egXML 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 or identity for the entity being named by means of one or more URIs. gives a minimum estimated value for the approximate measurement. (\-?[\d]+/\-?[\d]+) gives a maximum estimated value for the approximate measurement. (\-?[\d]+/\-?[\d]+) where the measurement summarizes more than one observation or a range, supplies the minimum value observed. (\-?[\d]+/\-?[\d]+) where the measurement summarizes more than one observation or a range, supplies the maximum value observed. (\-?[\d]+/\-?[\d]+) specifies the degree of statistical confidence (between zero and one) that a value falls within the range specified by min and max, or the proportion of observed values that fall within that range. names the unit used for the measurement Suggested values include: 1] cm (centimetres) ; 2] mm (millimetres) ; 3] in (inches) ; 4] lines; 5] chars (characters) cm (centimetres) mm (millimetres) in (inches) lines lines of text chars (characters) characters of text (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ specifies the length in the units specified (\-?[\d]+/\-?[\d]+) 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. high medium low unknown where the measurement summarizes more than one observation, specifies the applicability of this measurement. Sample values include: 1] all; 2] most; 3] range (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ points to a handNote element describing the hand considered responsible for the content of the element concerned. (canonical reference) specifies the destination of the pointer by supplying a canonical reference expressed using the scheme defined in a refsDecl element in the TEI header 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. The @when attribute cannot be used with any other att.datable.w3c attributes. The @from and @notBefore attributes cannot be used together. The @to and @notAfter attributes cannot be used together. indicates the system or calendar to which the date represented by the content of this element belongs. @calendar indicates the system or calendar to which the date represented by the content of this element belongs, but this element has no textual content. supplies a pointer to some location defining a named period of time within which the datable item is understood to have occurred. contains a PID (persistent identifier) that aligns the given element with the appropriate Data Category (or categories) in ISOcat. contains a PID (persistent identifier) that aligns the content of the given element or the value of the given attribute with the appropriate simple Data Category (or categories) in ISOcat. 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. specifies whether or not its parent element is fragmented in some way, typically by some other overlapping structure: for example a speech which is divided between two or more verse stanzas, a paragraph which is split across a page division, a verse line which is divided between two speakers. Y (yes) the element is fragmented in some (unspecified) respect N (no) the element is not fragmented, or no claim is made as to its completeness I (initial) this is the initial part of a fragmented element M (medial) this is a medial part of a fragmented element F (final) this is the final part of a fragmented element 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 (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ (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. (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ indicates whether this is an instant revision or not. unknown inapplicable (rendition) indicates how the element in question was rendered or presented in the source text. (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ contains an expression in some formal style definition language which defines the rendering or presentation used for this element in the source text points to a description of the rendering or presentation used for this element in the source text. specifies the source from which some aspect of this element is drawn. (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. (language) indicates the language of the element content using a tag generated according to BCP 47. provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI references into absolute URI references. signals an intention about how white space should be managed by applications. default signals that the application's default white-space processing modes are acceptable preserve indicates the intent that applications preserve all white space 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 (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ specifies how widely this hand is used in the manuscript. sole only this hand is used throughout the manuscript major this hand is used through most of the manuscript minor this hand is used occasionally in the manuscript (MIME media type) specifies the applicable multimedia internet mail extension (MIME) media type (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ (uniform resource locator) specifies the URL from which the media concerned may be obtained. may be used to specify further information about the entity referenced by this name in the form of a set of whitespace-separated values, for example the occupation of a person, or the status of a place. (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ (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. specifies where this item is placed. Suggested values include: 1] below; 2] bottom; 3] margin; 4] top; 5] opposite; 6] overleaf; 7] above; 8] end; 9] inline; 10] inspace below below the line bottom at the foot of the page margin in the margin (left, right, or both) top at the top of the page opposite on the opposite, i.e. facing, page overleaf on the other side of the leaf above above the line end at the end of e.g. chapter or volume. inline within the body of the text. inspace in a predefined space, for example left by an earlier scribe. (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology. (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ provides a sub-categorization of the element, if needed (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ The element should not be categorized in detail with @subtype unless also categorized in general with @type specifies the language of the content to be found at the destination referenced by target, using a language tag generated according to BCP 47. @targetLang should only be used on if @target is specified. 