The target URL of an external image file, METS object, or other digital surrogate for a page. indicates the standard TEI name (generic identifier) for a given element. 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 an abbreviation of any sort. allows the encoder to classify the abbreviation according to some convenient typology. 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 editor or transcriber responsible for identifying the hand of the addition. signifies the degree of certainty ascribed to the identification of the hand of the addition. signifies the hand of the agent which made the addition. contains one line of a postal or other address. contains a postal or other address, for example of a publisher, an organization, or an individual. supplies the recommended XML name for an element, class, attribute, etc. in some language. contains bibliographic elements describing an item (e.g. an article or poem) published within a monograph or journal and not as an independent publication. 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. contains a loosely-structured bibliographic citation of which the sub-components may or may not be explicitly tagged. contains a fully-structured bibliographic citation, in which all components of the TEI file description are present. 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 a structured bibliographic citation, in which only bibliographic subelements appear and in a specified order. 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 groups a number of alternative encodings for the same point in a text. A quotation from some other document, together with a bibliographic reference to its source. contains the correct form of a passage apparently erroneous in the copy text. signifies the editor or transcriber responsible for suggesting the correction held as the content of the corr element. signifies the degree of certainty ascribed to the correction held as the content of the corr element. 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 to be attributed to the date. 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 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 editor or transcriber responsible for identifying the hand of the deletion. signifies the degree of certainty ascribed to the identification of the hand of the deletion. signifies the hand of the agent which made the deletion. contains a brief description of the purpose and application for an element, attribute, or attribute value. 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 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. 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 marks words or phrases which are stressed or emphasized for linguistic or rhetorical effect. 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 contains the expansion of an abbreviation. signifies the editor or transcriber responsible for determining that the content is in fact the correct expansion of the abbreviation found in the source, whether or not the abbreviation itself is present (generally as a sibling child of choice in the encoding. signifies the degree of certainty ascribed to the expansion of the abbreviation. identifies a word or phrase as belonging to some language other than that of the surrounding text. 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 a description of the omitted text. gives the reason for omission. Sample values include sampling, illegible, inaudible, irrelevant, cancelled, cancelled and illegible. indicates the editor, transcriber or encoder responsible for the decision not to provide any transcription of the text and hence the application of the gap tag. 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 from the transcription because of damage or other phenomenon resulting from an identifiable cause, signifies the causative agent. 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. 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 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 contains any heading, for example, the title of a section, or the heading of a list or glossary. categorizes the heading in some way meaningful to the encoder. contains the heading for the item or gloss column in a glossary list or similar structured list. contains the heading for the label or term column in a glossary list or similar structured list. marks a word or phrase as graphically distinct from the surrounding text, for reasons concerning which no claim is made. groups information relating to the publication or distribution of a bibliographic item. marks a location to be indexed for whatever purpose. indicates which index (of several) the index entry belongs to. gives the form under which the index entry is to be made. gives the second-level form, if any. gives the third-level form, if any. gives the fourth-level form, if any. contains one component of a list. 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 contains the label associated with an item in a list; in glossaries, marks the term being defined. 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 contains a group of verse lines functioning as a formal unit, e.g. a stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc. contains any sequence of items organized as a list. describes the form of the list. contains a list of bibliographic citations of any kind. 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 unit in which the measure is expressed. in bibliographic references, contains a description of the meeting or conference from which the bibliographic item derives. marks words or phrases mentioned, not used. marks the boundary between sections of a text, as indicated by changes in a standard reference system. indicates which edition or version the milestone applies to. indicates what kind of section is changing at this milestone. contains bibliographic elements describing an item (e.g. a book or journal) published as an independent item (i.e. as a separate physical object). contains a proper noun or noun phrase. indicates the type of the object which is being named by the phrase. 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. indicates the point of attachment of 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. contains a number, written in any form. indicates the type of numeric value. supplies the value of the number in an application-dependent standard form. contains a reading which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected. marks paragraphs in prose. indicates the edition or version in which the page break is located at this point contains a number or other identifier for some postal delivery point other than a street address. contains a numerical or alphanumeric code used as part of a postal address to simplify sorting or delivery of mail. defines a pointer to another location in the current document in terms of one or more identifiable elements. 