yes no This element contains rules for ITS information, to be used in documents. A rule to express ITS information and select parts of a document respectively. documentRule is to be used in a dislocated position. A rule to express ITS information about the element declaration to which the schemaRule element is attached as schema annotation. description alert yes ltr rtl lro rlo high medium low unknown 0 1 (-?[0-9]{4}-(0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])T)?([01][0-9]|2[0-3])(:[0-5][0-9])?(Z|[+\-]((0[0-9]|1[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]|14:00))? unknown inapplicable 0 1 2 9 [\-+]?\d+(\.\d+)?(%|cm|mm|in|pt|pc|px|em|ex|gd|rem|vw|vh|vm) (\p{L}|\p{N}|\p{P}|\p{S})+ indicates the person, or group of people, to whom the element content is ascribed. 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 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 a name conventionally used for this level of subdivision, e.g. act, volume, book, section, canto, etc. 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 (the division is incomplete in some respect) N (either the division is complete, or no claim is made as to its completeness.) I (the initial part of an incomplete division) M (a medial part of an incomplete division) F (the final part of an incomplete division) indicates who is responsible for the interpretation. indicates what kind of phenomenon is being noted in the passage. points to instances of the analysis or interpretation represented by the current element. signifies the degree of certainty associated with the intervention or interpretation. 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. provides a unique identifier for the element bearing the attribute. gives a number (or other label) for an element, which is not necessarily unique within the document. indicates the language of the element content using the codes from RFC 3066 indicates how the element in question was rendered or presented in the source text. provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI references into absolute URI references. names the units used for the measurement. specifies the applicability of this measurement, where more than one object is being measured. indicates the units used for the measurement, usually using the standard symbol for the desired units. specifies the number of the specified units that comprise the measurement indicates the substance that is being measured provides a means of locating a full definition for the entity being named such as a database record key or URI. 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 (the segment is incomplete in some respect) N (either the segment is complete, or no claim is made as to its completeness) I (the initial part of an incomplete segment) M (a medial part of an incomplete segment) F (the final part of an incomplete segment) indicates the end of a span initiated by the element bearing this attribute. indicates the location within a temporal alignment at which this element begins. indicates the location within a temporal alignment at which this element ends. indicates the length of this element in time, using either specific units or the units specified on the associated temporal alignment. 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. (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. (distinct) 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. specifies the sublanguage or register to which the word or phrase is being assigned specifies how the phrase is distinct diachronically specifies how the phrase is distinct diatopically specifies how the phrase is distinct diastatically (quoted speech, thought, or writing) contains material which is marked as (ostensibly) quoted from elsewhere; in narrative, this element is used to mark direct or indirect speech; in dictionaries, it ay be used to mark real or contrived examples of usage; in manuscript descriptions or other metadata, to mark extracts quoted from the source being documented. may be used to indicate whether the quoted matter is spoken or thought, or to characterize it more finely. may be used to indicate whether the quoted matter is regarded as direct or indirect speech. true (speech or thought is represented directly.) false (speech or thought is represented indirectly, e.g. by use of a marked verbal aspect.) unknown (no claim is made.) (quotation) contains a phrase or passage attributed by the narrator or author to some agency external to the text. A quotation from some other document, together with a bibliographic reference to its source. marks words or phrases mentioned, not used. (so called) 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. supplies the recommended XML name for an element, class, attribute, etc. in some language. (description) contains a brief description of the purpose and application for an element, attribute, or attribute value. specifies a component which is considered equivalent to the parent element, either by co-reference, or by external link. names the underlying concept of which the parent is a representation references the underlying concept of which the parent is a representation by means of some external identifier references an external script which contains a method to transform instances of this element to canonical TEI MIME type of external filter script 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 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. 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 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. (omitted material) 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 or inaudible. gives the reason for omission. Sample values include sampling, illegible, inaudible, irrelevant, cancelled, cancelled and illegible. 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. indicates approximately how much text has been omitted from the transcription, in letters, minims, inches, or any appropriate unit, either because of editorial policy or because a deletion, damage, or other cause has rendered transcription impossible. (addition) contains letters, words, or phrases inserted in the text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector. if the the addition is written into the copy text, indicates where the additional text is written. signifies the hand of the agent which made the addition. (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. classifies the type of deletion using any convenient typology. may be used to indicate faulty deletions, e.g. strikeouts which include too much or too little text. signifies the hand of the agent which made the deletion. 