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. all 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. one 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. none no further evaluation of targets is carried out beyond that needed to find the element specified in the pointer's target. supplies the sort key for this element in an index, list or group which contains it. (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ (edition) supplies a sigil or other 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. (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ (edition reference) provides a pointer to the source edition in which the associated feature (for example, a page, column, or line break) occurs at this point in the text. identifies the language used to describe the rendition. css Cascading Stylesheet Language xslfo Extensible Stylesheet Language Formatting Objects free Informal free text description other A user-defined rendition description language supplies a version number for the style language provided in scheme. [\d]+[a-z]*[\d]*(\.[\d]+[a-z]*[\d]*){0,3} @schemeVersion can only be used if @scheme is specified. specifies the date on which the source text was extracted and sent to the translator indicates whether the name component is given in full, as an abbreviation or simply as an initial. yes the name component is spelled out in full. abb (abbreviated) the name component is given in an abbreviated form. init (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 name. provides a conventional name for the kind of section changing at this milestone. Suggested values include: 1] page; 2] column; 3] line; 4] book; 5] poem; 6] canto; 7] speaker; 8] stanza; 9] act; 10] scene; 11] section; 12] absent; 13] unnumbered page physical page breaks (synonymous with the pb element). column column breaks. line line breaks (synonymous with the lb element). book any units termed book, liber, etc. poem individual poems in a collection. canto cantos or other major sections of a poem. speaker changes of speaker or narrator. stanza stanzas within a poem, book, or canto. act acts within a play. scene scenes within a play or act. section sections of any kind. absent passages not present in the reference edition. unnumbered passages present in the text, but not to be included as part of the reference. (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ (paragraph) marks paragraphs in prose. [3.1. Paragraphs 7.2.5. Speech Contents] Abstract model violation: Paragraphs may not occur inside other paragraphs or ab elements. Abstract model violation: Lines may not contain higher-level structural elements such as div, p, or ab. identifies a phrase or word used to provide a gloss or definition for some other word or phrase. [3.3.4. Terms, Glosses, Equivalents, and Descriptions 22.4.1. Description of Components] contains a single-word, multi-word, or symbolic designation which is regarded as a technical term. [3.3.4. Terms, Glosses, Equivalents, and Descriptions] #syriaca-headword (name, proper noun) contains a proper noun or noun phrase. [3.5.1. Referring Strings] contains a date in any format. [3.5.4. Dates and Times 2.2.4. Publication, Distribution, Licensing, etc. 2.6. The Revision Description 3.11.2.4. Imprint, Size of a Document, and Reprint Information 15.2.3. The Setting Description 13.3.6. Dates and Times] (reference) defines a reference to another location, possibly modified by additional text or comment. [3.6. Simple Links and Cross-References 16.1. Links] Only one of the attributes @target' and @cRef' may be supplied on contains a note or annotation. [3.8.1. Notes and Simple Annotation 2.2.6. The Notes Statement 3.11.2.8. Notes and Statement of Language 9.3.5.4. Notes within Entries] 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. contains a 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. [3.11.2.2. Titles, Authors, and Editors] (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. May also be used to encode information about individuals or organizations which have played a role in the production or distribution of a bibliographic work. [3.11.2.2. Titles, Authors, and Editors 2.2.1. The Title Statement 2.2.2. The Edition Statement 2.2.5. The Series Statement] (responsibility) contains a phrase describing the nature of a person's intellectual responsibility, or an organization's role in the production or distribution of a work. [3.11.2.2. Titles, Authors, and Editors 2.2.1. The Title Statement 2.2.2. The Edition Statement 2.2.5. The Series Statement] contains a title for any kind of work. [3.11.2.2. Titles, Authors, and Editors 2.2.1. The Title Statement 2.2.5. The Series Statement] classifies the title according to some convenient typology. Sample values include: 1] main; 2] sub (subordinate) ; 3] alt (alternate) ; 4] short; 5] desc (descriptive) (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ indicates the bibliographic level for a title, that is, whether it identifies an article, book, journal, series, or