On this page:
text
body
front
back
4.2.1 Structural Elements
div
pb
list
sp
4.2.2 Content-Containing Elements
ab
p
head
note
item

4.2 The text Element

TEI element

text

 

Attributes:

  

xml:lang

 

:

 

(or/c "en" "fr" "de")

Required attributes:

  xml:lang

 

Children:

  

'0-1

 

front

  

1

 

body

  

'0-1

 

back

Required order:

  [front], body, [back]

The text element may contain only (in order) a front element, a body element, and a back element, but the front and back elements are optional. It must have a xml:lang attribute specifying the primary language of the document: "en" for English; "fr" for French; or "de" for German.

TEI element

body

 

Children:

  

'0+

 

head

  

'0+

 

p

  

'0+

 

pb

  

'0+

 

ab

  

'0+

 

div

 

TEI element

front

 

Children:

  

'0+

 

head

  

'0+

 

p

  

'0+

 

pb

  

'0+

 

ab

  

'0+

 

div

 

TEI element

back

 

Children:

  

'0+

 

head

  

'0+

 

p

  

'0+

 

pb

  

'0+

 

ab

  

'0+

 

div

The body, front, and back elements may contain head, p, pb, ab, and div elements.

4.2.1 Structural Elements

TEI element

div

 

Attributes:

  

type

 

:

 

(or/c "chapter"
      "part"
      "section"
      "dedication"
      "contents"
      "intro"
      "bibl"
      "ack"
      "index")

  

n

 

:

 

string?

  

resp

 

:

 

#rx"^#.+$"

Required attributes:

  type

 

Children:

  

'0+

 

head

  

'0+

 

list

  

'0+

 

p

  

'0+

 

pb

  

'0+

 

ab

  

'0+

 

sp

  

'0+

 

div

The div element may contain head, list, p, pb, ab, sp, or nested div elements. It must have a type attribute with a value of "chapter", "part", "section", "dedication", "contents", "intro", "bibl" (for a bibliography), "ack" (for acknowledgements), or "index". If the division is numbered, it should have an n attribute giving the page number as given in the source (i.e. possibly as a Roman numeral). Any div element may, and a div representing a section not by Paul Ricœur must, have a resp attribute that is valid per the TEI standard, as discussed above under Sections Not by Ricœur.

If a type of division arises that does not fit neatly into these categories, we should decide on a standard value for the type attribute and amend this document.

TEI element

pb

 

Attributes:

  

n

 

:

 

string?
The pb element has no contents. Unless the corresponding page is not numbered in the source, it should have an n attribute giving the page number as given in the source (i.e. possibly as a Roman numeral).

TEI element

list

 

Attributes:

  

rend

 

:

 

(or/c "numbered" "bulleted")
 

Children:

  

'0+

 

head

  

'0+

 

item

  

'0+

 

pb

The list element may contain the head, item, and pb elements. It may have a rend attribute with a value of either "numbered" or "bulleted" (the default).

TEI element

sp

 

Attributes:

  

who

 

:

 

#rx"^#.+$"

Required attributes:

  who

 

Children:

  

'0+

 

list

  

'0+

 

p

  

'0+

 

pb

  

'0+

 

ab

The sp ("speech") element must have a valid who attribute and may contain list, p, pb, or ab elements.

4.2.2 Content-Containing Elements

TEI element

ab

 

Children:

  

'0+

 

list

  

'0+

 

note

  

'0+

 

pb

 

This element may contain free-form text.

The ab ("anonymous block") element may contain a combination of free-form text and list, note, and pb elements. It is used for blocks of text that have not yet been divided into more semantically meaningful elements.

TEI element

p

 

Children:

  

'0+

 

list

  

'0+

 

note

  

'0+

 

pb

 

This element may contain free-form text.

The p ("paragraph") element may contain a combination of free-form text and list, note, and pb elements.

TEI element

head

 

Children:

  

'0+

 

note

 

This element may contain free-form text.

The head ("heading") element may contain a combination of free-form text and note elements.

TEI element

note

 

Attributes:

  

place

 

:

 

(or/c "foot" "end")

  

resp

 

:

 

#rx"^#.+$"

  

type

 

:

 

"transl"

  

n

 

:

 

string?

Required attributes:

  place and n

 

Children:

  

'0+

 

list

  

'0+

 

note

  

'0+

 

p

  

'0+

 

ab

 

This element may contain free-form text.

The note element may contain a combination of free-form text and list, note, p, and ab elements. It must have a place attribute with a value of either "foot" or "end". It must also have an n attribute giving the the number or symbol for the footnote or endnote. Translation notes should have a type attribute with a value of "transl". Any note element may, and a note representing a note not by Paul Ricœur must, have a resp attribute that is valid per the TEI standard, as discussed above under Sections Not by Ricœur.

TEI element

item

 

Children:

  

'0+

 

list

  

'0+

 

note

  

'0+

 

p

  

'0+

 

pb

  

'0+

 

ab

 

This element may contain free-form text.

The item element may contain a combination of free-form text and list, note, p, pb, and ab elements.