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,
e.g. yyyy-mm-dd.
specifies the earliest possible date for the event in
standard form, e.g. yyyy-mm-dd.
specifies the latest possible date for the event in
standard form, e.g. yyyy-mm-dd.
indicates the starting point of the period in standard form, e.g. yyyy-mm-dd.
indicates the ending point of the period in standard
form, e.g. yyyy-mm-dd.
indicates whether or not this element is selected by default when
its parent is selected.
true
This element is selected if its parent is selected
false
This element can only be selected explicitly, unless it is the
only one of its kind, in which case it is selected if its parent is selected.
identifies one or more declarable elements within the
header, which are understood to apply to the element bearing this
attribute and its content.
(organization) specifies how the content of the division is organized.
composite
composite content: i.e. no claim is made about the
sequence in which the immediate contents of this division
are to be processed, or their inter-relationships.
uniform
uniform content: i.e. the immediate contents of this
element are regarded as forming a logical unit, to be
processed in sequence.
indicates whether this division is a sample of the
original source and if so, from which part.
initial
division lacks material present at end in source.
medial
division lacks material at start and end.
final
division lacks material at start.
unknown
position of sampled material within original unknown.
complete
division is not a sample.
specifies whether or not the division is fragmented by
some other structural element, for example a speech which is
divided between two or more verse stanzas.
Y
(yes) the division is incomplete in some respect
N
(no) either the division is complete, or no claim is made as to its completeness.
I
(initial) the initial part of an incomplete division
M
(medial) a medial part of an incomplete division
F
(final) the final part of an incomplete division
(duration) indicates the length of this element in time.
(certainty) signifies the degree of certainty associated with the
intervention or interpretation.
high
medium
low
unknown
(responsible party) indicates the agency responsible for the
intervention or interpretation, for example an editor or transcriber.
indicates the nature of the evidence supporting the reliability or
accuracy of the intervention or interpretation.
Suggested values include: 1] internal; 2] external; 3] conjecture
internal
there is internal evidence to support the intervention.
external
there is external evidence to support the intervention.
conjecture
the intervention or interpretation has been made by
the editor, cataloguer, or scholar on the basis of their
expertise.
contains a list of one or more pointers indicating the
sources which support the given reading.
characterizes the precision of the specified intervention
or dating.
high
medium
low
unknown
(identifier) provides a unique identifier for the element bearing the
attribute.
(number) gives a number (or other label) for an element, which is
not necessarily unique within the document.
(\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+
(language) indicates the language of the element content using a
tag generated according to BCP 47
(rendition) indicates how the element in question was rendered or
presented in the source text.
(\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+
provides a base URI reference with which applications can
resolve relative URI references into absolute URI
references.
(MIME media type) specifies the applicable multimedia internet mail extension (MIME) media type
(\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+
(responsible party) indicates who is responsible for the interpretation.
indicates what kind of phenomenon is being noted in the passage.
Sample values include: 1] image; 2] character; 3] theme; 4] allusion
(instances) points to instances of the analysis or interpretation represented
by the current element.
indicates the units used for the measurement, usually
using the standard symbol for the desired units.
Suggested values include: 1] m (metre); 2] kg (kilogram); 3] s (second); 4] Hz (hertz); 5] Pa (pascal); 6] Ω (ohm); 7] L (litre); 8] t (tonne); 9] ha (hectare); 10] Å (ångström); 11] mL (millilitre); 12] cm (centimetre); 13] dB (decibel); 14] kbit (kilobit); 15] Kibit (kibibit); 16] kB (kilobyte); 17] KiB (kibibyte); 18] MB (megabyte); 19] MiB (mebibyte)
m
(metre) SI base unit of length
kg
(kilogram) SI base unit of mass
s
(second) SI base unit of time
Hz
(hertz) SI unit of frequency
Pa
(pascal) SI unit of pressure or stress
Ω
(ohm) SI unit of electric resistance
L
(litre) 1 dm³
t
(tonne) 10³ kg
ha
(hectare) 1 hm²
Å
(ångström) 10⁻¹⁰ m
mL
(millilitre)
cm
(centimetre)
dB
(decibel) see remarks, below
kbit
(kilobit) 10³ or 1000 bits
Kibit
(kibibit) 2¹⁰ or 1024 bits
kB
(kilobyte) 10³ or 1000 bytes
KiB
(kibibyte) 2¹⁰ or 1024 bytes
MB
(megabyte) 10⁶ or 1 000 000 bytes
MiB
(mebibyte) 2²⁰ or 1 048 576 bytes
specifies the number of the specified units that
comprise the measurement
indicates the substance that is being measured
(\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+
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
infralinear
below the line
margin-bot
(bottom margin) in the bottom margin
margin-left
(left margin) in the left margin
margin-right
(right margin) in the right margin
margin-top
(top margin) in the top margin
opposite
on the opposite, i.e. facing, page
overleaf
on the other side of the leaf
supralinear
above the line
verso
on verso of the sheet or page
app
(apparatus) note appears in the apparatus at the foot of the page.
end
note appears at end of chapter or volume.
foot
note appears at foot of page.
inline
note appears as a marked paragraph in the body of the text.
interlinear
note appears between lines of the text; a less precise form of either infralinear or supralinear.
inline
addition is made in a space left in the witness by an earlier scribe.
mixed
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.
