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) (centimetres) (millimetres) (inches) lines of text (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 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. 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. 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 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. 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 sources supporting the given intervention or interpretation. (number) gives a number (or other label) for an element, which is not necessarily unique within the document. 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. only this hand is used throughout the manuscript this hand is used through most of the manuscript this hand is used occasionally in the manuscript (MIME media type) specifies the applicable multimedia internet mail extension (MIME) media type 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 the line at the foot of the page in the margin (left, right, or both) at the top of the page on the opposite, i.e. facing, page on the other side of the leaf above the line at the end of e.g. chapter or volume. within the body of the text. in a predefined space, for example left by an earlier scribe. below the line at the foot of the page in the margin (left, right, or both) at the top of the page on the opposite, i.e. facing, page on the other side of the leaf above the line at the end of e.g. chapter or volume. within the body of the text. 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. 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. 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 (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 labelling or descriptive information only. data values. indicates the number of rows occupied by this cell or row. (columns) indicates the number of columns occupied by this cell or row. signifies the hand of the agent which made the intervention. indicates the effect of the intervention, for example in the case of a deletion, strikeouts which include too much or too little text, or in the case of an addition, an insertion which duplicates some of the text already present. Sample values include: 1] duplicate; 2] duplicate-partial; 3] excessStart; 4] excessEnd; 5] shortStart; 6] shortEnd; 7] partial; 8] unremarkable (sequence) assigns a sequence number related to the order in which the encoded features carrying this attribute are believed to have occurred. indicates whether the name component is given in full, as an abbreviation or simply as an initial. the name component is spelled out in full. (abbreviated) the name component is given in an abbreviated form. (initial letter) the name component is indicated only by one initial. specifies the sort order of the name component in relation to others within the personal name. (paragraph) marks paragraphs in prose. (foreign) identifies a word or phrase as belonging to some language other than that of the surrounding text. (emphasized) marks words or phrases which are stressed or emphasized for linguistic or rhetorical effect. (highlighted) marks a word or phrase as graphically distinct from the surrounding text, for reasons concerning which no claim is made. (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. contains a single-word, multi-word, or symbolic designation which is regarded as a technical term. specifies the destination of the reference by supplying one or more URI References (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 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 (referencing string) contains a general purpose name or referring string. (You must indicate the type of the referring string) indicates more specifically the object referred to by the referencing string. Values might include person, place, ship, element etc. (natural person) (literary figure) (self explanatory) (any type of organization) contains a postal address, for example of a publisher, an organization, or an individual. (address line) contains one line of a postal address. contains a date in any format. (You must enter a date in ISO format) supplies the value of the date or time in a standard form, e.g. yyyy-mm-dd. (You must enter a date in ISO format) specifies the earliest possible date for the event in standard form, e.g. yyyy-mm-dd. (You must enter a date in ISO format) specifies the latest possible date for the event in standard form, e.g. yyyy-mm-dd. (You must enter a date in ISO format) indicates the starting point of the period in standard form, e.g. yyyy-mm-dd. (You must enter a date in ISO format) indicates the ending point of the period in standard form, e.g. yyyy-mm-dd. 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. (takes the function of ref and ptr. Can therefore also be empty) defines a reference to another location, possibly modified by additional text or comment. (The target of this pointer / reference) specifies the destination of the reference by supplying one or more URI References (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 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. contains a note or annotation. indicates whether the copy text shows the exact place of reference for the note. (The place of the note should be specified whenever the note refers to a note present in the original text. The current text is a simplified version of the P5 one) specifies the destination of the reference by supplying one or more URI References (responsible party) indicates the agency responsible for the intervention or interpretation, for example an editor or transcriber. (The place of the note must be specified. The current text is a simplified version of the P5 one) characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology. (index entry) marks a location to be indexed for whatever purpose. (You must indicate the type of this index) 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 notation used to express this formula) A URL which refers to the image itself. 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. (You must indicate the unit that this milestone marks. The proposed values have been taken from the P5 documentation) provides a conventional name for the kind of section changing at this milestone. (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. (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). 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. 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. (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) 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. (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. (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 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. 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. (form information group) groups all the information on the written and spoken forms of one headword. classifies form as lemma (line), headword or simple. (lemma, containing the headword) (the headword itself) (single free lexical item) (gender) identifies the morphological gender of a lexical item, as given in the dictionary. (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.) (definition) contains definition text in a dictionary entry. (etymology) encloses the etymological information in a dictionary entry. (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 (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. (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. the item describes a single role. 