The ab element may be used at the encoder's discretion to mark any component-level elements in a text for which no other more specific appropriate markup is defined.

<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.paraContent"/>
</content>

element ab
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.typed.attributes,
   tei_att.declaring.attributes,
   tei_att.fragmentable.attributes,
   tei_att.written.attributes,
   tei_macro.paraContent
}

In a diplomatic edition attempting to represent an original source, the add element should not be used for additions to the current TEI electronic edition made by editors or encoders. In these cases, either the <corr> or <supplied> element are recommended.

In a TEI edition of a historical text with previous editorial emendations in which such additions or reconstructions are considered part of the source text, the use of add may be appropriate, dependent on the editorial philosophy of the project.

<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.paraContent"/>
</content>

element add
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.transcriptional.attributes,
   tei_att.placement.attributes,
   tei_att.typed.attributes,
   tei_att.dimensions.attributes,
   tei_macro.paraContent
}

<content>
 <sequence>
  <elementRef key="lem" minOccurs="0"/>
  <alternate maxOccurs="unbounded"
   minOccurs="0">
   <classRef key="model.rdgLike"/>
   <classRef key="model.noteLike"/>
   <elementRef key="witDetail"/>
   <elementRef key="wit"/>
   <elementRef key="rdgGrp"/>
  </alternate>
 </sequence>
</content>

element app
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.typed.attribute.subtype,
   attribute type { teidata.enumerated }?,
   attribute from { teidata.pointer }?,
   attribute to { teidata.pointer }?,
   attribute loc { list { teidata.word+ } }?,
   (
      tei_lem?,
      (
         tei_model.rdgLike
       | tei_model.noteLike
       | tei_witDetail
       | tei_wit
       | tei_rdgGrp
      )*
   )
}

<content>
 <sequence>
  <classRef key="model.global"
   maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
  <sequence minOccurs="0">
   <classRef key="model.divTop"/>
   <alternate maxOccurs="unbounded"
    minOccurs="0">
    <classRef key="model.global"/>
    <classRef key="model.divTop"/>
   </alternate>
  </sequence>
  <sequence minOccurs="0">
   <classRef key="model.divGenLike"/>
   <alternate maxOccurs="unbounded"
    minOccurs="0">
    <classRef key="model.global"/>
    <classRef key="model.divGenLike"/>
   </alternate>
  </sequence>
  <alternate>
   <sequence maxOccurs="unbounded"
    minOccurs="1">
    <classRef key="model.divLike"/>
    <alternate maxOccurs="unbounded"
     minOccurs="0">
     <classRef key="model.global"/>
     <classRef key="model.divGenLike"/>
    </alternate>
   </sequence>
   <sequence maxOccurs="unbounded"
    minOccurs="1">
    <classRef key="model.div1Like"/>
    <alternate maxOccurs="unbounded"
     minOccurs="0">
     <classRef key="model.global"/>
     <classRef key="model.divGenLike"/>
    </alternate>
   </sequence>
   <sequence>
    <sequence maxOccurs="unbounded"
     minOccurs="1">
     <classRef key="model.common"/>
     <classRef key="model.global"
      maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
    </sequence>
    <alternate minOccurs="0">
     <sequence maxOccurs="unbounded"
      minOccurs="1">
      <classRef key="model.divLike"/>
      <alternate maxOccurs="unbounded"
       minOccurs="0">
       <classRef key="model.global"/>
       <classRef key="model.divGenLike"/>
      </alternate>
     </sequence>
     <sequence maxOccurs="unbounded"
      minOccurs="1">
      <classRef key="model.div1Like"/>
      <alternate maxOccurs="unbounded"
       minOccurs="0">
       <classRef key="model.global"/>
       <classRef key="model.divGenLike"/>
      </alternate>
     </sequence>
    </alternate>
   </sequence>
  </alternate>
  <sequence maxOccurs="unbounded"
   minOccurs="0">
   <classRef key="model.divBottom"/>
   <classRef key="model.global"
    maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
  </sequence>
 </sequence>
</content>

element body
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.declaring.attributes,
   (
      tei_model.global*,
      ( tei_model.divTop, ( tei_model.global | tei_model.divTop )* )?,
      ( tei_model.divGenLike, ( tei_model.global | tei_model.divGenLike )* )?,
      (
         ( tei_model.divLike, ( tei_model.global | tei_model.divGenLike )* )+
       | ( tei_model.div1Like, ( tei_model.global | tei_model.divGenLike )* )+
       | (
            ( tei_model.common, tei_model.global* )+,
            (
               (
                  tei_model.divLike,
                  ( tei_model.global | tei_model.divGenLike )*
               )+
             | (
                  tei_model.div1Like,
                  ( tei_model.global | tei_model.divGenLike )*
               )+
            )?
         )
      ),
      ( tei_model.divBottom, tei_model.global* )*
   )
}

This element should be used for deletion of shorter sequences of text, typically single words or phrases. The <delSpan> element should be used for longer sequences of text, for those containing structural subdivisions, and for those containing overlapping additions and deletions.

