example the height and width of a manuscript page. contains a date in any format. indicates the system or calendar to which the date belongs. Suggested values include: 1] Gregorian; 2] Julian; 3] Islamic; 4] Hebrew; 5] Revolutionary; 6] Iranian; 7] Coptic; 8] Chinese Gregorian calendar Julian calendar Islamic or Muslim (hijri) lunar calendar Hebrew or Jewish lunisolar calendar French Revolutionary calendar Iranian or Persian (Jalaali) solar calendar Coptic or Alexandrian calendar Chinese lunisolar calendar contains a phrase defining a time of day in any format. (abbreviation) contains an abbreviation of any sort. allows the encoder to classify the abbreviation according to some convenient typology. Sample values include: 1] suspension; 2] contraction; 3] brevigraph; 4] superscription; 5] acronym; 6] title; 7] organization; 8] geographic (expansion) contains the expansion of an abbreviation. (pointer) defines a pointer to another location. specifies the destination of the pointer by supplying one or more URI References (canonical reference) specifies the destination of the pointer by supplying a canonical reference from a scheme defined in a refsDecl element in the TEI header (reference) defines a reference to another location, possibly modified by additional text or comment. contains a list of OSIS references. specifies the destination of the reference by supplying one or more URI References (canonical reference) specifies the destination of the reference by supplying a canonical reference from a scheme defined in a refsDecl element in the TEI header contains any sequence of items organized as a list. describes the form of the list. Suggested values include: 1] ordered; 2] bulleted; 3] simple; 4] gloss list items are numbered or lettered. list items are marked with a bullet or other typographic device. list items are not numbered or bulleted. each list item glosses some term or concept, which is given by a label element preceding the list item. contains one component of a list. contains the label associated with an item in a list; in glossaries, marks the term being defined. (heading) contains any type of heading, for example the title of a section, or the heading of a list, glossary, manuscript description, etc. (heading for list labels) contains the heading for the label or term column in a glossary list or similar structured list. (heading for list items) contains the heading for the item or gloss column in a glossary list or similar structured list. contains a note or annotation. describes the type of note. (responsible party) indicates who is responsible for the annotation: author, editor, translator, etc. indicates whether the copy text shows the exact place of reference for the note. indicates the point (or points) of attachment for a note, or the beginning of the span to which the note is attached. points to the end of the span to which the note is attached, if the note is not embedded in the text at that point. (index entry) marks a location to be indexed for whatever purpose. supplies a name to specify which index (of several) the index entry belongs to. indicates the location of an inline graphic, illustration, or figure. The display width of the image The display height of the image A scale factor to be applied to the image to make it the desired display size (uniform resource locator) A URL which refers to the image itself. provides encoded binary data representing an inline graphic or other object. The display width of the object The display height of the object A scale factor to be applied to the object to make it the desired display size The encoding used to encode the binary data. If not specified, this is assumed to be Base64. marks a boundary point separating any kind of section of a text, as indicated by changes in a standard reference system, where the section is not represented by a structural element. (edition) indicates the edition or version to which the milestone applies. provides a conventional name for the kind of section changing at this milestone. Suggested values include: 1] page; 2] column; 3] line; 4] book; 5] poem; 6] canto; 7] stanza; 8] act; 9] scene; 10] section; 11] absent physical page breaks (synonymous with the pb element). column breaks. line breaks (synonymous with the lb element). any units termed book, liber, etc. individual poems in a collection. cantos or other major sections of a poem. stanzas within a poem, book, or canto. acts within a play. scenes within a play or act. sections of any kind. passages not present in the reference edition. (page break) marks the boundary between one page of a text and the next in a standard reference system. (edition) indicates the edition or version in which the page break is located at this point (line break) marks the start of a new (typographic) line in some edition or version of a text. (edition) indicates the edition or version in which the line break is located at this point (column break) marks the boundary between one column of a text and the next in a standard reference system. (edition) indicates the edition or version in which the column break is located at this point (analytic level) contains bibliographic elements describing an item (e.g. an article or poem) published within a monograph or journal and not as an independent publication. (monographic level) contains bibliographic elements describing an item (e.g. a book or journal) published as an independent item (i.e. as a separate physical object). (series