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. 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. (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 or other address, for example of a publisher, an organization, or an individual. contains one line of a postal or other address. (street) a full street address including any name or number identifying a building as well as the name of the street or route on which it is located. (postCode) contains a numerical or alphanumeric code used as part of a postal address to simplify sorting or delivery of mail. (postBox) contains a number or other identifier for some postal delivery point other than a street address. (number) contains a number, written in any form. indicates the type of numeric value. supplies the value of the number in standard form. contains a word or phrase referring to some quantity of an object or commodity, usually comprising a number, a unit, and a commodity name. specifies the type of measurement in any convenient typology. contains a date in any format. indicates the system or calendar to which the date belongs. gives the value of the date in standard form, i.e. yyyy-mm-dd. indicates the degree of precision associated with the date. (date range) contains two dates or another phrase delimiting a time period. indicates the system or calendar to which the date belongs. indicates the starting point of the period in standard form. indicates the ending point of the period in standard form. indicates the precision to be attached to either or both dates specified. to (the to date is exact) from (the from date is exact) both (both dates are exact) none (both dates are approximate or unspecified) contains a phrase defining a time of day in any format. gives the value of the time in standard form, e.g. as hh:mm. (time range) contains two times or another phrase indicating a time period. indicates the starting point of the time period in a standard form, usually hh:mm. indicates the ending point of the time period in standard form, usually hh:mm. indicates the precision to be attached to either or both times specified. to (the to time is exact) from (the from time is exact) both (both times are exact) none (both times are approximate or unspecified) (abbreviation) contains an abbreviation of any sort. allows the encoder to classify the abbreviation according to some convenient typology. (expansion) contains the expansion of an abbreviation. defines a pointer to another location. specifies the destination of the pointer by supplying one or more URI References specifies the destination of the pointer by supplying a canonical reference from a scheme defined in a refsDecl element in the TEI header 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 specifies the destination of the reference by supplying a canonical reference from a scheme defined in a refsDecl element in the TEI header contains any sequence of items organized as a list. describes the form of the list. 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. categorizes the heading in any way meaningful to the encoder. (heading for list labels) contains the heading for the label or term column in a glossary list or similar structured list. (heading for list items) contains the heading for the item or gloss column in a glossary list or similar structured list. contains a note or annotation. describes the type of note. indicates who is responsible for the annotation: author, editor, translator, etc. indicates where the note appears in the source text. indicates whether the copy text shows the exact place of reference for the note. true (copy text indicates the place of attachment for the note.) false (copy text indicates no place of attachment 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. (automatically generated text division) indicates the location at which a textual division generated automatically by a text-processing application is to appear. specifies what type of generated text division (e.g. index, table of contents, etc.) is to appear. indicates the location of an inline graphic, illustration, or figure. The display width of the image The display height of the image A scale factor to be applied to the image to make it the desired display size The target URL The MIME type provides encoded binary data representing an inline graphic or other object. The display width of the object The display height of the object A scale factor to be applied to the object to make it the desired display size The MIME type The encoding used to encode the binary data. If not specified, this is assumed to be Base64 marks a boundary point separating any kind of section of a text, as indicated by changes in a standard reference system, where the section is not represented by a structural element. indicates the edition or version to which the milestone applies. provides a conventional name for the kind of section changing at this milestone. (page break) marks the boundary between one page of a text and the next in a standard reference system. indicates the edition or version in which the page break is located at this point (line break) marks the start of a new (typographic) line in some edition or version of a text. indicates the edition or version in which the line break is located at this point (column break) marks the boundary between one column of a text and the next in a standard reference system. indicates the edition or version in which the column break is located at this point (bibliographic citation) contains a loosely-structured bibliographic citation of which the sub-components may or may not be explicitly tagged. (bibliographic citation) contains a bibliographic citation in which only bibliographic subelements appear. indicates the physical form of the object of this bibliographic entry. indicates the publication status of the object of this bibliographic entry. indicates the relationship of this bibliographic entry to that of its