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. 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. (number) gives a number (or other label) for an element, which is not necessarily unique within the document. points to a description of the rendering or presentation used for this element in the source text. 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. (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. 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. contains a title for any kind of work. classifies the title according to some convenient typology. Sample values include: 1] main; 2] sub(subordinate) ; 3] alt(alternate) ; 4] short; 5] desc(descriptive) (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. (publication statement) groups information concerning the publication or distribution of an electronic or other text. (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. (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. 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. (text division) contains a subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. (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.