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 contains the name of the place where a bibliographic item was published. provides the name of the organization responsible for the publication or distribution of a bibliographic item. contains a quotation or apparent quotation — a representation of speech or thought marked as being quoted from someone else (whether in fact quoted or not); in narrative, the words are usually those of of a character or speaker; in dictionaries, q may be used to mark real or contrived examples of usage. 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. identifies the speaker of a piece of direct speech. contains a phrase or passage attributed by the narrator or author to some agency external to the text. defines a reference to another location in the current document, in terms of one or more identifiable elements, 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 a reading which has been regularized or normalized in some sense. identifies the individual responsible for the regularization of the word or phrase. contains a phrase describing the nature of a person's intellectual 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 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 information about the series in which a book or other bibliographic item has appeared. contains text reproduced although apparently incorrect or inaccurate. 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. An individual speech in a performance text, or a passage presented as such in a prose or verse text. identifies the speaker of the part by supplying an IDREF value. A specialized form of heading or label, giving the name of one or more speakers in a dramatic text or fragment. contains any kind of stage direction within a dramatic text or fragment. indicates the kind of stage direction. 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. 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. contains a single-word, multi-word, or symbolic designation which is regarded as a technical term. classifies the term using some typology. 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 a phrase defining a time of day in any format. gives the value of the time in standard form, e.g. as hh:mm. indicates something about the type of temporal expression being tagged. am indicates a temporal expression made on the basis of a twelve-hour clock and referring to a time between midnight and noon. pm indicates a temporal expression made on the basis of a twelve-hour clock and referring to a time between noon and midnight. military indicates a temporal expression made on the basis of a twenty-four-hour clock. descriptive indicates a temporal expression made in descriptive terms, e.g. noon. indicates time zone or place name wherever this is necessary to evaluate a temporal expression. 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 contains the title of a work, whether article, book, journal, or series, including any alternative titles or subtitles. indicates whether this is the title of 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. 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. indicates the individual responsible for the transcription of the word, phrase, or passage contained with the unclear element. signifies the degree of certainty ascribed to the transcription of the text contained within the unclear element. 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 an identifiable cause, signifies the causative agent. 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. identifies one or more declarable elements within the header, which are understood to apply to the element bearing this attribute and its content. indicates whether or not this element is selected by default when its parent is selected. characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology. provides a sub-categorization of the element, if needed 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. 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 provides an alternative identifier for the object being named, such as a database record key. gives a normalized or regularized form of the name used. 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 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. m f u x unknown unspecified supplies the name of a person or other agency responsible for making an electronic file available, other than a publisher or distributor. 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. describes a broadcast used as the source of a spoken text. 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. 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 contains an individual descriptive category, possibly nested within a superordinate category, within a user-defined taxonomy. summarizes a particular change or correction made to a particular version of an electronic text which is shared between several researchers. contains the classification code used for this text in some standard classification system. identifies the classification system or taxonomy in use. contains one or more taxonomies defining any classificatory codes used elsewhere in the text. 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 contains information about the creation of a text. supplies the name of a person or other agency responsible for the distribution of a text. describes the particularities of one edition of a text. groups information relating to one edition of a text. provides details of editorial principles and practices applied during the encoding of a text. documents the relationship between an electronic text and the source or sources from which it was derived. provides technical details of the equipment and media used for an audio or video recording used as the source for a spoken text. describes the approximate size of the electronic text as stored on some carrier medium, specified in any convenient units. contains a full bibliographic description of an electronic file. 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. 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. specifies the name of an individual, institution, or organization responsible for the funding of a project or text. 