information) contains information about the series in which a book or other bibliographic item has appeared. in a bibliographic reference, contains the name of the author(s), personal or corporate, of a work; the primary statement of responsibility for any bibliographic item. secondary statement of responsibility for a bibliographic item, for example the name of an individual, institution or organization, (or of several such) acting as editor, compiler, translator, etc. specifies the nature of the intellectual responsibility (statement of responsibility) supplies a statement of responsibility for the intellectual content of a text, edition, recording, or series, where the specialized elements for authors, editors, etc. do not suffice or do not apply. (responsibility) contains a phrase describing the nature of a person's intellectual responsibility. contains the full title of a work of any kind. indicates the bibliographic level for a title, that is, whether it identifies an article, book, journal, series, or unpublished material. (analytic) analytic title (article, poem, or other item published as part of a larger item) (monographic) monographic title (book, collection, or other item published as a distinct item, including single volumes of multi-volume works) (journal) journal title (series) series title (unpublished) title of unpublished material (including theses and dissertations unless published by a commercial press) classifies the title according to some convenient typology. Sample values include: 1] main; 2] sub (subordinate); 3] alt (alternate); 4] short; 5] desc (descriptive) contains the formalized descriptive title for a meeting or conference, for use in a bibliographic description for an item derived from such a meeting, or as a heading or preamble to publications emanating from it. groups information relating to the publication or distribution of a bibliographic item. provides the name of the organization responsible for the publication or distribution of a bibliographic item. (scope of citation) defines the scope of a bibliographic reference, for example as a list of page numbers, or a named subdivision of a larger work. identifies the type of information conveyed by the element, e.g. pages, volume. Suggested values include: 1] vol (volume); 2] issue; 3] pp (pages); 4] chap (chapter); 5] part (volume) the element contains a volume number. the element contains an issue number, or volume and issue numbers. (pages) the element contains a page number or page range. (chapter) the element contains a chapter indication (number and/or title) the element identifies a part of a book or collection. (publication place) contains the name of the place where a bibliographic item was published. (bibliographic citation) contains a loosely-structured bibliographic citation of which the sub-components may or may not be explicitly tagged. (structured bibliographic citation) contains a structured bibliographic citation, in which only bibliographic sub-elements appear and in a specified order. (citation list) contains a list of bibliographic citations of any kind. contains or references some other bibliographic item which is related to the present one in some specified manner, for example as a constituent or alternative version of it. (verse line) contains a single, possibly incomplete, line of verse. specifies whether or not the line is metrically complete. (yes) the line is metrically incomplete (no) either the line is complete, or no claim is made as to its completeness (initial) the initial part of an incomplete line (medial) a medial part of an incomplete line (final) the final part of an incomplete line (line group) contains a group of verse lines functioning as a formal unit, e.g. a stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc. (speech) An individual speech in a performance text, or a passage presented as such in a prose or verse text. A specialized form of heading or label, giving the name of one or more speakers in a dramatic text or fragment. (stage direction) contains any kind of stage direction within a dramatic text or fragment. indicates the kind of stage direction. Suggested values include: 1] setting; 2] entrance; 3] exit; 4] business; 5] novelistic; 6] delivery; 7] modifier; 8] location; 9] mixed describes a setting. describes an entrance. describes an exit. describes stage business. is a narrative, motivating stage direction. describes how a character speaks. gives some detail about a character. describes a location. more than one of the above (automatically generated text division) indicates the location at which a textual division generated automatically by a text-processing application is to appear. specifies what type of generated text division (e.g. index, table of contents, etc.) is to appear. Sample values include: 1] index; 2] toc (table of contents); 3] figlist (figure list); 4] tablist (table list) (TEI Header) supplies the descriptive and declarative information making up an electronic title page prefixed to every TEI-conformant text. specifies the kind of document to which the header is attached, for example whether it is a corpus or individual text. Sample values include: 1] text; 2] corpus (file description) contains a full bibliographic description of an electronic file. (title statement) groups information about the title of a work and those responsible for its intellectual content. specifies the name of a sponsoring organization or institution. (funding body) specifies