Y
(yes) the segment is incomplete in some respect
N
(no) either the segment is complete, or no claim is made as to
its completeness
I
(initial) the initial part of an incomplete segment
M
(medial) a medial part of an incomplete segment
F
(final) the final part of an incomplete segment
indicates the end of a span initiated by the element
bearing this attribute.
indicates the kind of information held in this cell or
in each cell of this row.
Suggested values include: 1] label; 2] data
label
labelling or descriptive information only.
data
data values.
indicates the number of rows occupied by this cell or row.
(columns) indicates the number of columns occupied by this cell or
row.
signifies the hand of the agent which made the intervention.
indicates the effect of the intervention, for example in
the case of a deletion, strikeouts
which include too much or too little text, or in the case of an
addition, an insertion which duplicates some of the text
already present.
Sample values include: 1] duplicate; 2] duplicate-partial; 3] excessStart; 4] excessEnd; 5] shortStart; 6] shortEnd; 7] partial; 8] unremarkable
(sequence) assigns a sequence number related to the order in which
the encoded features carrying this attribute are believed to have occurred.
specifies the version name or number of the source from
which the translated version was derived
(\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+
characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient
classification scheme or typology.
provides a sub-categorization of the element, if needed
signals an intention that white space should be
preserved by applications
default
preserve
(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.
(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.
unknown
inapplicable
may be used to indicate whether the quoted matter is regarded
as direct or indirect speech.
unknown
inapplicable
(quotation) contains a phrase or passage attributed by the narrator or
author to some agency external to the text.
(separated from the surrounding text with quotation
marks) contains material which is marked as (ostensibly)
being somehow different than the surrounding text, for any
one of a variety of reasons including, but not limited to:
direct speech or thought, technical terms or jargon,
authorial distance, quotations from elsewhere, and passages
that are mentioned but not used.
may be used to indicate whether the offset passage is spoken
or thought, or to characterize it more finely.
Suggested values include: 1] spoken; 2] thought; 3] written; 4] soCalled; 5] foreign (foreign words); 6] distinct (linguistically distinct); 7] term (technical term); 8] emph (rhetorically emphasized); 9] mentioned
spoken
representation of speech
thought
representation of thought, e.g. internal monologue
written
quotation from a written source
soCalled
authorial distance
foreign
(foreign words)
distinct
(linguistically distinct)
term
(technical term)
emph
(rhetorically emphasized)
mentioned
refering to itself, not its normal
referant
(cited quotation) contains a quotation from some other document, together with a
bibliographic reference to its source. In a dictionary it may
contain an example text with at least one occurrence of the word
form, used in the sense being described, or a translation of the
headword, or an example.
marks words or phrases mentioned, not used.
contains a word or phrase for which the author or narrator
indicates a disclaiming of responsibility, for example by the use
of scare quotes or italics.
(description) contains a brief description of the intended usage, purpose,
or application of its parent element.
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.
(\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+
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.
(\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+
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
lines of text
chars
(characters) characters of text
pages
pages, i.e. one side of a leaf
cm
(centimetres)
mm
(millimetres)
in
(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.
(\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+
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.
contains a postal address, for example of a
publisher, an organization, or an individual.
(address line) contains one line of a postal address.
(number) contains a number, written in any form.
indicates the type of numeric value.
Suggested values include: 1] cardinal; 2] ordinal; 3] fraction; 4] percentage
cardinal
absolute number, e.g. 21, 21.5
ordinal
ordinal number, e.g. 21st
fraction
fraction, e.g. one half or three-quarters
percentage
a percentage
supplies the value of the number in standard form.
(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
Gregorian calendar
Julian
Julian calendar
Islamic
Islamic or Muslim (hijri) lunar calendar
Hebrew
Hebrew or Jewish lunisolar calendar
Revolutionary
French Revolutionary calendar
Iranian
Iranian or Persian (Jalaali) solar calendar
Coptic
Coptic or Alexandrian calendar
Chinese
Chinese lunisolar calendar
contains a phrase defining a time of day in any format.
(abbreviation) contains an abbreviation of any sort.
allows the encoder to classify the abbreviation according to
some convenient typology.
Sample values include: 1] suspension; 2] contraction; 3] brevigraph; 4] superscription; 5] acronym; 6] title; 7] organization; 8] geographic
(expansion) contains the expansion of an abbreviation.
(pointer) defines a pointer to another location.
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
(\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+
(reference) defines a reference to another location, possibly
modified by additional text or comment.
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
(\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+
contains any sequence of items organized as a list.
describes the form of the list.
Suggested values include: 1] ordered; 2] bulleted; 3] simple; 4] gloss
ordered
list items are numbered or lettered.
bulleted
list items are marked with a
bullet or other typographic device.
simple
list items are not numbered or bulleted.
gloss
each list item glosses some term or
concept, which is given by a label element preceding
the list item.
contains one
component of a list.
contains the label associated with an item in a list; in
glossaries, marks the term being defined.
(heading) contains any type of heading, for example the title of a section,
or the heading of a list, glossary, manuscript description, etc.
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
[\-+]?\d+(\.\d+)?(%|cm|mm|in|pt|pc|px|em|ex|gd|rem|vw|vh|vm)
The display height of the image
[\-+]?\d+(\.\d+)?(%|cm|mm|in|pt|pc|px|em|ex|gd|rem|vw|vh|vm)
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.
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.