Text Encoding Initiative

The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

<headItem>

<headItem> (heading for list items) contains the heading for the item or gloss column in a glossary list or similar structured list.
Attributes Global attributes only
Example 
The simple, straightforward statement of an idea is
preferable to the use of a worn-out expression.
<list type="gloss">
      <headLabel rend="small caps">TRITE</headLabel>
      <headItem rend="small caps">SIMPLE, STRAIGHTFORWARD</headItem>
      <label>bury the hatchet</label>
      <item>stop fighting, make peace</item>
      <label>at loose ends</label>
      <item>disorganized</item>
      <label>on speaking terms</label>
      <item>friendly</item>
      <label>fair and square</label>
      <item>completely honest</item>
      <label>at death's door</label>
      <item>near death</item>
   </list>
Note

The <headItem> element may appear only if each item in the list is preceded by a <label>.
Module Declared in file teicore2; Core tag sets: enabled when any TEI base is enabled
Data Description May contain character data and phrase-level elements.
May contain #PCDATA abbr add addSpan address alt altGrp anchor app c caesura cb certainty cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del delSpan distinct emph expan fLib foreign formula fs fsLib fvLib fw gap geogName gloss handShift hi index interp interpGrp join joinGrp lang lb link linkGrp m measure mentioned milestone name num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar pb persName phr placeName ptr ref reg respons restore rs s seg sic soCalled space span spanGrp supplied term time timeRange timeStruct timeline title unclear w xptr xref
May occur within list
Declaration 
<!ELEMENT headItem %om.RO;  %phrase.seq;> 
<!ATTLIST headItem  
      %a.global;>
See further 6.7 Lists

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