the name of an individual, institution, or organization responsible for the funding of a project or text. (principal researcher) supplies the name of the principal researcher responsible for the creation of an electronic text. (edition statement) groups information relating to one edition of a text. (edition) describes the particularities of one edition of a text. describes the approximate size of a text as stored on some carrier medium, whether digital or non-digital, specified in any convenient units. (publication statement) groups information concerning the publication or distribution of an electronic or other text. supplies the name of a person or other agency responsible for the distribution of a text. (release authority) supplies the name of a person or other agency responsible for making an electronic file available, other than a publisher or distributor. (identifying number) supplies any standard or non-standard number used to identify a bibliographic item. categorizes the number, for example as an ISBN or other standard series. supplies information about the availability of a text, for example any restrictions on its use or distribution, its copyright status, etc. supplies a code identifying the current availability of the text. the text is freely available. the status of the text is unknown. the text is not freely available. (series statement) groups information about the series, if any, to which a publication belongs. (notes statement) collects together any notes providing information about a text additional to that recorded in other parts of the bibliographic description. (source description) supplies a description of the source text(s) from which an electronic text was derived or generated. (fully-structured bibliographic citation) contains a fully-structured bibliographic citation, in which all components of the TEI file description are present. (encoding description) documents the relationship between an electronic text and the source or sources from which it was derived. (project description) describes in detail the aim or purpose for which an electronic file was encoded, together with any other relevant information concerning the process by which it was assembled or collected. (sampling declaration) contains a prose description of the rationale and methods used in sampling texts in the creation of a corpus or collection. (editorial practice declaration) provides details of editorial principles and practices applied during the encoding of a text. (correction principles) states how and under what circumstances corrections have been made in the text. indicates the degree of correction applied to the text. the text has been thoroughly checked and proofread. the text has been checked at least once. the text has not been checked. the correction status of the text is unknown. indicates the method adopted to indicate corrections within the text. corrections have been made silently corrections have been represented using markup indicates the extent of normalization or regularization of the original source carried out in converting it to electronic form. indicates the authority for any normalization carried out. indicates the method adopted to indicate normalizations within the text. normalization made silently normalization represented using markup specifies editorial practice adopted with respect to quotation marks in the original. (quotation marks) indicates whether or not quotation marks have been retained as content within the text. no quotation marks have been retained some quotation marks have been retained all quotation marks have been retained specifies how quotation marks are indicated within the text. quotation marks are retained as data. (rend attribute) the rend attribute is consistently used to indicate the form of quotation marks. (standardized) use of quotation marks has been standardized. (not standardized) quotation marks are represented inconsistently. use of quotation marks is unknown. summarizes the way in which hyphenation in a source text has been treated in an encoded version of it. (end-of-line) indicates whether or not end-of-line hyphenation has been retained in a text. all end-of-line hyphenation has been retained, even though the lineation of the original may not have been. end-of-line hyphenation has been retained in some cases. all soft end-of-line hyphenation has been removed: any remaining end-od-line hyphenation should be retained. all end-of-line hyphenation has been removed: any remaining hyphenation occurred within the line. describes the principles according to which the text has been segmented, for example into sentences, tone-units, graphemic strata, etc. (standard values) specifies the format used when standardized date or number values are supplied. describes the scope of any analytic or interpretive information added to the text in addition to the transcription. (tagging declaration) provides detailed information about the tagging applied to a document. supplies information about the usage of a specific element within a text. (element name) the name (generic identifier) of the element indicated by the tag. specifies the number of occurrences of this element within the text. (with unique identifier) specifies the number of occurrences of this element within the text which bear a distinct value for the global xml:id attribute. specifies the identifier of a rendition element which defines how this element is to be rendered. supplies the formal name of the