Text Encoding Initiative

The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

<fAlt>


<fAlt> (Feature alternation) provides alternative features for a feature structure or other feature alternation.
Attributes (In addition to global attributes)
mutExcl indicates whether values are mutually exclusive.
Datatype: (Y|N)
Legal values are:
Y indicates that the values are mutually exclusive.
N indicates that the values are not mutually exclusive.
Default: #IMPLIED
Example
<fAlt mutExcl="Y">
   <f name="gender"><sym value="masculine"/></f>
   <f name="gender"><sym value="neuter"/></f>
</fAlt>
Module Declared in file teifs2; Additional tag set for feature structures: enabled by TEI.fs
Data Description Two or more features, feature structures or feature alternations.
May contain f fAlt fs
May occur within fAlt fLib fs
Declaration
<!ELEMENT fAlt %om.RR; ((f | fs | fAlt), (f | fs | fAlt)+)> 
<!ATTLIST fAlt  
      %a.global;
      mutExcl (Y|N) #IMPLIED>
See further 16.7 Alternative Features and Feature Values

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