unpublished material. a (analytic) the title applies to an analytic item, such as an article, poem, or other work published as part of a larger item. m (monographic) the title applies to a monograph such as a book or other item considered to be a distinct publication, including single volumes of multi-volume works j (journal) the title applies to any serial or periodical publication such as a journal, magazine, or newspaper s (series) the title applies to a series of otherwise distinct publications such as a collection u (unpublished) the title applies to any unpublished material (including theses and dissertations unless published by a commercial press) specifies a regular expression against which the values of other attributes can be matched. specifies a replacement pattern, that is, the skeleton of a relative or absolute URI containing references to groups in the matchPattern which, once subpattern substitution has been performed, complete the URI. (TEI header) supplies descriptive and declarative metadata associated with a digital resource or set of resources. [2.1.1. The TEI Header and Its Components 15.1. Varieties of Composite Text] (file description) contains a full bibliographic description of an electronic file. [2.2. The File Description 2.1.1. The TEI Header and Its Components] (title statement) groups information about the title of a work and those responsible for its content. [2.2.1. The Title Statement 2.2. The File Description] specifies the name of a sponsoring organization or institution. [2.2.1. The Title Statement] (funding body) specifies the name of an individual, institution, or organization responsible for the funding of a project or text. [2.2.1. The Title Statement] (principal researcher) supplies the name of the principal researcher responsible for the creation of an electronic text. [2.2.1. The Title Statement] (edition statement) groups information relating to one edition of a text. [2.2.2. The Edition Statement 2.2. The File Description] describes the particularities of one edition of a text. [2.2.2. The Edition Statement] describes the approximate size of a text stored on some carrier medium or of some other object, digital or non-digital, specified in any convenient units. [2.2.3. Type and Extent of File 2.2. The File Description 3.11.2.4. Imprint, Size of a Document, and Reprint Information 10.7.1. Object Description] (publication statement) groups information concerning the publication or distribution of an electronic or other text. [2.2.4. Publication, Distribution, Licensing, etc. 2.2. The File Description] supplies the name of a person or other agency responsible for the distribution of a text. [2.2.4. Publication, Distribution, Licensing, etc.] (release authority) supplies the name of a person or other agency responsible for making a work available, other than a publisher or distributor. [2.2.4. Publication, Distribution, Licensing, etc.] (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. [2.2.4. Publication, Distribution, Licensing, etc. 2.2.5. The Series Statement 3.11.2.4. Imprint, Size of a Document, and Reprint Information] categorizes the identifier, for example as an ISBN, Social Security number, etc. Suggested values include: 1] ISBN; 2] ISSN; 3] DOI; 4] URI; 5] VIAF; 6] ESTC; 7] OCLC ISBN International Standard Book Number: a 13- or (if assigned prior to 2007) 10-digit identifying number assigned by the publishing industry to a published book or similar item, registered with the International ISBN Agency. ISSN International Standard Serial Number: an eight-digit number to uniquely identify a serial publication. DOI Digital Object Identifier: a unique string of letters and numbers assigned to an electronic document. URI Uniform Resource Identifier: a string of characters to uniquely identify a resource which usually contains indication of the means of accessing that resource, the name of its host, and its filepath. VIAF A data number in the Virtual Internet Authority File assigned to link different names in catalogs around the world for the same entity. ESTC English Short-Title Catalogue number: an identifying number assigned to a document in English printed in the British Isles or North America before 1801. OCLC OCLC control number (record number) for the union catalog record in WorldCat, a union catalog for member libraries in the Online Computer Library Center global cooperative. (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ supplies information about the availability of a text, for example any restrictions on its use or distribution, its copyright status, any licence applying to it, etc. [2.2.4. Publication, Distribution, Licensing, etc.] supplies a code identifying the current availability of the text. free the text is freely available. unknown the status of the text is unknown. restricted the text is not freely available. contains information about a licence or other legal agreement applicable to the text. [2.2.4. Publication, Distribution, Licensing, etc.] (series statement) groups information about the series, if any, to which a publication belongs. [2.2.5. The Series Statement 2.2. The File Description] (notes statement) collects together any notes providing information about a text additional to that recorded in other parts of the bibliographic description. [2.2.6. The Notes Statement 2.2. The File 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. [2.2.7. The Source Description] (fully-structured bibliographic citation) contains a fully-structured bibliographic citation, in which all components of the TEI file description are present. [3.11.1. Methods of Encoding Bibliographic References and Lists of References 2.2. The File Description 2.2.7. The Source Description 15.3.2. Declarable Elements] (encoding