namespace to which the elements documented by its children belong. the full formal name of the namespace concerned. supplies information about the rendition or appearance of one or more elements in the source text. identifies the language used to describe the rendition. Cascading Stylesheet Language Extensible Stylesheet Language Formatting Objects Informal free text description A user-defined rendition description language (references declaration) specifies how canonical references are constructed for this text. (canonical reference pattern) specifies an expression and replacement pattern for transforming a canonical reference into a URI. specifies a regular expression against which the values of cRef attributes can be matched. specifies a replacement pattern which, once subpattern substitution has been performed, provides a URI. (reference state) specifies one component of a canonical reference defined by the milestone method. (edition) indicates which edition or version the milestone applies to. indicates what kind of state is changing at this milestone. Suggested values include: 1] page; 2] column; 3] line; 4] book; 5] poem; 6] canto; 7] stanza; 8] act; 9] scene; 10] section; 11] absent page breaks in the reference edition. column breaks. line breaks. any units termed book, liber, etc. individual poems in a collection. cantos or other major sections of a poem. stanzas within a poem, book, or canto. acts within a play. scenes within a play or act. sections of any kind. passages not present in the reference edition. specifies the fixed length of the reference component. (delimiter) supplies a delimiting string following the reference component. (classification declarations) contains one or more taxonomies defining any classificatory codes used elsewhere in the text. defines a typology used to classify texts either implicitly, by means of a bibliographic citation, or explicitly by a structured taxonomy. contains an individual descriptive category, possibly nested within a superordinate category, within a user-defined taxonomy. (category description) describes some category within a taxonomy or text typology, either in the form of a brief prose description or in terms of the situational parameters used by the TEI formal textDesc. (application information) records information about an application which has edited the TEI file. provides information about an application which has acted upon the document. Supplies an identifier for the application, independent of its version number or display name. Supplies a version number for the application, independent of its identifier or display name. (text-profile description) provides a detailed description of non-bibliographic aspects of a text, specifically the languages and sublanguages used, the situation in which it was produced, the participants and their setting. contains information about the creation of a text. (language usage) describes the languages, sublanguages, registers, dialects, etc. represented within a text. characterizes a single language or sublanguage used within a text. (identifier) Supplies a language code constructed as defined in BCP 47 which is used to identify the language documented by this element, and which is referenced by the global xml:lang attribute. specifies the approximate percentage (by volume) of the text which uses this language. (text classification) groups information which describes the nature or topic of a text in terms of a standard classification scheme, thesaurus, etc. contains a list of keywords or phrases identifying the topic or nature of a text. identifies the controlled vocabulary within which the set of keywords concerned is defined. (classification code) contains the classification code used for this text in some standard classification system. identifies the classification system or taxonomy in use. (category reference) specifies one or more defined categories within some taxonomy or text typology. identifies the categories concerned identifies the classification scheme within which the set of categories concerned is defined (revision description) summarizes the revision history for a file. summarizes a particular change or correction made to a particular version of an electronic text which is shared between several researchers. supplies the date of the change in standard form, i.e. YYYY-MM-DD. (geographic coordinates declaration) documents the notation and the datum used for geographic coordinates expressed as content of the geo element elsewhere within the document. supplies a commonly used code name for the datum employed. Suggested values include: 1] WGS84 (World Geodetic System); 2] MGRS (Military Grid Reference System); 3] OSGB36 (ordnance survey great britain); 4] ED50 (European Datum coordinate system) (World Geodetic System) a pair of numbers to be interpreted as latitude followed by longitude according to the World Geodetic System. (Military Grid Reference System) the values supplied are geospatial entity object codes, based on Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates (ordnance survey great britain) the value supplied is to be interpreted as a British National Grid Reference. (European Datum coordinate system) the value supplied is to be interpreted as latitude followed by longitude according to the European Datum coordinate system. (TEI document) contains a single TEI-conformant document, comprising a TEI header and a text, either in isolation or as part of a teiCorpus element. The version