parent bibl or biblItem. (structured bibliographic citation) contains a structured bibliographic citation, in which only bibliographic subelements appear and in a specified order. contains a fully-structured bibliographic citation, in which all components of the TEI file description are present. (citation list) contains a list of bibliographic citations of any kind. (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). (series information) contains information about the series in which a book or other bibliographic item has appeared. in a bibliographic reference, contains the name of the author(s), personal or corporate, of a work; the primary statement of responsibility for any bibliographic item. (editor) 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. specifies the nature of the intellectual responsibility (statement of responsibility) supplies a statement of responsibility for someone responsible 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. contains a phrase describing the nature of a person's intellectual responsibility. contains the full title of a work of any kind. indicates the bibliographic level for a title, that is, whether it identifies an article, book, journal, series, or unpublished material. a (analytic title (article, poem, or other item published as part of a larger item)) m (monographic title (book, collection, or other item published as a distinct item, including single volumes of multi-volume works)) j (journal title) s (series title) u (title of unpublished material (including theses and dissertations unless published by a commercial press)) classifies the title according to some convenient typology. in bibliographic references, contains a description of the meeting or conference from which the bibliographic item derives. 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. (scope of citation) defines the scope of a bibliographic reference, for example as a list of pagenumbers, or a named subdivision of a larger work. identifies the type of information conveyed by the element, e.g. pages, volume. contains the name of the place where a bibliographic item was published. (verse line) contains a single, possibly incomplete, line of verse. specifies whether or not the line is metrically complete. Y (the line is metrically incomplete) N (either the line is complete, or no claim is made as to its completeness) I (the initial part of an incomplete line) M (a medial part of an incomplete line) F (the final part of an incomplete line) (line group) contains a group of verse lines functioning as a formal unit, e.g. a stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc. (speech) An individual speech in a performance text, or a passage presented as such in a prose or verse text. A specialized form of heading or label, giving the name of one or more speakers in a dramatic text or fragment. (stage direction) contains any kind of stage direction within a dramatic text or fragment. indicates the kind of stage direction. (TEI corpus) contains the whole of a TEI encoded corpus, comprising a single corpus header and one or more TEI elements, each containing a single text header and a text. The version of the TEI scheme (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. (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. (Funding body) specifies the name of an individual, institution, or organization responsible for the funding of a project or text. (principal researcher) supplies the name of the principal researcher responsible for the creation of an electronic text. (edition statement) groups information relating to one edition of a text. (Edition) describes the particularities of one edition of a text. describes the approximate size of the electronic text as stored on some carrier medium, specified in any convenient units. (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. (release authority) supplies the name of a person or other agency responsible for making an electronic file available, other than a publisher or distributor. (identifying number) supplies any standard or non-standard number used to identify a bibliographic item. categorizes the number, for example as an ISBN or other standard series. 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. free (the text is freely available.) unknown (the status of the text is unknown.) restricted (the text is not freely available.) (series statement) groups information about the series, if any, to which a publication belongs. (Notes statement) collects together any notes providing information about a text additional to that recorded in other parts of the bibliographic description. supplies a description of the source text(s) from which an electronic text was derived or generated. (script statement) contains a citation giving details of the script used for a spoken text. (recording statement) describes a set of recordings used in transcription of a spoken text. (recording event) details of an audio or video recording event used as the source of a spoken text, either directly or from a public broadcast. the kind of recording. audio (audio recording) video (audio and video recording) the original duration of the recording. (equipment) provides technical details of the equipment and media used for an audio or video recording used as the source for a spoken text. (broadcast) describes a broadcast used as the source of a spoken text. (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. (sampling declaration) contains a prose description of the rationale and methods used in sampling texts in the creation of a corpus or collection. (editorial practice declaration) provides details of editorial principles and practices applied during the encoding of a text. (correction principles) states how and under what circumstances corrections have been made in the text. 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) tags (corrections have been represented using editorial tags) indicates the extent of normalization or regularization of the original source carried out in converting it to electronic form. indicates the authority for any normalization carried out. indicates the method adopted to indicate normalizations within the text. silent (normalization made silently) tags (normalization represented using editorial tags) specifies editorial practice adopted with respect to quotation marks in the original. 