The text deleted must be at least partially legible in order for the encoder to be able to transcribe it (unless it is restored in a <supplied> tag). Illegible or lost text within a deletion may be marked using the <gap> tag to signal that text is present but has not been transcribed, or is no longer visible. Attributes on the <gap> element may be used to indicate how much text is omitted, the reason for omitting it, etc. If text is not fully legible, the <unclear> element (available when using the additional tagset for transcription of primary sources) should be used to signal the areas of text which cannot be read with confidence in a similar way.

Degrees of uncertainty over what can still be read, or whether a deletion was intended may be indicated by use of the <certainty> element (see 21. Certainty, Precision, and Responsibility).

There is a clear distinction in the TEI between del and <surplus> on the one hand and <gap> or <unclear> on the other. del indicates a deletion present in the source being transcribed, which states the author's or a later scribe's intent to cancel or remove text. <surplus> indicates material present in the source being transcribed which should have been so deleted, but which is not in fact. <gap> or <unclear>, by contrast, signal an editor's or encoder's decision to omit something or their inability to read the source text. See sections 11.3.1.7. Text Omitted from or Supplied in the Transcription and 11.3.3.2. Use of the gap, del, damage, unclear, and supplied Elements in Combination for the relationship between these and other related elements used in detailed transcription.

<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.paraContent"/>
</content>

element del
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.transcriptional.attributes,
   tei_att.typed.attributes,
   tei_att.dimensions.attributes,
   tei_macro.paraContent
}

<content>
 <sequence>
  <alternate maxOccurs="unbounded"
   minOccurs="0">
   <classRef key="model.divTop"/>
   <classRef key="model.global"/>
  </alternate>
  <sequence minOccurs="0">
   <alternate>
    <sequence maxOccurs="unbounded"
     minOccurs="1">
     <alternate>
      <classRef key="model.divLike"/>
      <classRef key="model.divGenLike"/>
     </alternate>
     <classRef key="model.global"
      maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
    </sequence>
    <sequence>
     <sequence maxOccurs="unbounded"
      minOccurs="1">
      <classRef key="model.common"/>
      <classRef key="model.global"
       maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
     </sequence>
     <sequence maxOccurs="unbounded"
      minOccurs="0">
      <alternate>
       <classRef key="model.divLike"/>
       <classRef key="model.divGenLike"/>
      </alternate>
      <classRef key="model.global"
       maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
     </sequence>
    </sequence>
   </alternate>
   <sequence maxOccurs="unbounded"
    minOccurs="0">
    <classRef key="model.divBottom"/>
    <classRef key="model.global"
     maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
   </sequence>
  </sequence>
 </sequence>
</content>

element div
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.divLike.attributes,
   tei_att.typed.attributes,
   tei_att.declaring.attributes,
   tei_att.written.attributes,
   (
      ( tei_model.divTop | tei_model.global )*,
      (
         (
            ( ( tei_model.divLike | tei_model.divGenLike ), tei_model.global* )+
          | (
               ( tei_model.common, tei_model.global* )+,
               (
                  ( tei_model.divLike | tei_model.divGenLike ),
                  tei_model.global*
               )*
            )
         ),
         ( tei_model.divBottom, tei_model.global* )*
      )?
   )
}

A consistent format should be adopted.

Particularly where cataloguing is likely to be based on the content of the header, it is advisable to use generally recognized authority lists for the exact form of personal names.

<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</content>

element editor
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.naming.attributes,
   tei_att.datable.attributes,
   tei_macro.phraseSeq
}

The major source of information for those seeking to create a catalogue entry or bibliographic citation for an electronic file. As such, it provides a title and statements of responsibility together with details of the publication or distribution of the file, of any series to which it belongs, and detailed bibliographic notes for matters not addressed elsewhere in the header. It also contains a full bibliographic description for the source or sources from which the electronic text was derived.