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 character is entering the stage. character is exiting the stage. 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. a lighting cue a sound cue a prop cue a blocking instruction (performance) identifies the performance or performances to which this technical direction applies. 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. (The notation used to express this formula) supplies the name of a previously defined notation used for the content of the element. groups elements representing or containing graphic information such as an illustration or figure. (description of figure) contains a brief prose description of the appearance or content of a graphic figure, for use when documenting an image without displaying it. (character or glyph) represents a non-standard character or glyph. points to a description of the character or glyph intended. (character) provides descriptive information about a character. (character name) contains the name of a character, expressed following Unicode conventions. (character property) provides a name and value for some property of the parent character or glyph. (character declarations) provides information about nonstandard characters and glyphs. (character glyph) provides descriptive information about a character glyph. (character glyph name) contains the name of a glyph, expressed following Unicode conventions for character names. (locally-defined property name) contains a locally defined name for some property. (character mapping) contains one or more characters which are related to the parent character or glyph in some respect, as specified by the type attribute. (unicode property name) contains the name of a registered Unicode normative or informative property. specifies the version number of the Unicode Standard in which this property name is defined. (value) contains a single value for some property, attribute, or other analysis. (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. (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. (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. 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) 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. (editorial practice declaration) provides details of editorial principles and practices applied during the encoding of a text. 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 (text-profile description) provides a detailed description of non-bibliographic aspects of a text, specifically the languages and sublanguages used, the situation in which it was produced, the participants and their setting. (note on hand) describes a particular style or hand distinguished within a manuscript. (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. (apparatus entry) contains one entry in a critical apparatus, with an optional lemma and at least one reading. 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. apparatus uses line numbers or other canonical reference scheme referenced in a base text. apparatus indicates the precise locations of the beginning and ending of each lemma relative to a base text. alternate readings of a passage are given in parallel in the text; no notion of a base text is necessary. indicates whether the apparatus appears within the running text or external to it. apparatus appears within the running text. apparatus appears outside the base text. (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. (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. 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. 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) (parchment) 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. (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. (text division) contains a subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. 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. 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. (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. (anchor point) attaches an identifier to a point within a text, whether or not it corresponds with a textual element. (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. (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. (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 the punctuation mark is a word separator the punctuation mark is not a word separator 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. (facsimile) points to all or part of an image which corresponds with the content of the 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). (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. (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. (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. (feature structure) represents a feature structure, that is, a collection of feature-value pairs organized as a structural unit. specifies the type of the feature structure. (features) references the feature-value specifications making up this feature structure. (feature) represents a feature value specification, that is, the association of a name with a value of any of several different types. provides a name for the feature. (feature value) references any element which can be used to represent the value of a feature. (symbolic value) represents the value part of a feature-value specification which contains one of a finite list of symbols. supplies the symbolic value for the feature, one of a finite list that may be specified in a feature declaration. (feature library) assembles a library of feature elements. (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. (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. 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 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. specifies the age group of the participants. specifies the size or approximate size of the group. contains data about a geographic location contains information about the population of a place. (relationship) describes any kind of relationship or linkage amongst a specified group of participants. categorizes the relationship in some respect, e.g. as social, personal or other. Suggested values include: 1] social; 2] personal; 3] other relationship concerned with social roles relationship concerned with personal roles, e.g. kinship, marriage, etc. other kinds of relationship supplies a name for the kind of relationship of which this is an instance. identifies the passive participants in a non-mutual relationship. identifies the active participants in a non-mutual relationship, or all the participants in a mutual one. supplies a list of participants amongst all of whom the relationship holds equally. (residence) describes a person's present or past places of residence. specifies the sex of a person. (socio-economic status) contains an informal description of a person's perceived social or economic status. identifies the classification system or taxonomy in use. identifies a status code defined within the classification system or taxonomy defined by the source attribute. contains 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.