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. 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. describes the scope of any analytic or interpretive information added to the text in addition to the transcription. 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. 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 from RFC 3066 (or its successor) used as the identifier by which this element is referenced by the global xml:lang attribute. specifies the approximate percentage (by volume) of the text which uses this language. 100 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="false") or in prose (terminal="true"). 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 collects together any notes providing information about a text additional to that recorded in other parts of the bibliographic description. supplies the name of the principal researcher responsible for the creation of an electronic text. 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. 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. groups information concerning the publication or distribution of an electronic or other text. 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. 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. describes a set of recordings used in transcription of a spoken text. specifies how canonical references are constructed for this text. identifies the document type within which this reference declaration is used. supplies information about the intended rendition of one or more elements. summarizes the revision history for a file. contains a prose description of the rationale and methods used in sampling texts in the creation of a corpus or collection. contains a citation giving details of the script used for a spoken text. describes the principles according to which the text has been segmented, for example into sentences, tone-units, graphemic strata, etc. groups information about the series, if any, to which a publication belongs. supplies a description of the source text(s) from which an electronic text was derived or generated. specifies the name of a sponsoring organization or institution. 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. specifies the format used when standardized date or number values are supplied. 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. provides detailed information about the tagging applied to an SGML or XML document. defines a typology used to classify texts either implicitly, by means of a bibliographic citation, or explicitly by a structured taxonomy. 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. identifies the creator of the TEI Header. indicates whether the header is new or has been substantially revised. new the header is a new header. update the header is an update (has been revised). indicates when the first version of the header was created. indicates when the current version of the header was created. groups information which describes the nature or topic of a text in terms of a standard classification scheme, thesaurus, etc. groups information about the title of a work and those responsible for its intellectual content. 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. A formal list or prose description of the topics addressed by a subdivision of a text. contains any appendixes, etc. following the main part of a text. contains the whole body of a single unitary text, excluding any front or back matter. contains the primary statement of responsibility given for a work on its title page or at the head or end of the work. groups together dateline, byline, salutation, and similar phrases appearing as a final group at the end of a division, especially of a letter. 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. contains a subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. contains the largest possible subdivision of the body of a text. 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). contains a second-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. contains a third-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. contains a fourth-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. contains a fifth-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. contains a sixth-level subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text. contains the smallest possible subdivision of the front, body or back of a text, larger than a paragraph. contains the name of the author of the document, as given on the title page (often but not always contained in a byline). contains the date of a document, as given (usually) on a title page. gives the value of the date in a standard form. contains an edition statement as presented on a title page of a document. contains the imprint statement (place and date of publication, publisher name), as given (usually) at the foot of a title page. contains the title of a document, including all its constituents, as given on a title page. contains a quotation, anonymous or attributed, appearing at the start of a section or chapter, or on a title page. contains any prefatory matter (headers, title page, prefaces, dedications, etc.) found at the start of a document, before the main body. 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. contains a formal statement authorizing the publication of a work, sometimes required to appear on a title page or its verso. groups together dateline, byline, salutation, and similar phrases appearing as a preliminary group at the start of a division, especially of a letter. 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. contains the closing salutation, etc., appended to a foreword, dedicatory epistle, or other division of a text. 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. contains the title page of a text, appearing within the front or back matter. classifies the title page according to any convenient typology. 