description) documents the relationship between an electronic text and the source or sources from which it was derived. [2.3. The Encoding Description 2.1.1. The TEI Header and Its Components] (schema reference) describes or points to a related customization or schema file [2.3.9. The Schema Specification] the identifier used for the customization or schema (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. [2.3.1. The Project Description 2.3. The Encoding Description 15.3.2. Declarable Elements] (sampling declaration) contains a prose description of the rationale and methods used in sampling texts in the creation of a corpus or collection. [2.3.2. The Sampling Declaration 2.3. The Encoding Description 15.3.2. Declarable Elements] (editorial practice declaration) provides details of editorial principles and practices applied during the encoding of a text. [2.3.3. The Editorial Practices Declaration 2.3. The Encoding Description 15.3.2. Declarable Elements] (correction principles) states how and under what circumstances corrections have been made in the text. [2.3.3. The Editorial Practices Declaration 15.3.2. Declarable Elements] indicates the degree of correction applied to the text. high the text has been thoroughly checked and proofread. medium the text has been checked at least once. low the text has not been checked. unknown the correction status of the text is unknown. indicates the method adopted to indicate corrections within the text. silent corrections have been made silently markup corrections have been represented using markup indicates the extent of normalization or regularization of the original source carried out in converting it to electronic form. [2.3.3. The Editorial Practices Declaration 15.3.2. Declarable Elements] indicates the method adopted to indicate normalizations within the text. silent normalization made silently markup normalization represented using markup specifies editorial practice adopted with respect to quotation marks in the original. [2.3.3. The Editorial Practices Declaration 15.3.2. Declarable Elements] On , either the @marks attribute should be used, or a paragraph of description provided (quotation marks) indicates whether or not quotation marks have been retained as content within the text. none no quotation marks have been retained some some quotation marks have been retained all all quotation marks have been retained summarizes the way in which hyphenation in a source text has been treated in an encoded version of it. [2.3.3. The Editorial Practices Declaration 15.3.2. Declarable Elements] (end-of-line) indicates whether or not end-of-line hyphenation has been retained in a text. all all end-of-line hyphenation has been retained, even though the lineation of the original may not have been. some end-of-line hyphenation has been retained in some cases. hard all soft end-of-line hyphenation has been removed: any remaining end-of-line hyphenation should be retained. none all end-of-line hyphenation has been removed: any remaining hyphenation occurred within the line. describes the principles according to which the text has been segmented, for example into sentences, tone-units, graphemic strata, etc. [2.3.3. The Editorial Practices Declaration 15.3.2. Declarable Elements] (standard values) specifies the format used when standardized date or number values are supplied. [2.3.3. The Editorial Practices Declaration 15.3.2. Declarable Elements] describes the scope of any analytic or interpretive information added to the text in addition to the transcription. [2.3.3. The Editorial Practices Declaration] specifies editorial practice adopted with respect to punctuation marks in the original. [2.3.3. The Editorial Practices Declaration 3.2. Treatment of Punctuation] indicates whether or not punctation marks have been retained as content within the text. none no punctuation marks have been retained some some punctuation marks have been retained all all punctuation marks have been retained indicates the positioning of punctuation marks that are associated with marked up text as being encoded within the element surrounding the text or immediately before or after it. internal punctuation marks found at the start or end of a marked up text component are included within its surrounding element; external punctuation marks found at the start or end of a marked up text component appear immediately before or after the surrounding element (tagging declaration) provides detailed information about the tagging applied to a document. [2.3.4. The Tagging Declaration 2.3. The Encoding Description] indicates whether the element types listed exhaustively include all those found within text, or represent only a subset. documents the usage of a specific element within a specified document. [2.3.4. The Tagging Declaration] (generic identifier) specifies the name (generic identifier) of the element indicated by the tag, within the namespace indicated by the parent namespace element. specifies the number of occurrences of this element within the text. (with unique identifier) specifies the number of occurrences of this element within the text which bear a distinct value for the global xml:id attribute. supplies the formal name of the namespace to which the elements documented by its children belong. [2.3.4. The Tagging Declaration] specifies the full formal name of the namespace concerned. supplies information about the rendition or appearance of one or more elements in the source text. [2.3.4. The Tagging Declaration] where CSS is used, provides a way of defining pseudo-elements, that is, styling rules applicable to specific sub-portions of an element. Sample values include: 1] first-line; 2] first-letter; 3] before; 4] after (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ contains