of the TEI scheme contains a single text of any kind, whether unitary or composite, for example a poem or drama, a collection of essays, a novel, a dictionary, or a corpus sample. (text body) contains the whole body of a single unitary text, excluding any front or back matter. contains the body of a composite text, grouping together a sequence of distinct texts (or groups of such texts) which are regarded as a unit for some purpose, for example the collected works of an author, a sequence of prose essays, etc. contains a single text of any kind, whether unitary or composite, which interrupts the text containing it at any point and after which the surrounding text resumes. (text division) contains a subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. (level-1 text division) contains a first-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. (level-2 text division) contains a second-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. (level-3 text division) contains a third-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. (level-4 text division) contains a fourth-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. (level-5 text division) contains a fifth-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. (level-6 text division) contains a sixth-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. (level-7 text division) contains the smallest possible subdivision of the front, body or back of a text, larger than a paragraph. contains a closing title or footer appearing at the end of a division of a text. contains the primary statement of responsibility given for a work on its title page or at the head or end of the work. contains a brief description of the place, date, time, etc. of production of a letter, newspaper story, or other work, prefixed or suffixed to it as a kind of heading or trailer. A formal list or prose description of the topics addressed by a subdivision of a text. contains a quotation, anonymous or attributed, appearing at the start of a section or chapter, or on a title page. groups together dateline, byline, salutation, and similar phrases appearing as a preliminary group at the start of a division, especially of a letter. groups together salutations, datelines, and similar phrases appearing as a final group at the end of a division, especially of a letter. (salutation) contains a salutation or greeting prefixed to a foreword, dedicatory epistle, or other division of a text, or the salutation in the closing of a letter, preface, etc. (signature) contains the closing salutation, etc., appended to a foreword, dedicatory epistle, or other division of a text. contains a postscript, e.g. to a letter. (title page) contains the title page of a text, appearing within the front or back matter. classifies the title page according to any convenient typology. (document title) contains the title of a document, including all its constituents, as given on a title page. contains a subsection or division of the title of a work, as indicated on a title page. specifies the role of this subdivision of the title. Suggested values include: 1] main; 2] sub (subordinate); 3] alt (alternate); 4] short; 5] desc (descriptive) main title of the work (subordinate) subtitle of the work (alternate) alternative title of the work abbreviated form of title (descriptive) descriptive paraphrase of the work (document author) contains the name of the author of the document, as given on the title page (often but not always contained in a byline). contains a formal statement authorizing the publication of a work, sometimes required to appear on a title page or its verso. (document edition) contains an edition statement as presented on a title page of a document. (document imprint) contains the imprint statement (place and date of publication, publisher name), as given (usually) at the foot of a title page. (document date) contains the date of a document, as given (usually) on a title page. gives the value of the date in standard form, i.e. YYYY-MM-DD. (front matter) contains any prefatory matter (headers, title page, prefaces, dedications, etc.) found at the start of a document, before the main body. (back matter) contains any appendixes, etc. following the main part of a text. 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 a main entry (default). (homograph) groups information relating to one homograph within an entry. (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). an entry for a prefix, infix, or suffix. (abbreviation) an entry for an abbreviation. a supplemental entry (for use in dictionaries which issue supplements to their main work in which they include updated information about entries). 