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) specifies how quotation marks are indicated within the text. data (quotation marks are retained as data.) rend (the rendition attribute is consistently used to indicate the form of quotation marks.) std (use of quotation marks has been standardized.) nonstd (quotation marks are represented inconsistently.) unknown (use of quotation marks is unknown.) (Hyphenation) summarizes the way in which hyphenation in a source text has been treated in an encoded version of it. 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-od-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. (Standard values) specifies the format used when standardized date or number values are supplied. describes the scope of any analytic or interpretive information added to the text in addition to the transcription. (tagging declaration) provides detailed information about the tagging applied to an SGML or XML document. (tagUsage) supplies information about the usage of a specific element within a text. the name (generic identifier) of the element indicated by the tag. specifies the number of occurrences of this element within the text. specifies the number of occurrences of this element within the text which bear a distinct value for the global xml:id attribute. specifies the identifier of a rendition element which defines how this element is to be rendered. (rendition) supplies information about the intended rendition of one or more elements. (references declaration) specifies how canonical references are constructed for this text. identifies the document type within which this reference declaration is used. (defines how to convert a canonical reference into a URI) specifies an expression and replacement pattern for tranforming a canonical reference into a URI specifies a regular expression against which the values of cRef attributes can be matched. specifies a replacement pattern which, once subpattern substitution has been performed, provides a URI. specifies one component of a canonical reference defined by the milestone method. indicates which edition or version the milestone applies to. indicates what kind of state is changing at this milestone. specifies the fixed length of the reference component. supplies a delimiting string following the reference component. (classification declarations) contains one or more taxonomies defining any classificatory codes used elsewhere in the text. (taxonomy) defines a typology used to classify texts either implicitly, by means of a bibliographic citation, or explicitly by a structured taxonomy. (category) contains an individual descriptive category, possibly nested within a superordinate category, within a user-defined taxonomy. (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. (FSD (feature-system declaration) declaration) identifies the feature system declaration which contains definitions for a particular type of feature structure. identifies the type of feature structure documented by the FSD; this will be the value of the type attribute on at least one feature structure. supplies a link to the entity containing the feature system declaration. documents the notation employed to represent a metrical pattern when this is specified as the value of a met, real, or rhyme attribute on any structural element of a metrical text (e.g. lg, l, or seg). indicates whether the notation conveys the abstract metrical form, its actual prosodic realization, or the rhyme scheme, or some combination thereof. met real rhyme specifies a regular expression defining any value that is legal for this notation. documents the intended significance of a particular character or character sequence within a metrical notation, either explicitly or in terms of other symbol elements in the same metDecl. specifies the character or character sequence being documented. specifies whether the symbol is defined in terms of other symbols (terminal is set to false) or in prose (terminal is set to true). true (the element contains a prose definition of its meaning.) false (the element contains a definition of its meaning given using symbols defined elsewhere in the same metDecl element.) declares the method used to encode text-critical variants. indicates which method is used to encode the apparatus of variants. location-referenced (apparatus uses line numbers or other canonical reference scheme referenced in a base text.) double-end-point (apparatus indicates the precise locations of the beginning and ending of each lemma relative to a base text.) parallel-segmentation (alternate readings of a passage are given in parallel in the text; no notion of a base text is necessary.) indicates whether the apparatus appears within the running text or external to it. internal (apparatus appears within the running text.) external (apparatus appears outside the base text.) (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. Supplies a language code constructed as defined in RFC 3066 (or its successor) 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. 100 (text classification) groups information which describes the nature or topic of a text in terms of a standard classification scheme, thesaurus, etc. (Keywords) contains a list of keywords or phrases identifying the topic or nature of a text. identifies the controlled vocabulary within which the set of keywords concerned is defined. (classCode) contains the classification code used for this text in some standard classification system. identifies the classification system or taxonomy in use. (category reference) specifies one or more defined categories within some taxonomy or text typology. identifies the categories concerned identifies the classification scheme within which the set of categories concerned is defined (revision description) summarizes the revision history for a file. summarizes a particular change or correction made to a particular version of an electronic text which is shared between several researchers. supplies the date of the change in standard form, i.e. yyyy-mm-dd. (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. The version of the TEI scheme 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. contains the body of a