<content>
 <sequence>
  <sequence>
   <elementRef key="titleStmt"/>
   <elementRef key="editionStmt"
    minOccurs="0"/>
   <elementRef key="extent" minOccurs="0"/>
   <elementRef key="publicationStmt"/>
   <elementRef key="seriesStmt"
    maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
   <elementRef key="notesStmt"
    minOccurs="0"/>
  </sequence>
  <elementRef key="sourceDesc"
   maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="1"/>
 </sequence>
</content>

element fileDesc
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   (
      (
         tei_titleStmt,
         editionStmt?,
         extent?,
         tei_publicationStmt,
         seriesStmt*,
         notesStmt?
      ),
      tei_sourceDesc+
   )
}

The global xml:lang attribute should be supplied for this element to identify the language of the word or phrase marked. As elsewhere, its value should be a language tag as defined in 6.1. Language Identification.

This element is intended for use only where no other element is available to mark the phrase or words concerned. The global xml:lang attribute should be used in preference to this element where it is intended to mark the language of the whole of some text element.

The <distinct> element may be used to identify phrases belonging to sublanguages or registers not generally regarded as true languages.

<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</content>

element foreign { tei_att.global.attributes, tei_macro.phraseSeq }

Funders provide financial support for a project; they are distinct from sponsors (see element <sponsor>), who provide intellectual support and authority.

<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.phraseSeq.limited"/>
</content>

element funder
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.canonical.attributes,
   tei_att.datable.attributes,
   tei_macro.phraseSeq.limited
}

The handShift element may be used either to denote a shift in the document hand (as from one scribe to another, on one writing style to another). Or, it may indicate a shift within a document hand, as a change of writing style, character or ink. Like other milestone elements, it should appear at the point of transition from some other state to the state which it describes.

<content>
 <empty/>
</content>

element handShift
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.handFeatures.attributes,
   attribute new { teidata.pointer }?,
   empty
}

The head element is used for headings at all levels; software which treats (e.g.) chapter headings, section headings, and list titles differently must determine the proper processing of a head element based on its structural position. A head occurring as the first element of a list is the title of that list; one occurring as the first element of a <div1> is the title of that chapter or section.

The most common use for the head element is to mark the headings of sections. In older writings, the headings or incipits 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 <trailer>, as in this example:

When headings are not inline with the running text (see e.g. the heading "Secunda conclusio") they might however be encoded as if. The actual placement in the source document can be captured with the place attribute.

The head element is also used to mark headings of other units, such as lists:

<content>
 <alternate maxOccurs="unbounded"
  minOccurs="0">
  <textNode/>
  <elementRef key="lg"/>
  <classRef key="model.gLike"/>
  <classRef key="model.phrase"/>
  <classRef key="model.inter"/>
  <classRef key="model.lLike"/>
  <classRef key="model.global"/>
 </alternate>
</content>

element head
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.typed.attributes,
   tei_att.placement.attributes,
   tei_att.written.attributes,
   (
      text
    | lg
    | tei_model.gLike
    | tei_model.phrase
    | tei_model.inter
    | tei_model.lLike
    | tei_model.global
   )*
}

<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.paraContent"/>
</content>

element hi
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.written.attributes,
   tei_macro.paraContent
}

idno should be used for labels which identify an object or concept in a formal cataloguing system such as a database or an RDF store, or in a distributed system such as the World Wide Web. Some suggested values for type on idno are ISBN, ISSN, DOI, and URI.

In the last case, the identifier includes a non-Unicode character which is defined elsewhere by means of a <glyph> or <char> element referenced here as #sym.

<content>
 <alternate maxOccurs="unbounded"
  minOccurs="0">
  <textNode/>
  <classRef key="model.gLike"/>
  <elementRef key="idno"/>
 </alternate>
</content>

element idno
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.sortable.attributes,
   tei_att.datable.attributes,
   tei_att.typed.attribute.subtype,
   attribute type
   {
      "ISBN"
    | "ISSN"
    | "DOI"
    | "URI"
    | "VIAF"
    | "ESTC"
    | "OCLC"
    | teidata.enumerated
   }?,
   ( text | tei_model.gLike | tei_idno )*
}

<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.phraseSeq.limited"/>
</content>

element institution
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.naming.attributes,
   tei_macro.phraseSeq.limited
}

<content>
 <empty/>
</content>

element lacunaEnd
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.rdgPart.attributes,
   empty
}

<content>
 <empty/>
</content>

element lacunaStart
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.rdgPart.attributes,
   empty
}

The term lemma is used in text criticism to describe the reading in the text itself (as opposed to those in the apparatus); this usage is distinct from that of mathematics (where a lemma is a major step in a proof) and natural-language processing (where a lemma is the dictionary form associated with an inflected form in the running text).