a selector or series of selectors specifying the elements to which the contained style description applies, expressed in the language specified in the scheme attribute. (style definition language declaration) specifies the name of the formal language in which style or renditional information is supplied elsewhere in the document. The specific version of the scheme may also be supplied. [2.3.5. The Default Style Definition Language Declaration] (references declaration) specifies how canonical references are constructed for this text. [2.3.6.3. Milestone Method 2.3. The Encoding Description 2.3.6. The Reference System Declaration] (canonical reference pattern) specifies an expression and replacement pattern for transforming a canonical reference into a URI. [2.3.6.3. Milestone Method 2.3.6. The Reference System Declaration 2.3.6.2. Search-and-Replace Method] (prefix definition) defines a prefixing scheme used in data.pointer values, showing how abbreviated URIs using the scheme may be expanded into full URIs. [16.2.3. Using Abbreviated Pointers] supplies a name which functions as the prefix for an abbreviated pointing scheme such as a private URI scheme. The prefix constitutes the text preceding the first colon. [a-z][a-z0-9\+\.\-]* (list of prefix definitions) contains a list of definitions of prefixing schemes used in data.pointer values, showing how abbreviated URIs using each scheme may be expanded into full URIs. [16.2.3. Using Abbreviated Pointers] (reference state) specifies one component of a canonical reference defined by the milestone method. [2.3.6.3. Milestone Method 2.3.6. The Reference System Declaration] specifies the fixed length of the reference component. (delimiter) supplies a delimiting string following the reference component. (classification declarations) contains one or more taxonomies defining any classificatory codes used elsewhere in the text. [2.3.7. The Classification Declaration 2.3. The Encoding Description] defines a typology either implicitly, by means of a bibliographic citation, or explicitly by a structured taxonomy. [2.3.7. The Classification Declaration] contains an individual descriptive category, possibly nested within a superordinate category, within a user-defined taxonomy. [2.3.7. The Classification Declaration] (category description) describes some category within a taxonomy or text typology, either in the form of a brief prose description or in terms of the situational parameters used by the TEI formal textDesc. [2.3.7. The Classification Declaration] (geographic coordinates declaration) documents the notation and the datum used for geographic coordinates expressed as content of the geo element elsewhere within the document. [2.3.8. The Geographic Coordinates Declaration] supplies a commonly used code name for the datum employed. Suggested values include: 1] WGS84 (World Geodetic System) ; 2] MGRS (Military Grid Reference System) ; 3] OSGB36 (ordnance survey great britain) ; 4] ED50 (European Datum coordinate system) WGS84 (World Geodetic System) a pair of numbers to be interpreted as latitude followed by longitude according to the World Geodetic System. MGRS (Military Grid Reference System) the values supplied are geospatial entity object codes, based on OSGB36 (ordnance survey great britain) the value supplied is to be interpreted as a British National Grid Reference. ED50 (European Datum coordinate system) the value supplied is to be interpreted as latitude followed by longitude according to the European Datum coordinate system. (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ (application information) records information about an application which has edited the TEI file. [2.3.10. The Application Information Element] provides information about an application which has acted upon the document. [2.3.10. The Application Information Element] 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. [\d]+[a-z]*[\d]*(\.[\d]+[a-z]*[\d]*){0,3} (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. [2.4. The Profile Description 2.1.1. The TEI Header and Its Components] contains a summary or formal abstract prefixed to an existing source document by the encoder. [2.4.4. Abstracts] contains information about the creation of a text. [2.4.1. Creation 2.4. The Profile Description] (language usage) describes the languages, sublanguages, registers, dialects, etc. represented within a text. [2.4.2. Language Usage 2.4. The Profile Description 15.3.2. Declarable Elements] characterizes a single language or sublanguage used within a text. [2.4.2. Language Usage] (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. [2.4.3. The Text Classification] contains a list of keywords or phrases identifying the topic or nature of a text. [2.4.3. The Text Classification] identifies the controlled vocabulary within which the set of keywords concerned is defined, for example by a taxonomy element, or by some other resource. (classification code) contains the classification code used for this text in some standard classification system. [2.4.3. The Text Classification] identifies the classification system in use, as defined by, e.g. a taxonomy element, or some other resource. (category reference) specifies one or more defined categories within some taxonomy or text typology. [2.4.3. The Text Classification] identifies the classification scheme within which the set of categories concerned is defined, for example by a taxonomy element, or by some other resource. (calendar description) contains a description of the calendar system used in any dating expression found in the text. [2.4. The Profile Description 2.4.5. Calendar Description] describes a calendar or dating system used in a dating formula in the text. [2.4.5. Calendar Description] (correspondence description) contains