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.
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 sources
supporting the given intervention or interpretation.
indicates whether this is an instant revision or not.
contains an expression in some formal style definition language
which defines the rendering or presentation
used for this element in the source text
provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI
references into absolute URI references.
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
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.
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.
(target function) describes the function of each of the values of the
target attribute of the enclosed link,
join, or alt tags.
supplies an arbitrary XPath expression identifying a set
of nodes, selected within the context identified by the
target attribute if this is supplied, or within the
context of the element bearing this attribute if it is not.
(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.
acute
ancient acute (oxia, tonos) diacritic
apex
asper
ancient asper (rough breathing) diacritic
circumflex
ancient circumflex (perispomeni) diacritic
diaeresis
ancient diaeresis
grave
ancient grave (varia) diacritic
intraline
characters scored or struck through at the mid-line level
inverted
character(s) inverted or rotated with respect to the rest of the text
italic
lenis
ancient lenis (smooth breathing) diacritic
ligature
two (or more) letters ligatured, monogrammed, or therwise joined
normal
reversed
characters reversed (backward-facing) with respect to the rest of the line of text
sling-above
sling-below
small
Letter(s) smaller than those around them
subscript
characters written lower than the surrounding text
superscript
characters written higher than the surrounding text
supraline
characters written with a supralinear line above (e.g. for
abbreviation or numerals)
tall
Letter(s) taller than those around it, e.g. I-longa
underline
text written with solid line beneath
identifies any word or phrase which is regarded as linguistically distinct, for example as
archaic, technical, dialectal, non-preferred, etc., or as forming part of a sublanguage. [3.3.2.3. ]
Where the difficulty in transcription arises from action (partial deletion, etc.)
assignable to an identifiable hand, signifies the hand responsible for the action.
(index entry) marks a location to be indexed for whatever purpose. [3.8.2. ]
indicates the location of an inline graphic, illustration, or figure. [3.9. ]
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. [3.10.3. ]
(TEI Header) supplies the descriptive and declarative information making up an electronic title page
prefixed to every TEI-conformant text. [2.1.1. 15.1. ]
supplies the formal name of the namespace to which the elements documented by its children
belong. [2.3.4. ]
describes a particular font or other significant typographic feature distinguished within
the description of a printed resource. [10.7.2. ]
defines a written surface as a two-dimensional
coordinate space, optionally grouping one or more graphic representations of
that space, zones of interest within that space, and transcriptions of the
writing within them.
indicates the amount by which this zone has been
rotated clockwise, with respect to the normal orientation of
the parent surface element as implied by the
dimensions given in the msDesc element or by the
coordinates of the surface itself. The orientation
is expressed in arc degrees.
contains the transcription of a topographic line in the source
document
represents any kind of modification identified within a single document.
contains a sequence of writing which has been retraced, for
example by over-inking, to clarify or fix it.
(interpretation) summarizes a specific interpretative annotation which can be linked to a span of text. [17.3. ]
indicates the degree of confidence assigned to the aspect
of the markup named by the locus attribute.
(link group) defines a collection of associations or hypertextual links. [16.1. ]
specifies the name of an element which this aggregation may be understood to represent.
(synchronous) points to elements that are synchronous with the current
element.
points to an element that is the same as 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.
(manuscript description) contains a description of a single identifiable
manuscript or other text-bearing object. [10.1. ]
lettering
Text dated palaeographically
nomenclature
Text dated by nomenclature or onomastics
prosopography
Text dated by known persons named or implied within it
reign
Text dated by the reign of an emperor or other ruler
titulature
Text dated by the use of official titles
internal-date
Text dated by explicit internal date
context
Archaeological, epigraphic, iconographic or other context of the text support
(origin place) contains any form of place name, used to identify the
place of origin for a manuscript or manuscript part. [10.3.1. ]
(manuscript item) describes an individual work or item within the intellectual
content of a manuscript or manuscript part. [10.6.1. ]
(structured manuscript item) contains a structured description for an
individual work or item within the intellectual content of a
manuscript or manuscript part. [10.6.1. ]
contains the text of any rubric or heading attached to a particular manuscript item, that is, a string of words through which a
manuscript signals the beginning of a text division, often with an assertion as to its author and title, which is in some way set off from the text itself, usually in red ink, or by use of different size or type of script, or some other such visual device. [10.6.1. ]
specifies the number of ruled lines per column
specifies the number of written lines per
column
(description of hands) contains a description of all the different kinds of writing used in a manuscript. [10.7.2. ]
specifies the earliest possible date for the event in some custom standard form.
specifies the latest possible date for the event in some custom standard form.
indicates the starting point of the period in some standard form.
indicates the ending point of the period in some standard form.
supplies a pointer to some location defining a named point in time with reference to which the datable item is understood to have occurred
provides information about relationships identified amongst people, places, and
organizations, either informally as prose or as formally expressed relation links. [15.2.2. ]
specifies the sex of the person.
contains data about a geographic location
supplies a list of participants amongst all of whom the relationship holds equally.
identifies the passive participants in a non-mutual relationship.
contains a description of some status or quality attributed to a person, place, or organization often at some specific time or for a specific date range.
(list of canonical names) contains a list of nyms, that is, standardized names for any thing. [13.3.5. ]
(list of apparatus entries) contains a list of apparatus entries. [12.2. ]