<content>
 <alternate maxOccurs="unbounded"
  minOccurs="0">
  <textNode/>
  <classRef key="model.divLike"/>
  <classRef key="model.divPart"/>
  <elementRef key="titlePage"/>
  <elementRef key="argument"/>
  <elementRef key="byline"/>
  <elementRef key="docAuthor"/>
  <elementRef key="docDate"/>
  <elementRef key="docEdition"/>
  <elementRef key="docImprint"/>
  <elementRef key="docTitle"/>
  <elementRef key="epigraph"/>
  <elementRef key="imprimatur"/>
  <elementRef key="titlePart"/>
  <elementRef key="epilogue"/>
  <elementRef key="performance"/>
  <elementRef key="prologue"/>
  <elementRef key="set"/>
  <classRef key="model.gLike"/>
  <classRef key="model.phrase"/>
  <classRef key="model.inter"/>
  <classRef key="model.global"/>
  <classRef key="model.rdgPart"/>
 </alternate>
</content>

element lem
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.textCritical.attributes,
   tei_att.witnessed.attributes,
   (
      text
    | tei_model.divLike
    | tei_model.divPart
    | titlePage
    | argument
    | byline
    | docAuthor
    | docDate
    | docEdition
    | docImprint
    | docTitle
    | epigraph
    | imprimatur
    | titlePart
    | epilogue
    | performance
    | prologue
    | set
    | tei_model.gLike
    | tei_model.phrase
    | tei_model.inter
    | tei_model.global
    | tei_model.rdgPart
   )*
}

listApp elements would normally be located in the <back> part of a document, but they may appear elsewhere.

In the following example from the exegetical Yasna, the base text is encoded in the body of the document, and two separate listApp elements are used in the <back>, containing variant readings written in different scripts.

<content>
 <sequence>
  <classRef key="model.headLike"
   maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
  <elementRef key="desc"
   maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
  <alternate maxOccurs="unbounded"
   minOccurs="1">
   <elementRef key="app"/>
   <elementRef key="listApp"/>
  </alternate>
 </sequence>
</content>

element listApp
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.sortable.attributes,
   tei_att.declarable.attributes,
   tei_att.typed.attributes,
   ( tei_model.headLike*, desc*, ( tei_app | tei_listApp )+ )
}

May contain a series of witness or listWit elements.

The provision of a listWit element simplifies the automatic processing of the apparatus, e.g. the reconstruction of the readings for all witnesses from an exhaustive apparatus.

Situations commonly arise where there are many more or less fragmentary witnesses, such that there may be quite distinct groups of witnesses for different parts of a text or collection of texts. Such groups may be given separately, or nested within a single listWit element at the beginning of the file listing all the witnesses, partial and complete, for the text, with the attestation of fragmentary witnesses indicated within the apparatus by use of the witStart and witEnd elements described in section 12.1.5. Fragmentary Witnesses.

Note however that a given witness can only be defined once, and can therefore only appear within a single listWit element.

<content>
 <sequence>
  <classRef key="model.headLike"
   minOccurs="0"/>
  <elementRef key="desc"
   maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
  <alternate maxOccurs="unbounded"
   minOccurs="1">
   <elementRef key="witness"/>
   <elementRef key="listWit"/>
  </alternate>
 </sequence>
</content>

element listWit
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.sortable.attributes,
   ( tei_model.headLike?, desc*, ( tei_witness | tei_listWit )+ )
}

Although the msDesc has primarily been designed with a view to encoding manuscript descriptions, it may also be used for other objects such as early printed books, fasicles, epigraphs, or any text-bearing objects that require substantial description. If an object is not text-bearing or the reasons for describing the object is not primarily the textual content, the more general <object> may be more suitable.