composite text, grouping together a sequence of distinct texts (or groups of such texts) which are regarded as a unit for some purpose, for example the collected works of an author, a sequence of prose essays, etc. (text division) contains a subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. (level-0 text division) contains the largest possible subdivision of the body of a text. (level-1 text division) contains a first-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text (the largest, if div0 is not used, the second largest if it is). (level-2 text division) contains a second-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. (level-3 text division) contains a third-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. (level-4 text division) contains a fourth-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. (level-5 text division) contains a fifth-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. (level-6 text division) contains a sixth-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. (level-7 text division) contains the smallest possible subdivision of the front, body or back of a text, larger than a paragraph. (trailer) contains a closing title or footer appearing at the end of a division of a text. contains the primary statement of responsibility given for a work on its title page or at the head or end of the work. contains a brief description of the place, date, time, etc. of production of a letter, newspaper story, or other work, prefixed or suffixed to it as a kind of heading or trailer. A formal list or prose description of the topics addressed by a subdivision of a text. (epigraph) contains a quotation, anonymous or attributed, appearing at the start of a section or chapter, or on a title page. groups together dateline, byline, salutation, and similar phrases appearing as a preliminary group at the start of a division, especially of a letter. groups together dateline, byline, salutation, and similar phrases appearing as a final group at the end of a division, especially of a letter. (salutation) contains a salutation or greeting prefixed to a foreword, dedicatory epistle, or other division of a text, or the salutation in the closing of a letter, preface, etc. (signature) contains the closing salutation, etc., appended to a foreword, dedicatory epistle, or other division of a text. (title page) contains the title page of a text, appearing within the front or back matter. classifies the title page according to any convenient typology. (document title) contains the title of a document, including all its constituents, as given on a title page. (title part) contains a subsection or division of the title of a work, as indicated on a title page. specifies the role of this subdivision of the title. (document author) contains the name of the author of the document, as given on the title page (often but not always contained in a byline). contains a formal statement authorizing the publication of a work, sometimes required to appear on a title page or its verso. (document edition) contains an edition statement as presented on a title page of a document. (document imprint) contains the imprint statement (place and date of publication, publisher name), as given (usually) at the foot of a title page. (document date) contains the date of a document, as given (usually) on a title page. gives the value of the date in a standard form. (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. provides more culture- linguistic- or application- specific information used to categorize this name component. 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 (the name component is given in an abbreviated form.) init (the name component is indicated only by one initial.) specifies the sort order of the name component in relation to others within the personal name. supplies the value of a date or time in a standard form. characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology. indicates whether the date element is given in full, as an abbreviation or simply as an initial yes (the temporal expression is spelled out in full.) abb (the temporal expression is given in an abbreviated form.) init (the temporal expression is abbreviated.) (personal name) contains a proper noun or proper-noun phrase referring to a person, possibly including any or all of the person's forenames, surnames, honorifics, added names, etc. describes the personal name more fully using an open-ended list of words or phrases which help to indicate the function, e.g. married name, maiden name, pen name, religious name, etc. (surname) contains a family (inherited) name, as opposed to a given, baptismal, or nick name. (forename) contains a forename, given or baptismal name. contains a name component used to distinguish otherwise similar names on the basis of the relative ages or generations of the persons named. (name link) contains a connecting phrase or link used within a name but not regarded as part of it, such as van der or of. (additional name) contains an additional name component, such as a nickname, epithet, or alias, or any other descriptive phrase used within a personal name. (roleName) contains a name component which indicates that the referent has a particular role or position in society, such as an official title or rank. (place name) contains an absolute or relative place name. contains the name of any kind of subdivision of a settlement, such as a parish, ward, or other administrative or geographic unit. contains the name of a settlement such as a city, town, or village identified as a single geo-political or administrative unit. (region) contains the name of an administrative unit such as a state, province, or county, larger than a settlement, but smaller than a country. (country) contains the name of a geo-political unit, such as a nation, country, colony, or commonwealth, larger than or administratively superior to a region and smaller than a bloc. supplies a regularized form of the country name using a name or code from ISO 3166 (bloc) contains the name of a geo-political unit consisting of one or more nation states or countries. (offset) that part of a relative temporal or spatial expression which indicates the direction of the offset between the two place names, dates, or times involved in the