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. contains a closing title or footer appearing at the end of a division of a text. indicates one or more elements containing interpretations of the element on which the ana attribute appears. represents a character. represents a grammatical clause. provides for an interpretative annotation which can be linked to a span of text. identifies the specific phenomenon being annotated. collects together interp tags. represents a grammatical morpheme. identifies the morpheme's base form. represents a grammatical phrase. contains a sentence-like division of a text. associates an interpretative annotation directly with a span of text. identifies the specific phenomenon being annotated. specifies the beginning of the passage being annotated; if not accompanied by a to attribute, then specifies the entire passage. specifies the end of the passage being annotated. collects together span tags. represents a grammatical (not necessarily orthographic) word. identifies the word's lemma (dictionary entry form). contains one cell of a table. indicates the kind of information held in the cell. indicates the number of rows occupied by this cell. indicates the number of columns occupied by this cell. contains a brief prose description of the appearance or content of a graphic figure, for use when documenting an image without displaying it. contains a block containing graphics, illustrations, or figures. contains a mathematical or other formula. supplies the name of a previously defined notation used for the content of the element. contains one row of a table. indicates the kind of information held in the cells of this row. contains text displayed in tabular form, in rows and columns. indicates the number of rows in the table. indicates the number of columns in each row of the table. points to elements that correspond to the current element in some way. points to elements that are synchronous with the current element. points to an element that is the same as the current element. points to an element of which the current element is a copy. points to the next element of a virtual aggregate of which the current element is part. points to the previous element of a virtual aggregate of which the current element is part. points to elements that are in exclusive alternation with the current element. selects one or more alternants; if one alternant is selected, the ambiguity or uncertainty is marked as resolved. If more than one alternant is selected, the degree of ambiguity or uncertainty is marked as reduced by the number of alternants not selected. categorizes the pointer in some respect, using any convenient set of categories. 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. optionally specifies the identifiers of the elements within which all elements indicated by the contents of this element lie. describes the function of each of the values of the targets attribute of the enclosed link, join or alt tags. contains any arbitrary component-level unit of text, acting as an anonymous container for phrase or inter level elements analogous to, but without the semantic baggage of, a paragraph. specifies whether or not the block is complete. Y the block is incomplete N either the block is complete, or no claim is made as to its completeness I the initial part of an incomplete block M a medial part of an incomplete block F the final part of an incomplete block identifies an alternation or a set of choices among elements or passages. specifies the identifiers of the alternative elements or passages. states whether the alternations gathered in this collection are exclusive or inclusive. excl indicates that the alternation is exclusive, i.e. that at most one of the alternatives occurs. incl indicates that the alternation is not exclusive, i.e. that one or more of the alternatives occur. If mode is excl, each weight states the probability that the corresponding alternative occurs. If mode="incl" each weight states the probability that the corresponding alternative occurs given that at least one of the other alternatives occurs. indicates the scale used to express the value of the weights attribute value. perc indicates that the weights are expressed as percentages. real indicates that the weights are expressed as values between 0 and 1. groups a collection of alt elements and possibly pointers. states whether the alternations gathered in this collection are exclusive or inclusive. excl indicates that the alternation is exclusive, i.e. that at most one of the alternatives occurs. incl indicates that the alternation is not exclusive, i.e. that one or more of the alternatives occur. indicates the scale used to express the value of the weights attribute value. perc indicates that the weights are expressed as percentages. real indicates that the weights are expressed as values between 0 and 1. attaches an identifier to a point within a text, whether or not it corresponds with a textual element. identifies a possibly fragmented segment of text, by pointing at the possibly discontiguous elements which compose it. specifies the identifiers of the elements or passages to be joined into a virtual element. specifies the name of an element which this aggregation may be understood to represent. a brief phrase describing the virtual element created by the join. indicates whether the targets to be joined include the entire element indicated (the entire subtree including its root), or just the children of the target (the branches of the subtree). root the rooted subtrees indicated by the targets attribute are joined, each subtree become a child of the virtual element created by the join branches the children of the subtrees indicated by the targets attribute become the children of the virtual element (i.e. the roots of the subtrees are discarded) groups a collection of join elements and possibly pointers. describes the result of the joins gathered in this collection. a brief phrase describing the virtual elements created by the joins in this collection. defines an association or hypertextual link among elements or passages, of some type not more precisely specifiable by other elements. specifies the identifiers of the elements or passages to be linked or associated. defines a collection of associations or hypertextual links. contains any arbitrary phrase-level unit of text (including other seg elements). provides a sub-categorization of the segment marked. provides a set of ordered points in time which can be linked to elements of a spoken text to create a temporal alignment of that text. designates the origin of the timeline, i.e. the time at which it begins. specifies the unit of time corresponding to the interval value of the timeline or of its constituent points in time. specifies the numeric portion of a time interval indicates a point in time either relative to other elements in the same timeline tag, or absolutely. supplies an absolute value for the time. specifies the unit of time corresponding to the interval value. specifies the numeric portion of a time interval identifies the reference point for determining the time of the current when element, which is obtained by adding the interval to the time of the reference point.