<content>
 <sequence>
  <elementRef key="msIdentifier"/>
  <classRef key="model.headLike"
   maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
  <alternate>
   <classRef key="model.pLike"
    maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="1"/>
   <sequence>
    <elementRef key="msContents"
     minOccurs="0"/>
    <elementRef key="physDesc"
     minOccurs="0"/>
    <elementRef key="history" minOccurs="0"/>
    <elementRef key="additional"
     minOccurs="0"/>
    <alternate>
     <elementRef key="msPart"
      maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
     <elementRef key="msFrag"
      maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
    </alternate>
   </sequence>
  </alternate>
 </sequence>
</content>

element msDesc
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.sortable.attributes,
   tei_att.typed.attributes,
   tei_att.declaring.attributes,
   tei_att.docStatus.attributes,
   (
      tei_msIdentifier,
      tei_model.headLike*,
      (
         tei_model.pLike+
       | (
            msContents?,
            physDesc?,
            history?,
            additional?,
            ( msPart* | msFrag* )
         )
      )
   )
}

<content>
 <sequence>
  <sequence>
   <classRef expand="sequenceOptional"
    key="model.placeNamePart"/>
   <elementRef key="institution"
    minOccurs="0"/>
   <elementRef key="repository"
    minOccurs="0"/>
   <elementRef key="collection"
    maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
   <elementRef key="idno"
    maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
  </sequence>
  <alternate maxOccurs="unbounded"
   minOccurs="0">
   <elementRef key="msName"/>
   <elementRef key="objectName"/>
   <elementRef key="altIdentifier"/>
  </alternate>
 </sequence>
</content>

element msIdentifier
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   (
      (
         tei_settlement?,
         tei_institution?,
         repository?,
         collection*,
         tei_idno*
      ),
      ( msName | objectName | altIdentifier )*
   )
}

<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.paraContent"/>
</content>

element p
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.declaring.attributes,
   tei_att.fragmentable.attributes,
   tei_att.written.attributes,
   tei_macro.paraContent
}

<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.phraseSeq.limited"/>
</content>

element principal
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.canonical.attributes,
   tei_att.datable.attributes,
   tei_macro.phraseSeq.limited
}

Where a publication statement contains several members of the model.publicationStmtPart.agency or model.publicationStmtPart.detail classes rather than one or more paragraphs or anonymous blocks, care should be taken to ensure that the repeated elements are presented in a meaningful order. It is a conformance requirement that elements supplying information about publication place, address, identifier, availability, and date be given following the name of the publisher, distributor, or authority concerned, and preferably in that order.

<content>
 <alternate>
  <sequence maxOccurs="unbounded"
   minOccurs="1">
   <classRef key="model.publicationStmtPart.agency"/>
   <classRef key="model.publicationStmtPart.detail"
    maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
  </sequence>
  <classRef key="model.pLike"
   maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="1"/>
 </alternate>
</content>

element publicationStmt
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   (
      (
         tei_model.publicationStmtPart.agency,
         tei_model.publicationStmtPart.detail*
      )+
    | tei_model.pLike+
   )
}

<content>
 <alternate maxOccurs="unbounded"
  minOccurs="0">
  <textNode/>
  <classRef key="model.divLike"/>
  <classRef key="model.divPart"/>
  <elementRef key="titlePage"/>
  <elementRef key="argument"/>
  <elementRef key="byline"/>
  <elementRef key="docAuthor"/>
  <elementRef key="docDate"/>
  <elementRef key="docEdition"/>
  <elementRef key="docImprint"/>
  <elementRef key="docTitle"/>
  <elementRef key="epigraph"/>
  <elementRef key="imprimatur"/>
  <elementRef key="titlePart"/>
  <elementRef key="epilogue"/>
  <elementRef key="performance"/>
  <elementRef key="prologue"/>
  <elementRef key="set"/>
  <classRef key="model.gLike"/>
  <classRef key="model.phrase"/>
  <classRef key="model.inter"/>
  <classRef key="model.global"/>
  <classRef key="model.rdgPart"/>
 </alternate>
</content>

element rdg
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.textCritical.attributes,
   tei_att.witnessed.attributes,
   (
      text
    | tei_model.divLike
    | tei_model.divPart
    | titlePage
    | argument
    | byline
    | docAuthor
    | docDate
    | docEdition
    | docImprint
    | docTitle
    | epigraph
    | imprimatur
    | titlePart
    | epilogue
    | performance
    | prologue
    | set
    | tei_model.gLike
    | tei_model.phrase
    | tei_model.inter
    | tei_model.global
    | tei_model.rdgPart
   )*
}

May contain readings and nested reading groups.

Usually, only one lem element should appear within a single apparatus entry, whether it appears outside a rdgGrp element or within it.