expression. (distance) that part of a relative temporal or spatial expression which indicates the distance between the place or time denoted by it and the place or time referred to within it. indicates the degree of accuracy associated with the distance. true (The distance is exact.) false (The distance is approximate.) unknown (Accuracy unavailable or unknown.) (geographical name) a name associated with some geographical feature such as Windrush Valley or Mount Sinai. provides more culture- linguistic- or application- specific information used to categorize this name component. (geographical feature name) contains a common noun identifying some geographical feature contained within a geographic name, such as valley, mount etc. (organization name) contains an organizational name. more fully describes the organization indicated in the organizational name. Possible values include voluntary, political, governmental, industrial, commercial, etc. provides an alternative identifier for the organization being named, such as a database record key. gives a normalized or regularized form of the organization name (organization title) contains the proper name component of an organizational name. more fully describes the organization title. Possible values include formal, colloquial, acronym, etc. gives a normalized or regularized form of the organization title. (organization type) indicates a part of the organization name which contains information about the organization's structure or function. more fully describes the organization type specified in the name component. Possible values include function, structure, etc. gives a normalized or regularized form of the organization type (organizational division) indicates a division, branch or department specified in an organizational name. more fully describes the organization division specified in the name component. Possible values include branch, department, section, division, etc. gives a normalized or regularized form of the organizational division. contains an internally structured representation of a date. indicates the system or calendar to which the date belongs. indicates the degree of precision to be attributed to the date. (day) the day component of a structured date. (week) the week component of a structured date. (month) the month component of a structured date. (year) the year component of a date. a temporal expression (either a date or a time) given in terms of a named occasion such as a holiday, a named time of day, or some notable event. contains an internally structured representation for a time of day. indicates time zone or place name wherever this is necessary to evaluate a temporal expression. (second) the second component of a structured time-expression. (minute) the minute component of a structured time-expression. (hour) the hour component of a temporal expression contains a description of a single identifiable manuscript. describes the system used to ensure correct ordering of the quires making up a codex or incunable, typically by means of annotations at the foot of the page. contains any kind of dimensional specification. indicates which aspect of the object is being measured. contains a measurement measured along the axis parallel to the spine. contains a measurement measured across the spine. contains a measurement measured along the axis perpendicular to the spine. contains a heraldic formula or phrase, typically found as part of a blazon, coat of arms, etc. defines a location within a manuscript or manuscript part, usually as a (possibly discontinuous) sequence of folio references. identifies the foliation scheme in terms of which the location is being specified. specifies the starting point of the location in a normalized form. specifies the end-point of the location in a normalized form. supplies a link to one or more page images or transcriptions of the specified range of folios. contains a word or phrase describing the material of which a manuscript (or part of a manuscript) is composed. contains any form of date, used to identify the date of origin for a manuscript or manuscript part. contains any form of place name, used to identify the place of origin for a manuscript or manuscript part. The word or words taken from a fixed point in a codex (typically the beginning of the second leaf) in order to provide a unique identifier for it. contains discussion of the leaf or quire signatures found within a codex. contains a word or phrase describing a watermark or similar device. contains the information required to identify the manuscript being described. contains the name of an organization, such as a university or library, within which a manuscript repository is located. contains the name of a repository within which manuscripts are stored, possibly forming part of an institution. contains the name of a collection of manuscripts, not necessarily located within a single repository. (alternative identifier) contains an alternative or former structured identifier used for a manuscript, such as a former catalogue number. (alternative name) contains any form of unstructured alternative name used for a manuscript, such as an ocellus nominum, or nickname. contains the colophon of a manuscript item: that is, a statement providing information regarding the date, place, agency, or reason for production of the manuscript. contains the explicit of a manuscript item, that is, the closing words of the text proper, exclusive of any rubric or colophon which might follow it. indicates whether the explicit as given is defective, i.e. the final words of the text as preserved, as opposed to what the closing words would have been had the text of the work been whole. contains information concerning the manuscript's filiation, i.e. its relationship to other surviving manuscripts of the same text, its protographs, antigraphs and apographs. contains the string of words that denotes the end of a text division, often with an assertion as to its author and title, usually set off from the text itself by red ink, by a different size or type of script, or by some other such visual device. contains the incipit of a manuscript item, that is the opening words of the text proper, exclusive of any rubric which might precede it, of sufficient length to identify the work uniquely; such