Text Encoding Initiative

The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

<tech>


<tech> (Technical stage direction) describes a special-purpose stage direction that is not meant for the actors.
Attributes (In addition to global attributes and those inherited from stageDirection)
type categorizes the technical stage direction.
Datatype: ( light | sound | prop | block )
Legal values are:
light a lighting cue
sound a sound cue
prop a prop cue
block a blocking instruction
Default: #IMPLIED
perf identifies the performance or performances to which this technical direction applies.
Datatype: IDREFS
Values: The IDREFS are derived from the id attribute on a <performance> element.
Default: #IMPLIED
Example
<tech type="light">Red spot on his face</tech>
Module Declared in file teidram2; Base tag set for performance texts: enabled by TEI.drama
Class stageDirection
Data Description Contains character level information.
May contain #PCDATA abbr add addSpan address alt altGrp anchor app bibl biblFull biblStruct c caesura camera caption castList cb certainty cit cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del delSpan distinct emph expan fLib figure foreign formula fs fsLib fvLib fw gap geogName gloss handShift hi index interp interpGrp join joinGrp label lang lb link linkGrp list listBibl m measure mentioned milestone move name note num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar pb persName phr placeName ptr q quote ref reg respons restore rs s seg sic soCalled sound space span spanGrp stage supplied table tech term text time timeRange timeStruct timeline title unclear view w witDetail xptr xref
May occur within ab add admin argument body camera caption case castList cell colloc corr country damage def descrip dictScrap div div0 div1 div2 div3 div4 div5 div6 div7 docEdition emph entryFree epigraph epilogue etym figDesc foreign form gen gram gramGrp head hi hyph imprimatur item itype l lang lbl lem meeting metDecl mood note number orth otherForm p per performance pos prologue pron q quote rdg ref region rendition seg set sic sound stage stress subc supplied syll tagUsage tech title titlePart tns tr trans unclear usg view wit witDetail witness writing xr xref
Declaration
<!ELEMENT tech %om.RO; %paraContent;> 
<!ATTLIST tech  
      %a.global;
      type ( light | sound | prop | block ) #IMPLIED
      perf IDREFS #IMPLIED>
See further 10.3.1 Technical Information

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