<content>
 <sequence>
  <elementRef key="lem" minOccurs="0"/>
  <alternate maxOccurs="unbounded"
   minOccurs="0">
   <classRef key="model.rdgLike"/>
   <classRef key="model.noteLike"/>
   <elementRef key="witDetail"/>
   <elementRef key="wit"/>
   <elementRef key="rdgGrp"/>
  </alternate>
 </sequence>
</content>

element rdgGrp
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.textCritical.attributes,
   (
      tei_lem?,
      (
         tei_model.rdgLike
       | tei_model.noteLike
       | tei_witDetail
       | tei_wit
       | tei_rdgGrp
      )*
   )
}

<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</content>

element rs
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.naming.attributes,
   tei_att.typed.attributes,
   tei_macro.phraseSeq
}

The s element may be used to mark orthographic sentences, or any other segmentation of a text, provided that the segmentation is end-to-end, complete, and non-nesting. For segmentation which is partial or recursive, the seg should be used instead.

The type attribute may be used to indicate the type of segmentation intended, according to any convenient typology.

<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</content>

element s
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.segLike.attributes,
   tei_att.typed.attributes,
   tei_att.notated.attributes,
   tei_macro.phraseSeq
}

The seg element may be used at the encoder's discretion to mark any segments of the text of interest for processing. One use of the element is to mark text features for which no appropriate markup is otherwise defined. Another use is to provide an identifier for some segment which is to be pointed at by some other element—i.e. to provide a target, or a part of a target, for a <ptr> or other similar element.

<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.paraContent"/>
</content>

element seg
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.segLike.attributes,
   tei_att.typed.attributes,
   tei_att.written.attributes,
   tei_att.notated.attributes,
   tei_macro.paraContent
}

<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</content>

element settlement
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.naming.attributes,
   tei_att.typed.attributes,
   tei_att.datable.attributes,
   tei_macro.phraseSeq
}

<content>
 <alternate>
  <classRef key="model.pLike"
   maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="1"/>
  <alternate maxOccurs="unbounded"
   minOccurs="1">
   <classRef key="model.biblLike"/>
   <classRef key="model.sourceDescPart"/>
   <classRef key="model.listLike"/>
  </alternate>
 </alternate>
</content>

element sourceDesc
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.declarable.attributes,
   (
      tei_model.pLike+
    | ( tei_model.biblLike | tei_model.sourceDescPart | tei_model.listLike )+
   )
}

This element is required. It is customary to specify the TEI namespace http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0 on it, using the xmlns attribute.

<content>
 <sequence>
  <elementRef key="teiHeader"/>
  <alternate>
   <sequence>
    <classRef key="model.resource"
     maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="1"/>
    <elementRef key="TEI"
     maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
   </sequence>
   <elementRef key="TEI"
    maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="1"/>
  </alternate>
 </sequence>
</content>

element TEI
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.typed.attributes,
   attribute version { teidata.version }?,
   ( tei_teiHeader, ( ( tei_model.resource+, tei_TEI* ) | tei_TEI+ ) )
}

One of the few elements unconditionally required in any TEI document.

<content>
 <sequence>
  <elementRef key="fileDesc"/>
  <classRef key="model.teiHeaderPart"
   maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
  <elementRef key="revisionDesc"
   minOccurs="0"/>
 </sequence>
</content>

element teiHeader
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   ( tei_fileDesc, tei_model.teiHeaderPart*, revisionDesc? )
}

This element should not be used to represent a text which is inserted at an arbitrary point within the structure of another, for example as in an embedded or quoted narrative; the <floatingText> is provided for this purpose.

The body of a text may be replaced by a group of nested texts, as in the following schematic:

<content>
 <sequence>
  <classRef key="model.global"
   maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
  <sequence minOccurs="0">
   <elementRef key="front"/>
   <classRef key="model.global"
    maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
  </sequence>
  <alternate>
   <elementRef key="body"/>
   <elementRef key="group"/>
  </alternate>
  <classRef key="model.global"
   maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
  <sequence minOccurs="0">
   <elementRef key="back"/>
   <classRef key="model.global"
    maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
  </sequence>
 </sequence>
</content>

element text
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.declaring.attributes,
   tei_att.typed.attributes,
   tei_att.written.attributes,
   (
      tei_model.global*,
      ( front, tei_model.global* )?,
      ( tei_body | group ),
      tei_model.global*,
      ( back, tei_model.global* )?
   )
}