a description of the actions related to one act of correspondence. [2.4.6. Correspondence Description] (correspondence action) contains a structured description of the place, the name of a person/organization and the date related to the sending/receiving of a message or any other action related to the correspondence. [2.4.6. Correspondence Description] describes the nature of the action. Suggested values include: 1] sent; 2] received; 3] transmitted; 4] redirected; 5] forwarded sent information concerning the sending or dispatch of a message. received information concerning the receipt of a message. transmitted information concerning the transmission of a message, i.e. between the dispatch and the next receipt, redirect or forwarding. redirected information concerning the redirection of an unread message. forwarded information concerning the forwarding of a message. (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ (correspondence context) provides references to preceding or following correspondence related to this piece of correspondence. [2.4.6. Correspondence Description] (non-TEI metadata) provides a container element into which metadata in non-TEI formats may be placed. [2.5. Non-TEI Metadata] (revision description) summarizes the revision history for a file. [2.6. The Revision Description 2.1.1. The TEI Header and Its Components] documents a change or set of changes made during the production of a source document, or during the revision of an electronic file. [2.6. The Revision Description 2.4.1. Creation 11.7. Identifying Changes and Revisions] points to one or more elements that belong to this change. groups a number of change descriptions associated with either the creation of a source text or the revision of an encoded text. [2.6. The Revision Description 11.7. Identifying Changes and Revisions] indicates whether the ordering of its child change elements is to be considered significant or not (TEI document) contains a single TEI-conformant document, combining a single TEI header with one or more members of the model.resourceLike class. Multiple TEI elements may be combined to form a teiCorpus element. [4. Default Text Structure 15.1. Varieties of Composite Text] specifies the version number of the TEI Guidelines against which this document is valid. [\d]+(\.[\d]+){0,2} 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. [4. Default Text Structure 15.1. Varieties of Composite Text] (text body) contains the whole body of a single unitary text, excluding any front or back matter. [4. Default Text Structure] 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 main a main entry (default). hom (homograph) groups information relating to one homograph within an entry. xref (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). affix an entry for a prefix, infix, or suffix. abbr (abbreviation) an entry for an abbreviation. supplemental a supplemental entry (for use in dictionaries which issue supplements to their main work in which they include updated information about entries). foreign an entry for a foreign word in a monolingual dictionary. (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ 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. indicates an anchor element typically elsewhere in the document, but possibly in another document, which is 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 (unstructured entry) contains a single unstructured entry in any kind of lexical resource, such as a dictionary or lexicon. [9.1. Dictionary Body and Overall Structure 9.2. The Structure of Dictionary Entries] category supplies the value of a date or time in some custom standard form. (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ specifies the earliest possible date for the event in some custom standard form. (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ specifies the latest possible date for the event in some custom standard form. (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ indicates the starting point of the period in some custom standard form. (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ indicates the ending point of the period in some custom standard form. (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ supplies a pointer to some location defining a named point in time with reference to which the datable item is understood to have occurred supplies a pointer to a calendar element or other means of interpreting the values of the custom dating attributes. supplies the value of a date or time in a standard form. [0-9.,DHMPRSTWYZ/:+\-]+ specifies the earliest possible date for the event in standard form, e.g. yyyy-mm-dd. [0-9.,DHMPRSTWYZ/:+\-]+ specifies the latest possible date for the event in standard form, e.g. yyyy-mm-dd. [0-9.,DHMPRSTWYZ/:+\-]+ indicates the starting point of the period in standard form. [0-9.,DHMPRSTWYZ/:+\-]+ indicates the ending point of the period in standard form. [0-9.,DHMPRSTWYZ/:+\-]+ provides information about relationships identified amongst people, places, and organizations, either informally as prose or as formally expressed relation links. [13.3.2.3. Personal Relationships] (relationship) describes any kind of relationship or linkage amongst a specified group of places, events, persons, objects or other items. [13.3.2.3. Personal Relationships] One of the attributes 'name', 'ref' or 'key' must be supplied Only one of the attributes @active and @mutual may be supplied the attribute 'passive' may be supplied only if the attribute 'active' is supplied supplies a name for the kind of relationship of which this is an instance. (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ 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. identifies the passive participants in a non-mutual relationship.