Sample Tag Set Documentation

This chapter gives some examples of the tagging actually used to document particular elements in the TEI scheme. The tagging here may be compared with the results for the corresponding element shown in the alphabetical reference section. Note however that the present version of the Guidelines uses an XML format which differs in a few respects from that documented in chapter 27 Tag Set Documentation.

38.1 Tag Documentation for the TEI p Element

This example shows the documentation for the element <p>. Since this element has no attributes other than global attributes, its <attList> element is empty. For a formatted, printed version of this information, see the alphabetical reference section.

<tagDoc id="P" usage="req">
  <gi>p</gi>
  <rs>paragraph</rs>
  <desc>marks paragraphs in prose.</desc>
  <attList/>
  <exemplum><eg><![CDATA[<p>Hallgerd was outside.  
	  <q>There is blood on your axe,</q> she said.  
	  <q>What have you done?</q>
	</p>
	<p><q>I have now arranged that you can be
		married a second time,</q> replied Thjostolf.</p>
	<p><q>Then you must mean that Thorvald is
		dead,</q> she said.</p>
	<p><q>Yes,</q> said Thjostolf.  
	  <q>And now you must think up some plan for me.</q>
	</p>]&nil;]></eg></exemplum>
  <remarks>
	<p>In some contexts, the paragraph may have a specialized
	  meaning, e.g. in the tag set for dictionaries, <gi>p</gi> is used to
	  enclose any running text, and thus does not imply text set off as is
	  conventionally done in running prose.</p></remarks>
  <part type="top" name="core"/>
  <classes names="CHUNK"/>
  <dataDesc>May contain character data and phrase-level elements.</dataDesc>
  <elemDecl> %om.RO;  %paraContent;</elemDecl>
  <ptr target="COPA" type="div2"/>
  <ptr target="DRPAL" type="div2"/>
</tagDoc>

38.2 Tag Documentation for the TEI head Element

This example shows the documentation for the element <head>. In addition to the global attributes, this element defines an attribute of its own within an <attList> element. For a formatted, printed version of this information, see the alphabetical reference section.

<tagDoc id="HEAD" usage="rwa">
  <gi>head</gi>
  <rs>heading</rs>
  <desc>contains any heading, for example, the title of a section,
	or the heading of a list or glossary.</desc>
  <attList>
    <attDef usage="opt">
	  <attName>type</attName>
	  <desc>categorizes the heading in some way meaningful 
		to the encoder. </desc>
	  <datatype>CDATA</datatype>
	  <valDesc>A set of user-defined keywords may be employed. Their
		significance should be documented in the header.
	  </valDesc>
	  <default>#IMPLIED</default>
	</attDef>
  </attList>
  <exemplum>
	<p>The most common use for the <gi>head</gi> element is to mark the headings
	  of sections.  In older writings, the headings or <term>incipits</term> may
	  be rather longer than usual in modern works. If a section has an explicit
	  ending as well as a heading, it should be marked as a <gi>trailer</gi>, as
	  in this example:</p>
	<eg><![CDATA[<div1 n="I" type="book">
  <head>In the name of Christ here begins the first book of the ecclesiastical
	 history of Georgius Florentinus, known as Gregory, Bishop of Tours.</head>
  <list type="simple">
    <head>Chapter-Headings</head>
    <!-- list of chapter heads omitted ...  -->
  </list>
  <div2 type="section">
  <head>In the name of Christ here begins Book I of the history.</head>
  <p>Proposing as I do ...</p>
  <!-- ... -->
  <p>From the Passion of our Lord until the death of Saint Martin four
	 hundred and twelve years passed.</p>
  <trailer>Here ends the first Book, which covers five thousand, five
	 hundred and ninety-six years from the beginning of the world
	 down to the death of Saint Martin.</trailer>
  </div2>
</div1>]&nil;]></eg></exemplum>
  <exemplum>
	<p>The <gi>head</gi> tag is also used to mark headings
	  of other units, such as lists:</p>
	<eg><![CDATA[With a few exceptions, connectives are equally useful in
all kinds of discourse: description, narration, exposition,
argument.
<list type="simple">
 <head>Connectives</head>
 <item>above</item>
 <item>accordingly</item>
 <item>across from</item>
 <item>adjacent to</item>
 <item>again</item>
 <!-- ... -->
</list>]&nil;]></eg></exemplum>
  <remarks>
	<p>The <gi>head</gi> tag is used for headings at all levels; processing
	  programs which treat (e.g.) chapter headings, section headings, and list
	  titles differently must determine the proper processing of a <gi>head</gi>
	  element based on its structural position.  A <gi>head</gi> occurring as
	  the first element of a list is the title of that list; one occurring as
	  the first element of a <gi>div1</gi> is the title of that chapter or
	  section.</p></remarks>
  <part type="top" name="core"/>
  <classes names="DIVTOP FMCHUNK"/>
  <dataDesc>May contain character data and phrase-level elements.</dataDesc>
  <elemDecl> %om.RO; %paraContent;</elemDecl>
  <ptr target="COLI" type="div2"/>
  <ptr target="DSDTB" type="div2"/>
</tagDoc>

38.3 Tag Documentation for the TEI div Element

The example below shows the documentation for the <div> element; this element is a member of the class divn, the documentation for which is shown further below.