incipts were, in fomer times, frequently used a means of reference to a work, in place of a title. indicates whether the incipit as given is defective, i.e. the first words of the text as preserved, as opposed to the first words of the work itself. describes the intellectual content of a manuscript or manuscript part, either as a series of paragraphs or as a series of structured manuscript items. identifies the text types or classifications applicable to this object. indicates whether the object described is defective, i.e. incomplete through loss or damage. describes an individual work or item within the intellectual content of a manuscript or manuscript part. identifies the text types or classifications applicable to this item indicates whether the item being described is defective, i.e. incomplete through loss or damage. contains a structured description for an individual work or item within the intellectual content of a manuscript or manuscript part. identifies the text types or classifications applicable to this item indicates whether the item being described is defective, i.e. incomplete through loss or damage. 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. contains a brief summary of the intellectual content of an item, provided by the cataloguer describes the languages and writing systems used by a manuscript (as opposed to its description, which is described in the langUsage element) supplies a code which identifies the chief language used in the manuscript. one or more codes identifying any other languages used in the manuscript. contains a full physical description of a manuscript or manuscript part, optionally subdivided using more specialised elements. contains a description of the physical components making up the object which is being described. a short project-specific name identifying the physical form of the carrier, for example as a codex, roll, fragment, partial leaf, cutting etc. groups elements describing the physical support for the written part of a manuscript. a short project-defined name for the material composing the majority of the support contains a description of the materials etc. which make up the physical support for the written part of a manuscript. contains a description of how the leaves or bifolia are physically arranged. describes the numbering system or systems used to count the leaves or pages in a codex. contains a description of the physical condition of the manuscript. collects the set of layout descriptions applicable to a manuscript. describes how text is laid out on the page, including information about any ruling, pricking, or other evidence of page-preparation techniques. specifies the number of columns per page specifies the number of ruled lines per column specifies the number of written lines per colum contains a description of all the different kinds of writing used in a manuscript. specifies the number of distinct hands identified within the manuscript (note on hand) describes a particular style or hand distinguished within a manuscript. gives a standard name or other identifier for the scribe believed to be responsible for this hand. characterizes the particular script or writing style used by this hand, for example secretary, copperplate, Chancery, Italian, etc.. 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. 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) contains description of type of musical notation. contains a description of the decoration of a manuscript, either as a sequence of paragraphs, or as a sequence of topically organised decoNote elements. contains a note describing either a decorative component of a manuscript, or a fairly homogenous class of such components. describes the present and former bindings of a manuscript, either as a series of paragraphs or as a series of distinct binding elements, one for each binding of the manuscript. contains a description of one binding, i.e. type of covering, boards, etc. applied to a manuscript specifies whether or not the binding is contemporary with the majority of its contents describes the seals or other external items attached to a manuscript, either as a series of paragraphs or as a series of distinct seal elements, possibly with additional decoNotes. contains a description of one seal or similar attachment applied to a manuscript specifies whether or not the seal is contemporary with the item to which it is affixed contains a description of any significant additions found within a manuscript, such as marginalia or other annotations. (accompanying material) contains details of any significant additional material which may be closely associated with the manuscript being described, such as non-contemporaneous documents or fragments bound in with the manuscript at some earlier historical period. groups elements describing the full history of a manuscript or manuscript part. contains any descriptive or other information concerning the origin of a manuscript or manuscript part. contains any descriptive or other information concerning a single identifiable episode during the history of a manuscript or manuscript part, after its creation but before its acquisition. contains any descriptive or other information concerning the process by which a manuscript or manuscript part entered the holding institution. groups additional information, comprising bibliographic information about a manuscript, its current curatorial status, and any other associated materials. (administrative information) contains information about the present custody and availability of the manuscript, and also about the record description itself. provides information about the source and revision status of the parent manuscript description itself. describes the original source for the information contained with a manuscript description. contains a description of a manuscript's custodial history, either as running prose or as a series of dated custodial events. describes a single event during the custodial history of a manuscript. contains information about any digital or photographic representations of the manuscript being described which may exist in the holding institution or elsewhere. contains information about an originally distinct manuscript or part of a manuscript, now forming part of a composite manuscript.