Text Encoding Initiative

The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

<damage>

<damage> contains an area of damage to the text witness.
Attributes (In addition to global attributes and those inherited from edit)
type classifies the damage according to any convenient typology.
Datatype: CDATA
Values: any phrase describing the damage, e.g. ‘faded’, ‘overbound’, ‘water’, ‘charred with loss of paper’.
Default: #IMPLIED
Example: 









extent
indicates approximately how much text is in the damaged area,
in letters, minims, inches, or any appropriate unit, where this
cannot be deduced from the contents of the tag.  For example, the
damage may span structural divisions in the text so that the tag must
then be empty of content.




Datatype: CDATA






Values: any measurement phrase, e.g. ‘25 letters’, ‘2 × 3
inches’.






Default: #IMPLIED






Example: 








resp
indicates the individual responsible for identifying the area
of damage.




Datatype: IDREF






Values: must be one of the identifiers declared in the document
header, associated with a person asserted as responsible for some
aspect of the text's creation, transcription, editing, or encoding
(see chapter 17 Certainty and Responsibility).






Default: %INHERITED;






Example: 








hand
In the case of damage (deliberate defacement, etc.) assignable
to an identifiable hand, signifies the hand responsible for the
damage.




Datatype: IDREF






Values: must be one of the hand identifiers declared in the document
header (see section 18.2.1 Document Hands).






Default: %INHERITED;






Example: 








agent
In the case of damage resulting from an identifiable cause,
signifies the causative agent.




Datatype: CDATA






Values: any prose description of the agency of damage.






Default: #IMPLIED






Example: 









degree
Signifies the degree of damage according to a convenient scale.
The <damage> tag with the degree attribute should
only be used where the text may be read with some confidence; text
supplied from other sources should be tagged as <supplied>.




Datatype: CDATA






Values: an alphanumeric categorization of the degree of damage, as
‘40%’.






Default: #IMPLIED






Example: 






Note



The <damage> tag with the degree
attribute should only be used where the text may be read with
confidence despite the damage.  It is appropriate where it is desired
to record the fact of damage, though this has not affected the
readability of the text (as may be the case with weathered
inscriptional materials).  Where the damage has rendered the text
more or less illegible either the <unclear> tag (for partial
illegibility) or the <gap> tag (for complete illegibility,
with no text supplied) should be used, with the information
concerning the damage given in the attribute values of these tags.
See section 18.2.4 Use of the Gap, Del, Damage, Unclear and Supplied Tags in Combination for discussion of the use of these
tags in particular circumstances.












Example








Note



Since damage to text witnesses frequently makes them
harder to read, the <damage> element will often contain an
<unclear> element.  If the damaged area is not continuous in
the text (e.g. a stain on one side of a page), the <join>
element may be used to indicate which <damage> and
<unclear> elements are part of the same physical phenomenon.



The <damage>, <gap>, <del>, <unclear>
and <supplied> elements may be closely allied in use.  See
section 18.2.4 Use of the Gap, Del, Damage, Unclear and Supplied Tags in Combination for discussion of which element is
appropriate for which circumstance.






Module
Declared in file teitran2; Additional tag set for Physical Transcription: enabled by
TEI.transcr





Class
edit





Data Description
May contain character data and phrase-level elements.




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 abbr activity actor add addName addrLine admin affiliation author authority bibl biblScope birth bloc byline camera caption case castItem catDesc cell channel cl classCode closer colloc constitution corr country creation damage date dateRange def del derivation descrip dictScrap distance distinct distributor docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint domain edition editor education emph entryFree etym expan extent factuality figDesc firstLang foreName foreign form funder fw gen genName gloss gram gramGrp head headItem headLabel hi hyph imprimatur interaction item itype l label lang langKnown language lbl lem locale measure meeting mentioned mood name nameLink note num number occasion occupation opener orgDivn orgName orgTitle orgType orig orth otherForm p per persName phr placeName pos preparedness principal pron pubPlace publisher purpose q quote rdg re ref reg region rendition residence resp restore role roleDesc roleName rs s salute seg sense settlement sic signed soCalled socecStatus sound speaker sponsor stage street stress subc supplied surname syll symbol tagUsage tech term time timeRange title titlePart tns tr trailer trans u unclear usg view wit witDetail witness writing xr xref 




Declaration

<!ELEMENT damage %om.RO;  %paraContent;> 
<!ATTLIST damage  
      %a.global;
      type CDATA #IMPLIED
      extent CDATA #IMPLIED
      resp IDREF %INHERITED;
      hand IDREF %INHERITED;
      agent CDATA #IMPLIED
      degree CDATA #IMPLIED>






See further
18.2.3 Damage, Illegibility, and Supplied Text








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