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 single free lexical item the headword itself a variant form word formed from simple lexical items word derived from headword word in other than usual dictionary form 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. identifies the orthographic form or pronunciation referred to. (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. specifies the identifiers of the elements or passages to be linked or associated. (link group) defines a collection of associations or hypertextual links. (anonymous block) contains any arbitrary component-level unit of text, acting as an anonymous container for phrase or inter level elements analogous to, but without the semantic baggage of, a paragraph. specifies whether or not the block is complete. (yes) the block is incomplete (no) either the block is complete, or no claim is made as to its completeness (initial) the initial part of an incomplete block (medial) a medial part of an incomplete block (final) the final part of an incomplete block (anchor point) attaches an identifier to a point within a text, whether or not it corresponds with a textual element. (arbitrary segment) represents any segmentation of text below the chunk level. provides a sub-categorization of the segment marked. indicates a point in time either relative to other elements in the same timeline tag, or absolutely. supplies an absolute value for the time. specifies the unit of time in which the interval value is expressed, if this is not inherited from the parent timeline. Suggested values include: 1] d (days); 2] h (hours); 3] min (minutes); 4] s (seconds); 5] ms (milliseconds) (days) (hours) (minutes) (seconds) (milliseconds) specifies the numeric portion of a time interval identifies the reference point for determining the time of the current when element, which is obtained by adding the interval to the time of the reference point. (timeline) provides a set of ordered points in time which can be linked to elements of a spoken text to create a temporal alignment of that text. designates the origin of the timeline, i.e. the time at which it begins. specifies the unit of time corresponding to the interval value of the timeline or of its constituent points in time. Suggested values include: 1] d (days); 2] h (hours); 3] min (minutes); 4] s (seconds); 5] ms (milliseconds) (days) (hours) (minutes) (seconds) (milliseconds) specifies the numeric portion of a time interval identifies a possibly fragmented segment of text, by pointing at the possibly discontiguous elements which compose it. specifies the identifiers of the elements or passages to be joined into a virtual element. specifies the name of an element which this aggregation may be understood to represent. indicates whether the targets to be joined include the entire element indicated (the entire subtree including its root), or just the children of the target (the branches of the subtree). the rooted subtrees indicated by the targets attribute are joined, each subtree become a child of the virtual element created by the join the children of the subtrees indicated by the targets attribute become the children of the virtual element (i.e. the roots of the subtrees are discarded) (join group) groups a collection of join elements and possibly pointers. describes the result of the joins gathered in this collection. (alternation) identifies an alternation or a set of choices among elements or passages. specifies the identifiers of the alternative elements or passages. states whether the alternations gathered in this collection are exclusive or inclusive. (exclusive) indicates that the alternation is exclusive, i.e. that at most one of the alternatives occurs. (inclusive) indicates that the alternation is not exclusive, i.e. that one or more of the alternatives occur. If mode is , each weight states the probability that the corresponding alternative occurs. If mode is incl each weight states the probability that the corresponding alternative occurs given that at least one of the other alternatives occurs. (alternation group) groups a collection of alt elements and possibly pointers. states whether the alternations gathered in this collection are exclusive or inclusive. (exclusive) indicates that the alternation is exclusive, i.e. that at most one of the alternatives occurs. (inclusive) indicates that the alternation is not exclusive, i.e. that one or more of the alternatives occur. (corresponds) points to elements that correspond to the current element in some way. contains an OSIS ID for the current element. (synchronous) points to elements that are synchronous with the current element. points to an element that is the same as the current element. points to an element of which the current element is a copy. points to the next element of a virtual aggregate of which the current element is part. (previous) points to the previous element of a virtual aggregate of which the current element is part. points to elements that are in exclusive alternation with the current element. selects one or more alternants; if one alternant is selected, the ambiguity or uncertainty is marked as resolved. If more than one alternant is selected, the degree of ambiguity or uncertainty is marked as reduced by the number of alternants not selected. categorizes the pointer in some respect, using any convenient set of categories. specifies the intended meaning when the target of a pointer is itself a pointer. if the element pointed to is itself a pointer, then the target of that pointer will be taken, and so on, until an element is found which is not a pointer. if the element pointed to is itself a pointer, then its target (whether a pointer or not) is taken as the target of this pointer. no further evaluation of targets is carried out beyond that needed to find the element specified in the pointer's target. optionally specifies the identifiers of the elements within which all elements indicated by the contents of this element lie. (target function) describes the function of each of the values of the targets attribute of the enclosed link, join, or alt tags. contains the description of the historical information attached to a dictionary entry, and organized as a hierarchy of possibly dated and referenced senses.