Text Encoding Initiative

The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

<space>

<space> indicates the location of a significant space in the copy text.
Attributes (In addition to global attributes and those inherited from edit)
dim (dimension) indicates whether the space is horizontal or vertical.
Datatype: (horizontal | vertical)
Legal values are:
horizontal the space is horizontal.
vertical the space is vertical.
Default: #IMPLIED
Note

For irregular shapes in two dimensions, the value for this attribute should reflect the more important of the two dimensions. In conventional left-right scripts, a space with both vertical and horizontal components should be classed as ‘vertical’.
extent indicates approximately how large the space is, in letters, minims, inches, or other appropriate unit.
Datatype: CDATA
Values: any measured quantity, e.g. ‘10 letters’ or ‘4 lines’.
Default: #IMPLIED
resp indicates the individual responsible for identifying and measuring the space.
Datatype: CDATA
Values: usually the initials of the responsible individual.
Default: #IMPLIED
Example 
By god if wommen had writen storyes
As <space extent='7 minims'/> han within her oratoryes
Note

This element should be used wherever it is desired to record an unusual space in the source text, e.g. space left for a word to be filled in later, for later rubrication, etc. It is not intended to be used to mark normal inter-word space or the like.
Module Declared in file teitran2; Additional tag set for Physical Transcription: enabled by TEI.transcr
Class edit
Data Description Empty.
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Declaration 
<!ELEMENT space %om.RO;  EMPTY> 
<!ATTLIST space  
      %a.global;
      dim (horizontal | vertical) #IMPLIED
      extent CDATA #IMPLIED
      resp CDATA #IMPLIED>
See further 18.2.5 Space

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