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
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.
identifies one or more declarable elements within the
header, which are understood to apply to the element bearing this
attribute and its content.
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.
(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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
specifies the version name or number of the source from
which the translated version was derived
(description) contains a brief description of the object documented by its parent element, including its
intended usage, purpose, or application where this is appropriate.
(name, proper noun) contains a proper noun or noun phrase.
contains a date in any format.
indicates the system or calendar to which the date represented by the content of this
element 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
(pointer) defines a pointer to another location.
(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.
(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 a note or annotation.
indicates whether the copy text shows the exact place of reference for the note.
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.
(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).
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.
(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 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.
(structured bibliographic citation) contains a structured bibliographic citation, in which only bibliographic sub-elements
appear and in a specified order.
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.
points to the related bibliographic element by means of an
absolute or relative URI reference
(analysis) indicates one or more elements containing interpretations of the
element on which the ana attribute appears.
associates an interpretative annotation directly with a span of text.
specifies the beginning of the passage being annotated; if not accompanied by a
to attribute, then specifies the entire passage.
specifies the end of the passage being annotated.
(span group) collects together span tags.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(revision description) summarizes the revision history for a file.
(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.
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
(arbitrary segment) represents any segmentation of text below the chunk level.
(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.