This document is meant to be a quick and usable mnemonic for the Chronicle Schema. It does not follow precisely the conventions of the TEI in its presentation. For further information about the elements described here, see the full TEI documentation.
Last Revised: 19 April, 2009.
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Descriptive information about the document should be placed inside the <teiHeader> element at the beginning of the document.
The <text> element contains the literary text. It can occur inside the <group> element, and it can contain <front> and <back> elements. It is not expected that these elements will be needed in the Chronicle Schema, but an explanation of their use can be found here.
<div> |
Marks divisions in texts without specifying the semantic nature of the division. |
<seg> |
Indicates a larger structure containing sentences. |
<p> |
Marks paragraphs in prose texts. |
<s> |
Indicates an orthographic sentence. |
type |
This attribute can have values like “chapter”, “story”, “poem”, “song”, etc. |
xml:id |
The value is a unique identifier for the element. Useful for links and cross references. |
| n | The value is a unique name for the element. It can be more descriptive than an ID number. |
| xml:lang | The value indicates the language of the element. Conventional language codes are: en: English, enm: Middle English, fr or fra: French, la or lat: Latin |
Usage: <text type=”poem”>.
<l> |
Indicates a verse line (identified metrically, not typographically). |
<lg> |
Indicates a group of lines functioning as a formal unit (e.g. a stanza). |
<pb/> |
Indicates a typographic page break. |
<lb/> |
Indicates a typographic line break. |
<hi> |
Indicates that the text is graphically distinct from surrounding text (but does not specify a reason). |
<emph> |
Indicates that the text is more linguistically or rhetorically emphatic. |
<foreign> |
Indicates that the language of the text is different from the surrounding text. |
<gloss> |
Indicates that the text is a gloss. |
<title> |
Indicates that the text is a title. |
<note> |
Indicates that the text is a note, footnote, or endnote. |
<label> |
Indicates that the text is a label |
<g> |
Indicates that the text is distinct from the surrounding text (but does not specify how). |
@hand |
Indicates which editor is responsible for the text. |
If it becomes necessary to specify how the text should appear (e.g. when reproducing meaningful formatting from a printed edition), it is possible to use the @rend attribute. For instance, <hi rend="italic">The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle</hi>. Note that in most cases it would be better to use the <title> element, e.g. <title>The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle</title>.
<add> |
Indicates that the text is a scribal addition. |
<del> |
Indicates that the text is a scribal deletion. |
@hand |
Indicates which scribe is responsible for the text. May be applied to any division element (e.g .<del>).
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@scribe |
Indicates the scribe of the text. |
@script |
Indicates the script of the text. |
@medium |
Indicates the tint or type of ink. |
@scope |
Indicates whether the hand is the sole, major, or minor hand in the manuscript. |
<abbr> |
Indicates that the text is an abbreviation. |
<expan> |
Indicates that the text is an expansion of an abbreviation. |
<corr> |
Indicates that the text is a correction. |
<sic> |
Indicates that the text is reproduced from the original, even though it is apparently incorrect or inaccurate. |
<gap> |
Indicates that the text has been left out because of illegibility or editorial decision. |
<unclear> |
Indicates that the text is illegible. |
<reg> |
Indicates that the text has been regularised. |
<orig> |
Indicates that the text is an original reading has been kept. |
@resp |
Indicates which editor is responsible for the text. |
The elements <reg> and <orig> can be combined with <choice>:
<choice>
<orig>Reading A</orig>
<reg>Reading B</reg>
</choice>
<name> |
Indicates that the text is a name or proper noun. |
<date> |
Indicates that the text is a date. |
<num> |
Indicates that the text is a number. |
<bibl> |
Indicates that the text a loosely-structured bibliographic citation of which the sub-components may or may not be explicitly tagged. |
<author> |
In a bibliographic reference, contains the name of the author(s), personal or corporate, of a work. |
<biblScope> |
Defines the scope of a bibliographic reference, for example as a list of page numbers, or a named subdivision of a larger work. |
<date> |
Contains a date in any format. |
<editor> |
Indicates an editor. |
<publisher> |
Indicates a publisher. |
<pubPlace> |
Indicates a place of publication. |
<title> |
Indicates a title. |
Cross references and links to other documents can be created with reference, pointer, or anchor elements.
<ref> |
Indicates that the text is a reference to an id or URL. |
<ptr/> |
Indicates a pointer to an id or URL before or after an element. |
<anchor/> |
Indicates a link to an id or URL not attached to a specific element. |
<seg> |
Indicates a segment or sequence of words not otherwise tagged to which a link can be attached. |
@target |
Location of the link target. May refer to an xmll:id (e.g. #SEC12) or a URL (e.g. http://www.csun.edu/filename.html). |