TEI: P4 Guidelines (PDF)

For TEI Web Site

Born digital

21 September 2007 Chris Ruotolo Converted to TEI P5 12 May 2002Updated SR 15 Sept 2001Updated LB 3 Sept 2001Updated LB 30 Aug 2001Updated LB 22 Aug 2001Updated LB 20 Aug 2001Updated LB 5 Aug 2001Updated LB 1 Aug 2001First drafted by LB/SJD

Below are links to PDF versions of each chapter of the TEI P4 Guidelines.

About These Guidelines A Gentle introduction to SGML Structure of the TEI Document Type Definition Characters and Character Sets The TEI Header Elements Available in All TEI Documents Default Text Structure Base Tag Set for Prose Base Tag Set for Verse Base Tag Set for Drama Transcriptions of Speech Print Dictionaries Terminological Databases Linking, Segmentation, and Alignment Simple Analytic Mechanisms Feature Structures Certainty and Responsibility Transcription of Primary Sources Critical Apparatus Names and Dates Graphs, Networks, and Trees Tables, Formulae, and Graphics Language Corpora The Independent Header Writing System Declaration Feature System Declaration Tag Set Documentation Conformance Modifying the TEI DTD Rules for Interchange Multiple Hierarchies Algorithm for Recognizing Canonical References Element Classes Entities Elements Obtaining the TEI DTD Obtaining TEI WSDs Sample Tag Set Documentation Formal Grammar for the TEI-Interchange-Format Subset of SGML