<tagDoc id="DIV" usage="rwa">
  <gi>div</gi>
  <rs>text division</rs>
  <desc>contains a subdivision of the front, body, or back of a text.</desc>
  <attList/>
  <exemplum> <eg><![CDATA[<body>
  <div type="part"><head>Fallacies of Authority</head>
    <p>The subject of which is Authority in various shapes, and the
      object, to repress all exercise of the reasoning faculty.</p>
    <div n="1" type="chapter"><head>The Nature of Authority</head>
      <p>With reference to any proposed measures having for their
        object the greatest happiness of the greatest number ...</p>
      <div n="1.1" type="section"><head>Analysis of Authority</head>
        <p>What on any given occasion is the legitimate weight or
          influence to be attached to authority ...</p>
      </div><!-- end of section 1.1 -->
      <div n="1.2" type="section">
        <head>Appeal to Authority, in What Cases Fallacious.</head>
        <p>Reference to authority is open to the charge of fallacy when ...</p>
      </div><!-- end of section 1.2 -->
      <!-- other sections here -->
    </div><!-- end of chapter 1 -->
    <!-- other chapters here -->
  </div><!-- end of part A -->
  <!-- other parts here -->
</body>]&nil;]></eg> </exemplum>
  <remarks/>
  <!-- J Bentham: Handbook of Political Fallacies (1824), ed -->
  <!-- Larrabee, Johns Hopkins Pr, 1952 -->
  <part type="base" name="core"/>
  <classes names="DIVN DECLING"/>
  <dataDesc>any sequence of low-level structural elements, possibly
	grouped into lower subdivisions.</dataDesc>
  <elemDecl>%om.RO; ( (%m.divtop; | %m.Incl; )*, (((div|divGen), 
	(%m.Incl;)*)+ | ((%component;, (%m.Incl;)*)+, 
	((div|divGen), (%m.Incl;)*)*)),
	((%m.divbot;),(%m.Incl;)*)*)
  </elemDecl>
  <ptr target="DSDIV"/> <ptr target="TEDT"/> <ptr target="DSDIV1"/>
</tagDoc>

38.4 Class Documentation for the TEI Divn Class

The example below shows the documentation for the class divn, which is referred to by the documentation for <div> shown above.

<classDoc id="DIVN" type="atts">
  <class>divn</class>
  <desc>structural elements which behave in the same way as divisions.</desc>
  <attList>
	<attDef usage="rec">
	  <attName>type</attName>
	  <desc>specifies a name conventionally used for this level of
		subdivision, e.g. <q>act</q>, <q>volume</q>, <q>book</q>,
		<q>section</q>, <q>canto</q>, etc.</desc>
	  <datatype>CDATA</datatype>
	  <valDesc>any string of characters</valDesc>
	  <default>CDATA</default>
	</attDef>
	<attDef usage="opt">
	  <attName>org</attName>
	  <desc>specifies how the content of the division is organized.</desc>
	  <datatype>(composite | uniform)</datatype>
	  <valList type="closed">
		<val>composite</val>
		<desc>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.</desc>
		<val>uniform</val>
		<desc>uniform content: i.e. the immediate contents of this
		  element are regarded as forming a logical unit, to be
		  processed in sequence.</desc>
	  </valList>
	  <default>uniform</default>
	</attDef>
	<attDef usage="opt">
	  <attName>sample</attName>
	  <desc>indicates whether this division is a sample of the
		original source and if so, from which part.</desc>
	  <datatype>(initial | medial | final | unknown | complete)</datatype>
	  <valList type="closed">
		<val>initial</val><desc>division lacks material present at end in source.</desc>
		<val>medial</val><desc>division lacks material at start and end.</desc>

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38 Sample Tag Set Documentation

38.1 Tag Documentation for the TEI p Element

38.2 Tag Documentation for the TEI head Element

38.3 Tag Documentation for the TEI div Element

38.4 Class Documentation for the TEI Divn Class